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 73 and 78 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking aft from 73½ station showing, on the left, a loudspeaker, the door to the aft fan chamber, a watertight hatch leading down to 3 deck and the door to the P.Os' mess. On the right are the doors to the laundry and the diving gear store. The watertight door at 78 station is closed but not clipped and a fire extinguisher is next to it.