Yarmouth (1959) being launched.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. A slightly distant bow view of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) going down the ways of her building berth in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. She is not using drag chains to slow her progress. The ship has just been named by Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan. The photographer is at the head of the berth. Under construction on the adjoining berth is the cargo liner Clan Macindoe (1959), yard number 712.

Object Details

ID: N66159
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 1959-01-19 1959-02-10 1959-03-09 1959-03-23 1968-09 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London