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 engineer's spare gear store and aft pump space between 76½ and 78 stations on 3 deck looking aft, down and to starboard from the raised platform by the door showing the Gilkes stripping pump in the foreground with the GEC motor driven fresh water pump beyond it. On the extreme right is part of the Worthington-Simpson No. 4 fire pump. A starter panel and an emergency change over switch and connection box are against the starboard bulkhead.