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 |
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