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 officer's cooks and stewards mess between 62½ and 66 stations on the starboard side of 3 deck looking aft showing a double tier bunk unit, a table with a teapot and a mess fanny on it, a tubular steel armchair, a mess locker, a full height locker, two kit lockers, a Thermotank air condition unit, a decorative 'Aladdin's lamp' and a Watneys beer tin tray. Two senior rates are standing outside the mess door.