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 main passageway between 16 and 32 stations on 2 deck looking aft from 18 station showing, on the left, the door to a crew's bathroom, the hatch over the hull outfit 15, type 170B asdic compartment, a cable hanger, dirty clothes lockers, an automatic emergency lantern, a wire rope ladder, a hatch leading down to 3 deck, another cable hanger and a chemical foam drum. On the right is the door to another of the crew's bathrooms. The watertight door at 32 station is closed but not clipped. Under the deckhead are supply and exhaust fans.