Yarmouth (1959) in the fitting out basin.

A 4¾x3½ glass plate negative. Looking down on the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) from above the port quarter, high on the 150 ton cantilever crane alongside the west side of the fitting out basin of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard showing work progressing on the installation of the port Babcock & Wilcox boiler. The director support is in place as are the side screens to the air lookout positions above the bridge. Everything aft of station 60 is out of the picture. A vertical format image.

Object Details

ID: N66204
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate 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 1959-04-14 1959-05-06 1968-09 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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