On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in Bergen Fjord, Norway

On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) under way in Bergen Fjord, Norway, at the end of the NATO exercise Pilot Light. The photographer is on the port side of the flight deck ahead of the aft 40 mm bofors gun sponsons looking aft showing the arrester wires and the Dutch flag at the ensign staff. In the distance is the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950), seen from well ahead of her port beam.

Object Details

ID: PM7816/30
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Ark Royal (1950); Venerable (1943)
Date made: 10 March 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm