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 19 and 23 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 19 and 23 stations on 3 deck looking forward and to port from the starboard side showing a folding table and a chair in the foreground with an electric fire and the staris up to 2 deck on the left. A triple tier bunk unit, a tubular steel chair, a fire hose basket, two kit lockers and a greatcoat cupboard are against the forward bulkhead.

Object Details

ID: N69214
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
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