The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). In the engine room between 49 and 57 stations on 4 deck.

On board the Type 12 frigate Lowestoft (1960) in No. 3 basin at Chatham Dockyard near the end of her modernisation which commenced 15 March 1968 and finished 31 May 1970. She was in the basin throughout May 1970. The photographer is in the engine room between 49 and 57 stations on 4 deck looking to starboard and forward from 53 station showing the starboard side air compressor fitted for the Agouti system. The Agouti system was a method of pumping high pressure air through holes in the edges of the propeller blades to reduce cavitation and noise. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N64993
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Lowestoft (1960)
Date made: Before 29 May 1970
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection