The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) alongside the south side of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard. In the sonar control room between 41 and 42¾ stations on the starboard side of 1 deck.

On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) berthed on the south side of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard. The photographer is in the sonar control room between 41 and 42¾ stations on the starboard side of 1 deck looking to port and forward showing an extending desk with a cupboard and drawers below it and a Plessey Sippican unit, No. 19 remote control box, a sonar 2015 junction box, a power supply unit and a cupboard above it. The main starter, a 7½ inch centre circulating fan starter, an indicator lamp box, a dimmer switch and a telephone and loudspeaker circuits junction box are against the forward bulkhead

Object Details

ID: N68215
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Eskimo (1961)
Date made: April - 3 May 1977
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London