The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. In the communications control room (transmitting) (C.C.R.(TX)) between 43 and 45 stations on the port side of 3 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 communications control room (transmitting) (CCR(TX)) between 43 and 45 stations on the port side of 3 deck looking forward and to starboard on the starboard side of the room showing three transmitter cabinets and a cupboard on the left. An automatic emergency lantern is in the right foreground and a work desk with a ventilation fan and trunking above it is against the starboard bulkhead. Small fuse panels and No. 6 control unit MCO-F1 are against the forward bulkhead. A stool and a chair are on the deck. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N68086
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