Hardy (1953). Inside the operations room.

A 35mm roll film negative. On board the Blackwood class type 14 frigate Hardy (1953) at Gibraltar. In the operations room between stations 19¾ and 22½ on 1 deck. The photographer is looking to starboard from the port side of the room at eye level. Two wooden cupboards, the type 978 radar cabinet with a radiator fitted to it at deck level and the chart table with drawers and cupboards under are on the right. Ahead on the starboard side of the room is the door to the A.S.P. compartment. On the door is a clock which reads 10.02. The large piece of equipment on the left is the starboard Admiralty Research Laboratory plotting table.

Object Details

ID: PM3011/22
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: 35 mm; Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company HM Dockyard, Gibraltar, photographic section
Vessels: Hardy (1953)
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 1959-10-06 1959-10-59 1959-11-17 1959-12-14 1960-02-12 1960-03-03 1960-03-26 1960-03 1968-09 1969-06-14 1969-1976 1974-12-12 1981-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London