The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the main passageway between 23 and 30⅔ stations on 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 main passageway (known as the Burma Road) between 23 and 30⅔ stations on 2 deck looking forward from 30 station showing the gun bay with a gas cylinder and a telephone against it. An international breathing apparatus mk. 2 cabinet, the door to the A/S stabilizer and plane converter compartment, a cable stowage bracket and a locker are on the right. On the left are the sliding door to the communications control room transmitting section (CCR(TX), an open watertight hatch and a motor generator with a cupboard above. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N67318
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