On board the Type 12 frigate Lowestoft (1960) in No. 3 basin at Chatham Dockyard near the end of her modernisation which commenced 15 March 1968 and finished 31 May 1970. She was in the basin throughout May 1970. The photographer is near the centreline on 2 deck looking to port and forward from 71 station showing the quartermaster's position on the port side of the mortar well. Fitted to the bulkhead of the mortar handing room are telephones, a small switchboard and push buttons to the captain's day cabin and the 1st lieutenant's cabin. A fire hose stowage rack and the sprinkler valve to the mortar handing room are also mounted on this bulkhead. The helicopter firefighting equipment is in the left background.