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 that has landed on. Two of the flight deck crew are running forward and one is carrying wheel chocks. 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: | PM7591/21A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Centaur (1947) |
| Date made: | 10-15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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