The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the diving gear store between 46 and 47¾ stations on the centreline of 1 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 diving gear store between 46 and 47¾ stations on the centreline of 1 deck looking to port showing a work bench against the aft bulkhead. A vice is on the bench and tank belts, breathing hoses and an air bottle recharger unit are above it. Three large and one small air cylinders, two pairs of flippers, a control box and two surface demand diving equipment (SDDE) cabinets are against the port bulkhead. A boiler room ventilation trunk and integral fan is on the right and a pin-up photograph of semi-nude twins is fixed to it. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N67489
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Berwick (1959)
Date made: 1 - 12 March 1971
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection