The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the regulating office between 54½ and 56 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 regulating office between 54½ and 56 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking to port from the doorway showing a desk with an Olivetti 82 typewriter on it, a locker and drawer unit with a double door cupboard above it and a shelf unit with ledgers on top of it and a combination safe above. A suitcase is standing on end in front of the shelf unit. A double settee/bunk berth, a wash basin, toiletries cabinet and Thermotank air conditioning unit are against the forward bulkhead. An electric fire, two pin-up pictures, a small box of Oxo cubes and a sheet of veneer are against the ship's side. A chief petty officer's cap is above the scuttle cover. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N67170
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