The Type 12 frigate HMS Londonderry (1958). In the steering gear compartment between 75 and 80 stations on 3 deck.
On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Londonderry (1958) alongside the fitting out berth at the West Cowes shipyard of John Samuel White & Co Ltd. The photographer is in the steering gear compartment between 75 and 80 stations on 3 deck looking to starboard and slightly aft from the port side at 76½ station showing the front of the Brown Bros & Co Ltd steering engine. A Brown Bros & Co Ltd instruction board on how to operate the steering telemotor charging, circuit and bypass valves is fitted to the front of the engine. Armoured hoses are stored in a rack under the deckhead inside the wire cage which surrounds the steering engine.
Object Details
| ID: | N66841 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Londonderry (1958) |
| Date made: | Before 20 July 1960 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection |
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