Yarmouth (1959) as fitted after refit

A 2¾ x 2¼ film negative. The Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) alongside the South-West Wall in Portsmouth Dockyard. On board looking aft from the enclosed bridge top showing the newly fitted MRS3 director with its Type 903 radar. On the angled platform on the foremast is the Type 978 navigational radar and on the upper platform is the Type 993 search radar. The Mark 5 HF/DF aerial tops the foremast. The 30 ton transporter crane is in the right background. A vertical format image.

Object Details

ID: N66004
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit
Vessels: Yarmouth (1959)
Date made: 1968-09; 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London