The Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. In the 4.5 inch handing room and gun crew's shelter between 74½ and 75¾ stations on the centreline of 1 deck.
On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. The photographer is in the 4.5 inch handing room and gun crew's shelter between 74½ and 75¾ stations on the centreline of 1 deck looking to port showing one of the ammunition hoists in the left foreground with a cable reel above it. A smoke locker is at high level with another cable reel below it and the handle of a piasaba brush is alongside the cable reel. A first aid cabinet, a communications and log book desk, two cable reels and a locker are against the forward bulkhead. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N67899 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Eskimo (1961) |
| Date made: | December 1973 - 3 January 1974 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |