The guided missile destroyer HMS Kent (1961). In the main communications office between 66 and 71 stations on 2 deck

On board the guided missile destroyer HMS Kent (1961) in No. 3 Basin in Chatham Dockyard, Kent. The photographer is in the main communications office between 66 and 71 stations on 2 deck looking to port. Six typewriter/teleprinter positions are against the forward bulkhead on the right, the three nearest the port side having radio receiver/transmitter units above them. On the left are six radio receiver or transmitter units and a telephone switchboard. A foam fire extinguisher and a clock reading 10.35 are against the port bulkhead. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N66765
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Kent (1961)
Date made: 4 April 1968
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection
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