A port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. She has Blackburn Buccaneer S2s of 809 squadron and McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantoms of 892 Squadron on deck and her plane guard Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XS875 code 47 is in flight above the deck. Her pendant number is R09. Everything aft of the port boat crane is out of the picture. The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).