No 4 [Lower Gallery] Deck, location 4V0: Interior of the aft Chief Petty Officers Mess, looking to port towards the partition dividing this space into port and starboard sections. The furnishings are still in place and the bar is off to the right.

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.