The Type 81 frigate Gurkha (1960) alongside the fitting out berth at Woolston, Southampton. In the wardroom between 50 and 56 stations on the port side of 1 deck.

On board the Type 81 frigate Gurkha (1960) alongside the fitting out berth of John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd at Woolston, Southampton. The photographer is in the wardroom between 50 and 56 stations on the port side of 1 deck looking forward showing easy chairs and coffee tables in the foreground. The table and sixteen chairs are set athwartships in the background. A sideboard and bookcase are against the inboard bulkhead. A framed photographic portrait of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II by Dorothy Wilding dated 1954 is against the forward bulkhead with a similar sized photograph of Prince Philip next to it. Two other framed but unidentified prints are against the forward bulkhead.

Object Details

ID: N67578
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Gurkha (1960)
Date made: Before 13 February 1963
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London