Hermes (1953). In the N.B.C.D headquarters on 5 deck during conversion.
A 35mm roll film negative. On board the commando carrier Hermes (1953) in Devonport Dockyard in June 1973 towards the end of her conversion from a fixed wing aircraft carrier to a commando carrier. She recommissioned after conversion on 18 August 1973. The photographer is in the N.B.C.D. headquarters on 5 deck to starboard of the centreline between 116 and 123 stations. He is looking starboard and forward showing a desk with two telephones in the left foreground. Notices are pinned to a board in the corner of the compartment. A long desk fitted with communications equipment is on the starboard bulkhead. Two men in working rig are on the right.
Object Details
ID: | PM3126/36 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | 35 mm; Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | HM Dockyard, Devonport |
Vessels: | Hermes (1953) |
Date made: | 1973-06 |
Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |