The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. The MRS.3 director at 45½ station on the centreline of 02 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 looking aft and to starboard showing the MRS.3 director at 45½ station on 02 deck. It is trained to starboardand the top of the director is out of the picture. Abaft the director is the cheese aerial for the type 293Q radar on its suppost structure. In the background berthed alongside the east wall of the basin is the Royal Fleet Auxiliary store carrier Bacchus (1962), pendant A404. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N67819
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Eskimo (1961); Bacchus (1962)
Date made: December 1973 - 3 January 1974
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London