No 3 [Upper Hangar] Deck, location 3T2: View aft and inboard from one of the port aft sponsons at about frame 147. In the foreground are the chocks for mounting a whaler (left) and a motor boat (right). In the background to the left is a motor pinnace and to the right of this is the base of the 11-ton aircraft/boat crane.

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.