No 4 [Lower Gallery] Deck, location GH-4: Interior of the Operating Room located within the Sick Bay, looking forward and to starboard. This picture was taken from the entrance to this room.

This is part of a series of photographs taken during the final stages of HMS Ark Royal's last major refit which was completed in 1970. The location references are derived from the deck plans in the latest edition of the ship's NBCD book.