On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) during exercises with the aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) off Malta.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) during exercises with the aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) in the Mediterranean off Malta. The photographer is on the port side of the island superstructure looking to port and forward showing the 899 Squadron De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XP924 coded 492/E parked by landing spot number 3 with wings and nose folded. An 800 Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 is parked on the right of the picture. The Centaur (1947), seen from off her starboard beam, is in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19356 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Centaur (1947); Eagle (1946) |
| Date made: | 12-14 May 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |