Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.
A 2¼ square roll film negative. Three guests walking in the yard 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. These people are not identified. The man is wearing an overcoat and a bowler hat, one woman is wearing a fur-trimmed overcoat and the other woman has a full fur coat. A Royal Navy admiral is in the group walking behind them.
Object Details
| ID: | N66164 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |