The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) alongside the fitting out berth of J Samuel White & Co Ltd at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Limbo mortar well and helicopter landing pad.
The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) alongside the fitting out berth of J Samuel White & Co Ltd at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. The photographer is on board the Trinity House lighthouse tender Winston Churchill (1963) berthed inboard of the Eskimo (1961), looking to starboard and aft from abreast 67 station showing the Limbo mortar well, the helicopter landing pad and hangar and the quarterdeck. In the background is East Cowes with the boatyards of Groves & Guttridge Ltd and R & W Clark Ltd and the Falcon shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd.
Object Details
| ID: | N67662 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Eskimo (1961); Winston Churchill (1963) |
| Date made: | February 1963 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |