On board the Type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) alongside the south wall of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard, Kent. In the junior rates mess between 57 and 62½ stations on 3 deck.
On board the Type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) alongside the south side of number 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard at the end of a modernization which commenced in August 1966. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay. The photographer is in the junior rates mess between 57 and 62½ stations on 3 deck looking aft from the port side showing four tables and five chairs in the centre of the space. A triple tier bunk unit is on the left. An electric fire, two bookshelves, a clock reading 10.42, an electric iron stowage and a refreshments cupboard with two mess fannies are against the aft bulkhead. Two kit lockers, a Thermotank air conditioning unit, a double tier bunk unit and two bookshelves are against the ship's side.
Object Details
ID: | N69182 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Plymouth (1959) |
Date made: | Before 19 March 1969 |
Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |