Yarmouth (1959) under construction.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. The Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) under construction in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. The photographer is to starboard of the head of the berth looking aft and to port. The hull and deck plating from station 2½ to the stern is complete. The front, side and part of the aft plating for number 01 deck between stations 27½ and 41 has been fitted. Scaffolding has been erected outside the hull from station 2 aft. On the berth on the extreme left is the bottom plating of the cargo liner Clan Macindoe (1959), yard number 712.

Object Details

ID: N66146
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company
Vessels: Yarmouth (1959); Clan Macindoe (1959)
Date made: 1957-11-29; 1957-12-03 1957-12-25 1958-02-06 1958-02-20 1958-03-07 1958-04-01 1958-04-21 1958-05-09 1958-06-09 1958-07-01 1958-08-05 1958-08-25 1958-09-09 1958-10-07 1958-10-27 1958-11-19 1958-12-15 1968-09 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London