The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). In the gyro compass room between 34 and 35½ stations of 3 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 gyro compass room looking to starboard showing the master compass. The compass retransmission unit is on the starboard bulkhead and a small motor generator is on the deck below it. The gyro unit and two telephones are against the aft bulkhead. Two junction boxes are against the forward bulkhead. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N64858 |
|---|---|
| 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 |