On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) westbound in the Mediterranean.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) on passage west in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the aft end of the island superstructure looking aft showing the aft lift at hangar deck level. Three 899 Squadron De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 aircraft are parked abaft the island. They are XP957, XP921 and XS576. The Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XS122 coded 290/E is on deck abaft the lift.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19371 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Eagle (1946) |
| Date made: | 11-21 May 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |