No 5 [Lower Hanger] Deck, location 5UI. Interior of the Officers' Gallery and Kitchen, looking forward through the portside door in bulkhead 163. To the left is a food preparation area, and to the right the housing for the dumbwaiters. A number of the kitchen staff are framed in the doorway.

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.