Hermes (1953). On board in an unidentified junior rates or other ranks mess on 4 or 5 deck during conversion.

A 35mm roll film negative. On board the commando carrier Hermes (1953) in the north yard of 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 an unidentified junior rates or other ranks mess on the forward end of 4 or 5 deck. He is looking into a corner showing a Lec domestic refrigerator on the left, a two tier bunk rigged for sitting, a triple tier bunk rigged for sitting and a chair with a spitoon behind it. A colour negative. Negatives numbers PM3148/22CN and PM3148/23CN are very similar.

Object Details

ID: PM3148/22CN
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