The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the mortar handing room between 67¼ and 71 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 in the mortar handing room between 67¼ and 71 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking to port from 70 station showing a junction box, the depth setting control panel terminals and fuses, the contact heater transformer, the charging and distrubution panel and a chamber rod and brush stowage unit. On the right are a storage chest for propellant charges and a stowage box for spare jack-in units for the depth setting control panel. In the left foreground is the pump starter panel.

Object Details

ID: N67161
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
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