Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan standing on 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). She is being presented with a spray of carnations and freesias by a small girl. Mr Ronald Alexander Allan, DSO, OBE, MP, is watching with interest. See also negative number N66168.

Object Details

ID: N66169
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