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 64 and 67 stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking aft from 64½ station showing, on the left, the door to 'K' switchboard room and the sliding door to the regulating office. On the right are a transformer, a CO² fire extinguisher, a first aid cabinet, a water fire extinguisher, a telephone, fuse panels and a damage control locker. The watertight door at 67 station is closed but not clipped and alongside the door are a loudspeaker, an automatic emergency lantern, a fuse panel and a watertight scuttle leading down to the gearing room on 3 deck.