The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the enclosed bridge between 27½ and 31½ stations opn 01 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 enclosed bridge between 27½ and 31½ stations on 01 deck looking aft on the centreline from 29 station showing the chart table with a fleet disposition board above it and a clock reading 3.15. An M.D. 10 Decca Navigator unit, a first aid cabinet and the watertight hatch leading down to 1 deck are on the left. To the right are the J.U.A. visual display unit for the types 277, 293 and 978 radars, microphones, telephones, an electric fire and a 3-way radar selector relay unit.
Object Details
ID: | N65592 |
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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 |