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