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 lobby between 43½ and 48 stations on the centreline of 01 deck looking aft from 46 station showing a bollard winch on the deck in the foreground with its starter panel on the starboard side next to the door of officer's cabin No. 5. The watertight hatch leads down to the cabin flat on 1 deck and a fuse panel and an automatic emergency lantern are above the hatch. The watertight door to the airlock is closed but not clipped and a Nu-Swift fire extinguisher is on the right.