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 laundry between 73 and 77 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking forward from 74¾ station showing an hydro-extractor (spin drier) on the left with a Rhodes Westlake Viscount washing machine in the forward port corner. Shelves are against the starboard side and they contain a portable radio cassette, a briefcase, a pair of shoes, a box of Old Spice, wooden and cardboard boxes, new T-shirts in wrappings and some other items in addition to items awaiting washing or collecting.