The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). Looking into the canteen between 18½ and 21 stations on the port side of 2 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 looking at the canteen between 18½ and 21 stations on the port side of 2 deck. He is at station 20 outside the serving counter looking forward and to port showing a Thermotank air conditioning unit in the corner above a desk. An abridged price list is pinned to the side above the counter. Goods on sale include nougat, Polo peppermints, cheeselets, bags of Smith's Big D nuts, Gillette razors, packets of biscuits, Scripto laundry marker pens, cigarettes and chocolate.

Object Details

ID: N67117
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