The forward flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) from a helicopter while under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
The forward flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) as seen from the door of a Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter coming in to land. The ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The helicopter is a unit of 824 Squadron.
Object details
| ID: | PM7591/20A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Centaur (1947) |
| Date made: | 10 August 1962 -15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |