HMS ARK ROYAL 4th

Great pic.Pass the sea sickness tablets!

Which ship was this taken from?

Always thought that her and Eagle were the best looking of the carriers. Of course, the stories about the social life are legendary...

Have seen this one before, cant remember where but a great shot!!

Great shot full of movement. Legendary ship.

Colins
It is most likely that the photograph was taken from a helicopter, what else would go out in such foul weather ;-)

I remember this the only time I was nearly seasick.We were in the India Oceanon our way to Biera patrol.I think it was about 1965.

Hopefully to relieve the big "E"..only time seasick...the crazy "Keppel" was good for you then..

When was this picture taken ? It was certainly before the major conversion of 1967-1970.

When was this picture taken ? It was certainly before the major conversion of 1967-1970.

I believe it was taken during a NATO exercise, north of Scotland in Spring 1965. The weather was pretty awful for the whole of the exercise and many members of the National Press were embarked to observe the exercise.
Due to the weather conditions, it was not possible to launch and recover aircraft and members of the press spent quite a bit of time below decks, interviewing the crew and observing the living conditions, which they reported as appalling. Consequently, they ran stories which described her as a \"Slum Ship\" as many of the crew were sleeping in hammocks, or on camp beds in passageways (they probably didn\'t realise that most of the old ships in the fleet did likewise). Following this adverse publicity we were awarded \"Hard Lying money\" which compensated somewhat, most of which was invested in local breweries. Living conditions may have been basic but the ships company were second to none.

Jbryce,

We have that ship in common. Was my first seagoing draft 1976.