Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.

A 2¼ square roll film negative. Mrs Maureen Catherine Allan standing at the foot of the steps on the launch platform in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank, after naming and launching the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). Alongside her is Lord Aberconway, the Chairman of the shipbuilders. He is dressed in a suit, company tie and bowler hat and is holding an umbrella.

Object details

ID: N66170
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: Allan, Maureen Catherine; McLaren, Charles Melville
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London