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 showing five kit lockers and a bookshelf. A number of novels are on the bookshelf including 'A very small remnant' by Michael Straight, 'Farmer in the sky' by Robert Heinlein, 'One of our submarines' by Edward Young, 'The eliminator' by Andrew York, 'Three men in a boat' by Jerome K Jerome, 'The mystery of the blue train' by Agatha Christie, 'The Devil gun' by J T Edson and 'Angela' by Jean Blanche. On top of the kit locker in the right foreground is a wire basket containing glass tumblers. A vertical format negative.