The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). In the boatswain's, lamp and paint store between 2½ and 6 stations on 2 deck.

On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960) alongside the fitting out berth of Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd at Linthouse, Glasgow. The photographer is in the boatswain's, lamp and paint store between 2½ and 6 stations on 2 deck looking to port and aft from the starboard forward corner. A work bench fitted with a vice is against the port side of the hull and cringle bars are above it. A shelving rack holding drums of bituminous solution is in the port aft corner. In the foreground is the port chain pipe from 1 deck to the cable locker on 3 deck.

Object Details

ID: N64781
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: W Ralston & Co
Vessels: Lowestoft (1960)
Date made: 1-15 September 1961
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection
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