Sealion (1959). In the gyro compass room between 65 and 68 stations below the main flat.

A roll film negative. On board the submarine Sealion (1959) towards the end of a long refit at Portsmouth. The photographer is in the gyro compass room between 65 and 68 stations below the main flat, looking into the port forward corner showing a cupboard unit against the port bulkhead. it is labelled cupboard one and cupboard two and is on top of a two drawer unit secured by a vertical bar lock. Against the forward bulkhead are an action intercom loudspeaker, two telephones, a distribution box and a sonar intercom amplifiers unit. Next to these units is the door from the auxiliary machinery compartment. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N71742
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Vessels: Sealion (1959)
Date made: 1977
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London