Hardy (1953). Inside the operations room.

A 35mm roll film negative. On board the Blackwood class type 14 frigate Hardy (1953) at Gibraltar. In the operations room between stations 19¾ and 22½ on 1 deck. The photographer is looking aft on the port side in the corner of the room at eye level showing a Power Equipment Company Powquip teleprinter numbered 5 at a work station. A microphone is on the desk top and a book rack on the left contains copies of various pilot manuals.

Object details

ID: PM3010/19
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: 35 mm; Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Portsmouth Dockyard Photographic Unit; John Brown & Company Ltd HM Dockyard, Gibraltar, photographic section
Vessels: Hardy (1953)
Date made: 1969-06-14
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London