The County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) in the fitting out basin of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. The Seaslug missile launcher from high above the port side.

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 on the quayside looking to starboard, slightly aft and down showing the Seaslug Mark I missile launcher. Workmen are painting the quarterdeck using long-handled rollers and hand brushes. The tail rotor of the Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP156 (1962) 902/HA is on the left. The hull of the Cunard vessel Franconia (1955), ex Ivernia, is in the background undergoing conversion to a dual-purpose transatlantic liner and cruise ship.

Object Details

ID: N68282
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Hampshire (1961)
Date made: 5 to 14 March 1963
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London