On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning. In the gyro compass room between 47 and 49 stations on the centreline of 3 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning on 9 October 1962. The photographer is in the gyro compass room between 47 and 49 stations on the centreline of 3 deck looking aft showing the gyro compass on the left with a retransmission unit behind it. The wooden bench has a change over switch and a cupboard below it, an Admiralty gyro compass retransmission unit above it and two terminal units by the side of it. Against the port bulkhead are two motor generators with a power distribution panel, two generator starters and an auto voltage regulator above them.

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ID:	N70527
Type:	Roll film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Vessels:	Nubian (1960)
Date made:	Before 8 October 1962
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 62 mm x 92 mm

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning. In the gyro compass room between 47 and 49 stations on the centreline of 3 deck.

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