Yarmouth (1959) in the fitting out basin.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) alongside the west side of the fitting out basin of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. The photographer is on the east side of the basin looking to port and aft. Her gun turret, director, foremast, funnel, aft superstructure and both Limbo mortars are now in place. The 150 ton cantilever crane is in the background.

Object Details

ID: N66226
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 1959-04-14 1959-05-06 1959-05-21 1959-06-09 1959-07-03 1959-09-08 1968-09 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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