Yarmouth (1959) on board views on completion
A half plate sheet film negative. On board 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. In the 4.5 inch shell magazine on 4 deck between 19 and 23 stations. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard from the port side of the magazine. On the left is a rack for the stowage of boxes of cordtex, the ladder leading up to the seamen's mess on 3 deck and a rope ladder. On the starboard side are shelves for the stowage of boxes of one pound demolition charges, primers, grenades and plastic explosive. A box containing a spare 4.5 inch breech block is at deck level on the starboard side.
Object details
| ID: | N66627 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Sheet 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 |