The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the electrical workshop between 29½ and 31 stations on the starboard side of 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 electrical workshop between 29½ and 31 stations on the starboard side of 4 deck looking to port showing a steel bench fitted with a vice and with drawers and shelves under. A pitometer log controller is above the bench and a fire extinguisher is beyond it. Against the forward bulkhead are a waste bin, a telephone, a junction box, the pitometer log speed and distance transmitter and a tall steel cupboard. Beyond the ladder leading up to 3 deck is the wire mesh screen of the electricians' ready use store.

Object Details

ID: N65650
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
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