Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.
A 2¼ square roll film negative. Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan standing on the launch platform with her husband Robert Alexander Allan DSO OBE MP on the day of the launch of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) from her building berth in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. Mrs Allan is the ship's sponsor.
Object Details
| ID: | N66161 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company |
| Vessels: | Yarmouth (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 |
| People: | Allan, Maureen Catherine; Allan, Robert Alexander |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |