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 air electrical maintenance compartment between 61¾ and 65 stations on the starboard side of 1 deck looking aft from the raised deck showing a work bench with cupboards and drawers under it and a shelf above. The door to the compartment is on the left and on the right is the door into the gas turbine exhaust space. An electric fire is against the port bulkhead. A vertical format negative.