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 crew's mess between 78 and 85 stations on 2 deck looking aft on the port side from 81 station. A settee bench is in the port aft corner and a folding table with two chairs are in the foreground. A loudspeaker control unit, a clock reading 10.25 and a cupboard are above the settee bench. On the left are the backs of a stack of kit lockers, a mess cupboard on top of a kit locker, and an electric kettle and wine glasses on top of the mess locker.