The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). The Limbo Mk. 10 mortar well looking aft from 61 station on 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 on 1 deck at 61 station looking aft showing the Limbo Mk. 10 mortar well between 61½ and 71 stations on 2 deck. Oil fuel hoses, the Mediterranean ladder and the stern boom are stowed to starboard of the mortar mounts. Ceremonial lighting booms and a mortar projectile davit are stowed on the starboard end of 1 deck. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay and the tanker Solen (1961) is fitting out astern.
Object Details
| ID: | N65691 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Solen (1961); Falmouth (1959) |
| Date made: | July 1961 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection |
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