The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the junior rates' mess between 68 and 75 stations on 3 deck.
On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959) alongside the south wall in No.3 basin at Chatham Dockyard, near the end of her modernization which commenced 4 December 1967 and completed 4 June 1971. The photographer is in the junior rates' mess between 68 and 75 stations on 3 deck looking aft and to port from 70 station on the starboard side showing kit lockers, boot lockers, a cleaning gear locker, a Thermotank air conditioning unit and an electric fire against the aft bulkhead. Two tables and three chairs are in the foreground. A triple tier bunk unit and two kit lockers are on the right. The watertight door into the steering gear compartment is in the aft bulkhead.
Object Details
ID: | N67069 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Berwick (1959) |
Date made: | February - 12 March 1971 |
Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection |