On board the Type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) alongside the south side of number 3 basin in Chatham Dockyard at the end of a modernization which commenced in August 1966. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay. The photographer is in the senior rates mess between 56 and 61½ stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking aft and to starboard from the forward end showing a double tier bunk unit next to an open scuttle. On the bunk is a newspaper with the headline "Alex's one-way romance led to a fight". On the right is a man holding papers titled "HMS Plymouth as fitted photographs".