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 torpedo maintenance compartment between 74 and 75 stations on the port side of 1 deck abaft the hangar looking to port and slightly aft from the doorway showing fuse panels, a starter panel, a motor driven high vacuum pump and a work bench against the aft bulkhead. Two nitrogen gas cylinders are stowed against the port bulkhead and an electric fire is against the forward bulkhead.