Yarmouth (1959) on board views on completion

A 2¼ square roll film negative. A deck view of the Type 12 frigate Yarmouth (1959) alongside the south-east corner of the fitting out basin in John Brown & Co Ltd's shipyard at Clydebank. The photographer is on a crane on the quayside very close alongside the bridge looking aft and to starboard showing the Mk 6 director on the left, the lattice tower for the Type 277Q radar aerial, the foremast, funnel, emergency conning position, and the mainmast. The 25 feet motor boat is covered. A Royal Marine is on deck in the foreground.

Object details

ID: N66303
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: 1960-03
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London