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 on the flat above the torpedo maintenance room between 55 and 57 stations on the starboard side of 01 deck looking forward and to port showing a locker in the foreground. A fire hose basket, a fire hose nozzle and a reel of hemp rope are against a ventilation trunk on the left. Another locker is against the ventilation supply trunking forward and a fan motor housing is in the port forward corner.