On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside the fitting out berth at the Yarrow & Co Ltd shipyard at Scotstoun, Glasgow. The photographer is in the A/S and 4.5 inch metadyne and power room between 28 and 32 stations on 3 deck looking to port showing a folding table, the hatch leading to 4 deck, the vertical steel ladder up to 2 deck and a wooden cupboard against the forward bulkhead. On the deck are an oscilloscope in a box, a Mark 26 metadyne, a fuse setting metadyne and a 4.5 inch mounting metadyne. Against the aft bulkhead are a fuse panel, two transformers, a wooden cupboard, two fuse panels, two starters and a control panel. Against the port side of the ship are a starter and a control panel.