The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). In the diesel generator compartment between 6 and 11½ stations on 2 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 diesel generator compartment between 6 and 11½ stations on 2 deck looking forward along the port side from 10 station showing the ship's side on the left and the port Paxman diesel engine and Brush Electrical engineering Company generator on the right. A heat exchanger is under the deckhead. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N65344
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