No. 5 [Lower Hangar] Deck. Interior of the hangar, looking to starboard from the vicinity of frame 136. In view are Fire Point no. 7, a radar cooling point and the watertight door leading to the LOX [liquid oxygen] compressor room. The nearby ladder leads up to the LOX storage area. Figures in working rig are clustered at the bottom right of the picture.

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.