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 operations room between 42 and 45½ stations on 1 deck looking aft from 43½ station on the starboard side showing the captain's high chair on the right facing a visual display unit, a rudder position indicator and a speed indicator. An ARL plotting table, two stools, a mortar control panel, a data selection panel and an A/S exercise board are to the left of centre. A CO² fire extinguisher, a telephone, a loudspeaker and a control unit are on the left and the door to the C.O's sleeping cabin is in the left background.