Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.
A 2¼ square roll film negative. Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan walking by the launch platform in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank, prior to naming and launching the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). On her right (on the left of the picture) is Lord Aberconway, Chairman of the shipbuilders holding up an umbrella. On her left is John Rannie, the Shipyard Director. Both men are wearing suits and identical ties and each man has a bowler hat. See also negative number N66165.
Object Details
| ID: | N66167 |
|---|---|
| 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; McLaren, Charles Melville Rannie, John |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |