On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Tartar (1960) in Portsmouth Dockyard between November 1973 and April 1974 during a refit. In the junior rates mess between 78 and 85 stations on 2 deck.
On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Tartar (1960) in Portsmouth Dockyard between November 1973 and April 1974 during a refit. The photographer is in the junior rates mess between 78 and 85 stations on 2 deck in a recreation space showing a settee bench in a corner with a folding table if the right foreground. A letter rack and a notice board are against the bulkheadon the right and on the notice board is a poster requesting entries for the Tartar's handicraft competition. Against the far bulkhead is the "Gronk's board". In naval parlance a gronk is a lady of less than perfect countenance and physique and photographs of past acquaintances are displayed on the Gronk's board.
Object Details
| ID: | N70927 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Tartar (1960) |
| Date made: | Between November 1973 and April 1974 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 62 mm x 78 mm |