The County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) in the fitting out basin of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Looking down showing the mainmast.
The County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) in the fitting out basin of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. The ship is berthed port side to the quay. The photographer is high up a crane alongside the berth looking to starboard, slightly aft and down between 95 and 112 stations showing the mainmast. On the opposite side of the fitting out basin is the Cunard ship Franconia (1955), ex Ivernia, being converted to a combined cruise ship and transatlantic liner.
Object Details
| ID: | N68256 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Hampshire (1961); Ivernia (1955) |
| Date made: | 5 to 14 March 1963 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |