A port broadside view of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) anchored at the head of line E for the Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet at Spithead.

A port broadside view of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) anchored at the head line E for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet at Spithead. Her pendant number is R09, she is dressed overall and her crew are manning the sides. The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary helicopter support ship Engadine (1966). In the background are the aircraft carrier Hermes (1953) and the submarine Superb (1974) .

Object Details

ID: PCT19479
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Events: Silver Jubilee Review At Spithead, 1977
Vessels: Ark Royal (1950); Engadine (1966) Superb (1974) Hermes (1953)
Date made: 28 June 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm