A mock-up of the operations room for the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) possibly in the Mould Loft of Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Part of a wooden mock-up of the Operations Room for the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) constructed, possibly in the Mould Loft, in Portsmouth Dockyard. This is part of the upper level of the Operations Room and shows where the perspex screen would be fitted. Various control boxes, radar screens and the fleet disposition board are on this level and below are R/T communications stations, more radar screens and the navigation plot.

Object details

ID: N26654
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 12 May 1948
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm