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 forward and to starboard from the aft end showing kit lockers in the foreground, a greatcoat locker, a cleaning gear locker with an ironing board on the side of it, and a mirror against the ship's side. A vertical format negative.