The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the seamen's mess between 27 and 31 stations on 3 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 seamen's mess between 27 and 31 stations on 3 deck looking forward and to starboard from the port side of the mess showing Nos. 1 and 2 furnace fuel oil gauges, two fuel oil steam heating gauges, two fuse panels, a telephone, an air conditioning unit, six kit lockers, a bread locker, two suitcase lockers, two dirty boot lockers and a hammock stowage bin against the forward bulkhead.

Object Details

ID: N65660
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