On board the County class guided missile destroyer London (1961) alongside the fitting out berth at the Neptune works of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd at Wallsend-on-Tyne. In the gas turbine engine room between 114 and 128 stations on 3 and 4 decks.

On board the County class guided missile destroyer London (1961) alongside the fitting out berth at the Neptune Works of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd at Wallsend-on-Tyne. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay. The photographer is in the gas turbine engine room between 114 and 128 stations on 3 and 4 decks showing a Telektron console for the starboard local control unit, two H.T. fuel pump gauges, a G.T. burner fuel pressure gauge and two temperature gauges on the right against the bulkhead. A number of large air bottles are also against the bulkhead. An automatic emergency lantern, four gauges, a telephone and a Burgess acousti booth are fixed to a pillar and a steel ladder is in the centre. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N68903
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: London (1961)
Date made: Before 14 November 1963
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London