The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the boiler room between 41 and 49 stations on 3 - 4 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 boiler room between 41 and 49 stations on 3 - 4 deck looking to starboard from the starboard side of the lower platform about 47 station showing the Crockatt electric salinometer panel against the ship's side and a board holding nine gauges. The gauges are labelled 'circ. pump discharge no. 2 gauge', 'evaporator feed no. 3 gauge', FW pump discharge no. 4 gauge', '??air pump suction no. 5 gauge', brine pump suction no. 6 gauge', 'brine pump discharge no. 7 gauge', 'element drain pump suction no. 8 gauge' and 'element drain pump discharge no. 9 gauge'. No. 1 gauge is obscured and the label cannot be read and no. 5 gauge label is only partially visible. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
ID: | N65593 |
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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 |