Yarmouth (1959) on launch day.
A 2¼ square roll film negative. A group of unidentified guests gathered in the East Yard of John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank for the naming and launching of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959). The group includes a woman wearing an overcoat and gloves, A Royal Navy captain who is standing with his arms folded, a woman wearing a short fur coat and a Royal Navy commander with his hands crossed. They are in front of the erecting shop at the head of the fitting out basin.
Object details
| ID: | N66174 |
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| 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 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |