On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
The De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 serial XJ610 (460/C) of 893 Squadron on the starboard catapult on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 serial XL474 (421/C) is on the port catapult. The photographer is looking forward and slightlly to port from the port side of the island above the captain's bridge. This negative overlaps negative number PM7594/37A.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7594/38A |
|---|---|
| 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 185 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 35 mm |
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