The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In No. 2 mortar projectile room between 62½ and 68 stations on the starboard side of 3 deck.
On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959) alongside the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd fitting out berth at Wallsend on the River Tyne between 1 and 25 July 1961. The photographer is in No. 2 mortar projectile room between 62½ and 68 stations on the starboard side of 3 deck looking aft on the starboard side of the room showing the Limbo mortar projectile stowage racks on the right. The nearest rack has a capacity of 15 projectiles and the rack in the background has a capacity of 38 projectiles.
Object Details
| ID: | N65449 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Falmouth (1959) |
| Date made: | July 1961 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection |