The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the A/S stabilizer & plane converter compartment between 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 port and aft showing the stabilizer unit in the foreground. Against the aft bulkhead is the A/S mortar control junction box 4. Against the port bulkhead are the asdic type 170B programme starter and an A.S. mortar control relay box. The sliding door to the compartment is partly open on the right.

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ID:	N65853
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

The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the A/S stabilizer & plane converter compartment between 26½ and 28¼ stations on 2 deck.

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