eskimo

Photo and notes from 1978 Navy Day Program for Chatham where HMS Eskimo was open to the public that year. HMS ESKIMO is one of seven TRIBAL Class General Purpose Frigates. She was built by J. Samuel White Limited at Cowes, being launched in March 1960 and completed in February 1963. HMS ESKIMO is d

HMS Eskimo (F119) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes. She was launched on 20 March 1960 and commissioned on 21 February 1963. In 1967, Eskimo deployed to the Mediterranean, where she visited a variety of ports, as well as performing exercises, and subseq

Photographed 28 July 1980 at Portsmouth. RMAS Waterfall alongside

Photographed 28 May 1979 at Chatham on Navy Day

Photographed 28 May 1979 at Chatham on Navy Day

Photogaphed 28 May 1978 at Chatham on Navy Day

The view from the starboard quarter, Eskimo refuelling from RFA Wave Ruler, 1963.

Refuelling from RFA Wave Ruler on work up off Portland in spring of 1963.