No.7. [Middle] Deck, location 7RO. Interior of N.B.C.D. [Nuclear/ Bacteriological/ Chemical Damage Control] Headquaters 2, looking forward and to port. The control/ communications equipment to the right relates to the ships pumping and flooding systems. On the far walls are diagrammatic deck plans of the ship.

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.