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 refrigerating machinery space between 128 and 136 stations on the port side of 3 deck.

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 refrigerating machinery space between 128 and 136 stations on the port side of 3 deck looking aft and to port showing No. 1 machine in the right foreground with No. 2 machine in the centre. Both machines were manufactured by J E Hall Ltd of Dartford. A watchkeeper's desk is alongside some racks containing numbered boxes of spare parts. Against the aft bulkhead are a vertical steel ladder and an automatic emergency lantern.

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ID:	N68909
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

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 refrigerating machinery space between 128 and 136 stations on the port side of 3 deck.

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