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 operations room between 41½ and 45½ stations on 1 deck looking forward and slightly to starboard on the starboard side showing a data selection relay box manufactured by Standard Telephones & Cable Ltd of London, three telephone handsets, a microphone, a sonar type 162 communications control box, a sonar type 162 recorder unit and a cupboard and drawer unit against the ship's side. A selector relay unit 'E' for A.S. plot J.Y.A. (7) and two other units are on the left. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N70372
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: 74 mm x 62 mm