On board the Type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) alongside the south wall of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard, Kent. In the steering gear compartment between 75 and 80 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 the steering gear compartment between 75 and 80 stations on 3 deck looking forward and to starboard on the port side showing the hydraulic pumps pressure indicator panel, the emergency starter for the port steering motor and the MacTaggart Scott & Co Ltd pump control valve. A vertical steel ladder is on the right.

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ID:	N69424
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

On board the Type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) alongside the south wall of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard, Kent. In the steering gear compartment between 75 and 80 stations on 3 deck.

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