RN Fleet Air Arm: General

[Little h]

Ark Royal (R09) FLYEX's en-route north from Freemantle WA during last week December 1965.

Sea Vixen (continued)

[Little h]

Ark Royal (R09) FLYEX's en-route north from Freemantle WA during last week December 1965.

Sea Vixen (continued 1)

[Little h]

Ark Royal (R09) FLYEX's en-route north from Freemantle WA during last week December 1965.

Gannet AEW & Gannet COD

[Little h]

Ark Royal (R09) FLYEX's en-route north from Freemantle WA during last week December 1965.

SAR Whirlwind & a Light Jackstay Transfer

[Little h]

Ark Royal (R09) FLYEX's en-route north from Freemantle WA during last week December 1965.

Volcano Krakatau &/or Anak Krakatau

[DaveH]

Nice ones Harry . That would have been on her way home being relieved by us on Hermes , our trip returning home also started in Fremantle but we
had to steam 18 knots nonstop , carrying out repairs and full maintenance en route ending in Five Days leave each watch before sailing back East for the Aden Withdrawal . Not a really happy time for morale .

DaveH

[Little h]

Nice ones Harry . That would have been on her way home being relieved by us on Hermes .......
DaveH

Yeh Dave, Ark Royal sailed up the west coast of Sumatra whilst we embarked on a Leander and sailed past Krakatau through Lombok Straits to exercise Freedom of Navigation - Confrontation and all that!

The attachments relate to our team boss getting a early transfer, before the rest of us transferred by ship's boat in the evening Dec 31st.
Note; the earlier Light Jackstay Transfer was unrelated to anything our team were doing.

[ivorthediver]

Thanks for the pictures Lads , nice to see the thread with some meat on now with the flow of photographs

[jbryce1437]

A P1127 landing on the Ark in 1963

02 03 1963 P1127 on ark royal.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Excellent Jim and thanks for sharing these priceless photos from your private collections , I appreciate your efforts even if others just assume it is their god given right

On reflection it was such a shame that the previous viewers like myself did not print copies just in case another disaster [ god forbid] should prevent us viewing them in the future ......again my thanks