No. 3 [Upper Hangar] Deck, location 3C. The Cable Deck in the vicinity of frame 16, looking to port towards the openings in the shell. To the right is a tarpulin-covered cable reel, and overhead a number of stowed shoring planks.

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.