On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during CENTO exercise Midlink VI.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI. The photographer is on the aft bofors sponson looking up showing the tail boom of the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XM687 coded 919 overhanging the stern. A wire safety net is below the round down
Object Details
| ID: | PM7680/0 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ark Royal (1950) |
| Date made: | 14-23 November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 232 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 42 mm |