The Type 12 frigate HMS Falmouth (1959). In the gunner's store between 65 and 67 stations on 4 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 gunner's store between 65 and 67 stations on the centreline of 4 deck looking forward from the doorway showing stands for two .303 and four .22 rifles and a store contents board on the right. Open shelves and a locker containing locker activating lines luminous are on the left. Against the forward bulkhead are lockers for forty steel helmets with open shelves above. A wooden case on one of the shelves is stencilled 'D.T. 796 Box complete with 40/60 spares for air cooled guns only'. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N65859
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