A starboard broadside view of the aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) under way in Grand Harbour, Malta, bound out.

A starboard broadside view of the aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) under way in Grand Harbour, Malta, bound out, with Valletta in the background. The crew are in whites at Procedure Alpha and the aircraft on deck are De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1s of 892 Naval air Squadron. Her pendant number is R06 and the stern is out of the picture. The photographer is on board the aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) looking across the flight deck from the island and the aircraft in the foreground is the De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XP925 (485/E) of 899 Naval Air Squadron. The negative is acetate and has completely reticulated (unuseable).

Object Details

ID: PM7791
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Centaur (1947); Eagle (1946)
Date made: 19 May 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Overall: 67 mm x 99 mm