On board the Type 12 frigate HMS Londonderry (1958) alongside the fitting out berth at the West Cowes shipyard of John Samuel White & Co Ltd. The photographer is in the 4.5 inch shell room between 19 and 23 stations on 4 deck looking forward and to port from 22 station showing the shell hoist in the foreground with a shell rack between the hoist and the ship's side. Shelves against the ship's side and against the forward bulkhead are labelled for ball ammunition for .22 rifles and 9mm carbines, .303 tracer and ball for bren guns and rifles and blocks of TNT for demolition.