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) while under way in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI. The photographer is on the starboard side of the flight deck looking forward from between the tail booms of a De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 of 890 Squadron showing the aircraft's folded wings and twin jet exhausts. The carrier's island superstructure is on the right with her pendant number R09 painted on it.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7682/14 |
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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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |