The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the No. 1 A/S mortar handing room between 67¼ and 71 stations on the port side of 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 No. 1 A/S mortar handing room between 67¼ and 71 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking forward and to starboard from 69½ station showing an oil tank and tube gauge against the ship's side on the left. The A.S. Mortar Mk. 10 loading equipment Mk 1 S.E.W.11/1959 manufactured by Sheldon's Engineering Works Ltd is on the right. Against the forward bulkhead are two voicepipes, the starter for the A/S mortar hoist motor No. 1 and the starter for the A/S mortar oil pump motor No. 1.
Object Details
| ID: | N65486 |
|---|---|
| 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 |