The guided missile destroyer HMS Kent (1961). In the operations room between 58 and 66 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 operations room between 58 and 66 stations on 2 deck looking aft and to port from the centreline at 59 station showing a visual display unit on the left and a plotting table on the right. Against the aft bulkhead are two communications desks and various boards including the Opgen A board, fleet call signs and duties board, fleet stateboard, A/S A/C stateboard and fleet disposition board. A clock is reading 1.36.

Object Details

ID: N66781
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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