On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960) alongside the fitting out berth of Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd at Linthouse, Glasgow. The photographer is in the seamen's mess between 19 and 23 stations on 3 deck looking aft and to starboard from the port side showing tables and stools and an electric fire mounted on a pillar next to the ammunition trunk in the foreground. Kit lockers with a hammock stowage bin and litter bin are in the centre of the mess. Kit lockers, cupboards and two air conditioning units are against the aft bulkhead. Hammock rails are under the deckhead.