On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) in No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard during her 1971-1974 modernisation. The photographer is in the machinery control room between 59 and 61½ stations on the centreline of 2 deck looking aft and slightly to port showing the machinery state board, a noticeboard, two junction boxes, a microphone amplifier, a switching assembly unit and six alarm bells and gongs. The open scuttle leading down to the engine room is in the left foreground. A one gallon tin of methylated orange french polish and a paint pot are on the deck.