The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. In the combined technical office between 58¾ and 61¼ stations on the starboard side of 2 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 combined technical office between 58¾ and 61¼ stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking to port at the aft end of the office showing the communications area to the left of the door. A telephone control box, two telephones, two microphones, an headset, three intercom loudspeakers, a main broadcast alarm push button, an automatic emergency lantern and a clock reading 09.26 are against the port bulkhead. A desk is on the left and a pile of ledgers are on top of a drawer unit on the right.

Object Details

ID: N67999
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