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 |
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