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 forward and to port from the starboard side showing a folding table and a chair in the foreground with an electric fire and the staris up to 2 deck on the left. A triple tier bunk unit, a tubular steel chair, a fire hose basket, two kit lockers and a greatcoat cupboard are against the forward bulkhead.