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 operations room between 41½ and 45½ 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 the operations room between 41½ and 45½ stations on 1 deck looking forward and to starboard on the starboard side a communications drawer unit with a hinged centre flap, a speaker unit, a junction box, a telephone and a detecting assembly against the ship's side. An E.W.C. assistance desk equipped with a morse key and a switch control unit and with the E.W. stateboard above it is in the starboard forward corner. Under the desk is a junction box with the cover panel removed. A radar type 944/954 visual display unit has pile of papers and a gun/director bearingindicator above it. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N70370
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: 77 mm x 62 mm
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