The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. In the aft GWS 21 Seacat missile ready use magazine between 52 and 54 stations on the centreline of 01 deck.
On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. The photographer is in the aft GWS 21 Seacat missile ready use magazine between 52 and 54 stations on the centreline of 01 deck looking to port and forward showing the missile locating spigots on the deck with a drill missile in the left foreground. Stowed against the forward bulkhead are two braces to ball track conveyors. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N67813 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Eskimo (1961) |
| Date made: | December 1973 - 3 January 1974 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |