On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard during her September 1968 to April 1970 refit. In the 4.5 inch handing room and crew shelter between 74½ and 76 stations on 1 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard during her September 1968 to April 1970 refit. The photographer is in the 4.5 inch handing room and crew shelter between 74½ and 76 stations on 1 deck looking to port showing the two ammunition hoists on the left and against the aft bulkhead are an open cleansing locker and the helicopter pyrotechnics locker. Lockers, tool chests, a transformer, a fire hose basket, an electric fire and starter panels are against the forward bulkhead and cable reels are under the deckhead. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N70277
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ashanti (1959)
Date made: Before December 1969
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 75 mm x 62 mm