No. 2 [Upper Gallery] Deck, location 2MZ2. Looking inboard and to starboard towards gas turbine down take 7MZ0. The open door to the left leads towards the adjacent messes, while the door to the right leads towards the catapult machinery spaces. An empty cable reel is in the left foreground and a pair of mooring bollards are 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.