On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. In the communications control room (transmitting) between 43 and 45 stations on the port side of 3 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is in the communications control room (transmitting) (CCR(TX)) between 43 and 45 stations on the port side of 3 deck looking forward from the centre of the room showing two transmitter cabinets and a cupboard on the left with a telephone handset on the cupboard. A work desk is in the right foreground with a ventilation fan and trunking in the corner. Small suppressor panels, a junction box and a base control unit MCO-F1 are against the forward bulkhead. The photographer's number plaque 47 is hanging against the forward bulkhead. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N70316
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ashanti (1959)
Date made: 1972
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 73 mm x 62 mm
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