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 57 and 62½ stations. The photographer is looking forward from just to port of the centreline showing a triple tier bunk unit on the left rigged for sleeping. Kit lockers are beyond this bunk unit and an oiltight scuttle is in the deck. Another two bunk units with kit lockers between them are on the right with one rigged for sitting and the other for sleeping. An electric fire is on the forward bulkhead. The photograph was taken prior to 9 May 1972. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
ID: | PM3065/89 |
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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 |