Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan standing at the foot of the steps on the launch platform in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank, after naming and launching the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). Alongside her is Lord Aberconway, the Chairman of the shipbuilders. He is dressed in a suit, company tie and bowler hat and is holding an umbrella.

Object Details

ID: N66170
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
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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