On board the County class guided missile destroyer London (1961) alongside the fitting out berth at the Neptune Works of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd at Wallsend-on-Tyne. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay. The photographer is in the laundry between 178 and 188½ stations on 3 deck showing a Jaxon clothes press, a Mariner ironing machine, the end of a clothes and sheet folding unit, an hydro evacuator (spin dryer) and a soda and soap boiler.