Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. Three unidentified guests walking in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank, prior to attending the naming and launching the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). The man is wearing an overcoat, gloves and bowler hat. Both women are wearing fur trimmed overcoats and one is carrying a rolled umbrella. In the background is the cargo liner Clan Macindoe (1959) on its building berth.

Object Details

ID: N66171
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company
Vessels: Yarmouth (1959); Clan Macindoe (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
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