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 45 and 55 stations on 2 deck looking aft from 45½ station showing, on the left, a transformer, a cable hanger, a hatch leading down to 3 deck, an emergency change over switch and connection box, a fuse panel, the servery and an automatic emergency lantern. On the right are a noticeboard, arched openings to two seamen's messes, a sliding door to the officers' galley and the curtained off junior ratings dining hall. A water cooler is against the bulkhead of the midship fan chamber in the background.