The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the A/S mortar metadyne room between 63¾ and 67 stations on the centreline 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 the A/S mortar metadyne room between 63¾ and 67 stations on the centreline of 3 deck looking forward and to port showing two metadyne generators on the deck in the foreground with a resistance box on the forward bulkhead. Against the port bulkhead are two Metropolitan Vickers starter panels, a stowage box for test rack equipment, a foam fire extinguisher, a telephone and a resistance box. The door to the room is in the port bulkhead.
Object Details
ID: | N65457 |
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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 |