The Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959). In the diving gear store between 46 and 47¾ stations on the centreline of 1 deck.
On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick (1959) alongside the south wall in No.3 basin at Chatham Dockyard, near the end of her modernization which commenced 4 December 1967 and completed 4 June 1971. The photographer is in the diving gear store between 46 and 47¾ stations on the centreline of 1 deck looking to port showing a work bench against the aft bulkhead. A vice is on the bench and tank belts, breathing hoses and an air bottle recharger unit are above it. Three large and one small air cylinders, two pairs of flippers, a control box and two surface demand diving equipment (SDDE) cabinets are against the port bulkhead. A boiler room ventilation trunk and integral fan is on the right and a pin-up photograph of semi-nude twins is fixed to it. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N67489 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Berwick (1959) |
| Date made: | 1 March 1971 - 12 March 1971 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Collection |