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 junior rates mess between 19 and 23 stations on 3 deck looking to starboard from the forward end of the mess showing three tubular steel chairs, an electric fire, a bookshelf, a bread locker, a Thermotank air conditioning unit and a clock reading 11.08 against the ship's side. A mess locker is in the forward starboard corner. A folding table and two chairs are on the left.