On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Eskimo (1961) alongside the south side of No. 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard. The photographer is on the forecastle looking aft from right forward. She is berthed starboard side to the quay and a Fyson portable gangplank is rigged to the forecastle from the quayside. A number of motor cars are on the quayside. Six frigates are on the north side of No. 2 basin in the background.