The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the 4.5 inch gun bay between 20½ and 25½ stations on 2 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 4.5 inch gun bay between 20½ and 25½ stations on 2 deck looking aft on the port side showing the door to the bay with a fire extinguisher by the side of it. A rectifier is on the right and ready-use cartridge lockers are in the right foreground and the left background.
Object Details
| ID: | N65459 |
|---|---|
| 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 |