The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). In the junior rates' mess between 19 and 23 stations on 3 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 junior rates' mess between 19 and 23 stations on 3 deck looking aft and to port from the centreline at 20 station showing triple tier bunk units, an emergency change over switch & connection box, a fuse panel, a 4.5 inch shell hoist and the stairs leading up to the passageway on 2 deck.

Object Details

ID: N65274
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