Rhyl (1959). In the junior rates mess on 3 deck.

A 35mm roll film negative. On board the Rothesay class type 12 frigate Rhyl (1959) in Devonport Dockyard. In the junior rates mess on 3 deck between 27 and 31 stations. The photographer is looking aft from the port side forward end of the mess showing kit lockers on the left. On the right are a 2 tier and a 3 tier bunk units rigged for sitting. A bookshelf, an electric fire and a fan ventilation unit are on the aft bulkhead 31. An electric fire is in the left foreground. The photograph was taken prior to 9 May 1972.

Object Details

ID: PM3062/74
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: 35 mm; Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Dockyard, Devonport
Vessels: Rhyl (1959)
Date made: 1972-05
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London