On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) berthed on the south side of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard. The photographer is in the operations room between 42 and 45½ stations on 1 deck looking forward and to port showing the Opgen and E.W. stateboards against the port bulkhead with display table units on either side of a Powquip teleprinter. Three dockyard workers are with one of the ship's ordnance or radio electricians. A vertical format negative.