The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the battery charging room between 40½ and 42 stations on the starboard side of 1 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 battery charging room between 40½ and 42 stations on 1 deck looking to port and aft showing the charging racks with a cupboard for acid resisting clothing above them. On the right is a Clifford Snell Ltd Type A charging board with battery racks under it. A box containing boric acid is on the wooden deck grating. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N65544 |
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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 |