The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the power room lobby between 53½ and 55½ stations on the centreline of 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 in the power room lobby between 53½ and 55½ stations on the centreline of 1 deck looking forward from the power room doorway showing the hatch down to 2 deck in the foreground. An electric fire and a watertight hatch into the fan compartment are on the right. Against the forward bulkhead are the brow desk, fuse panels, a first aid cabinet and the ventilation system circulating fan and trunking. A transformer is in the port forward corner next to the open lobby door.

Object Details

ID: N65797
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