On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside the fitting out berth at the Yarrow & Co Ltd shipyard at Scotstoun, Glasgow. In the A/S and 4.5 inch metadyne and power room between 28 and 32 stations on 3 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside the fitting out berth at the Yarrow & Co Ltd shipyard at Scotstoun, Glasgow. The photographer is in the A/S and 4.5 inch metadyne and power room between 28 and 32 stations on 3 deck looking to starboard showing the vertical steel ladder up to 2 deck, a folding table, two fire control junction boxes, a limit unit and an amplifier assembly against the forward bulkhead. On the deck in the foreground is an oscilloscope in a box. Against the aft bulkhead are a starter, a distribution box, a fuse panel, a transformer and an axial flow ventilation fan and trunking. Against the starboard side of the ship are two fuse panels.

Object Details

ID: N70020
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ashanti (1959)
Date made: November 1961
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x 125 mm