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 steam turbine engine room between 90 and 106 stations on a platform on 3 or 4 deck showing No. 5 link box, two fuse panels, a smoke control panel, an oil regulator cabinet, a panel of 16 circular gauges and the cable stowage bracket 254. A stairway and a wire rope ladder are on the left.