Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.
A 2¼ square roll film negative. A formal portrait of three guests standing in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank, prior to the launching of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). Lord Aberconway, Chairman of John Brown & Co Ltd, is on the left of the picture and is wearing an overcoat and a homburg hat. James McFadyen McNeill is on the right and has an overcoat and bowler hat and is holding an umbrella. Between them is a woman in a fur trimmed overcoat.
Object details
| ID: | N66166 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company Ltd |
| Vessels: | Yarmouth (1959) |
| Date made: | 1959-03-23 |
| People: | McNeill, James McFadyen; McLaren, Charles Melville |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |