On board the Type 81 frigate Gurkha (1960) alongside the fitting out berth of John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd at Woolston, Southampton. The photographer is in the engineers and ordnance workshop between 61¼ and 64 stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking forward and to starboard showing the universal machine tool in the centre with a work bench against the ship's side. Two vices are fitted to the bench and two fire extinguishers are standing on it. Drawers and cupboards are under the bench, a pigeon hole rack and a shelf are above it. A dirty clothes locker with a cupboard above it are on the left and a double cupboard is against the starboard side of the forward bulkhead. An automatic emergency lantern is next to the door on the extreme left.