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 67 and 73 stations on 3 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 67 and 73 stations on 3 deck looking forward from the centreline at 71½ station showing a triple tier bunk unit on the left. On the right are the backs of a greatcoat cupboard and a stack of kit lockers and fixed to these backs are coat hooks, a letter rack and two electric irons. Stuck to the side of the greatcoat cupboard is a poster reproduced from the OZ magazine 47 of April 1973 showing a cartoon of Enoch Powell on a pogo stick with the headline "Revealed! Enoch's send 'em home brainwave". A small locker with Courage bar counter cloths on it is in the right foreground. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N70944
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: 71 mm x 62 mm