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 forward from to starboard of the centreline at 64 station showing a workbench with cupboards and drawers under and bookshelves above. The photographer refers to this as the 'flag area'. A senior rating is sitting at a unit with a vertical screen against the forward bulkhead and next to him is a visual display unit. in the right background is a switchboard console equipped with a telephone dial and two microphones.

Object Details

ID: N66785
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