The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the A/S stabilizer & plane converter compartment betweem 26½ and 28¼ stations on 2 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 A/S stabilizer and plane converter compartment between 26½ and 28¼ stations on 2 deck looking to starboard and forward from the doorway showing the stabilizer unit on the right. Against the starboard bulkhead are a foam fire extinguisher, a telephone and A.S. mortar control junction box 3. Against the forward bulkhead are the Metropolitan-Vickers plane converter unit and an amplifier resistance box. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N65852
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