On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Ashanti (1959) alongside North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard during her September 1968 to April 1970 refit. The photographer is in the machinery control room between 59 and 61 stations on the centreline of 2 deck looking aft and to starboard at the aft end of the room showing a Thermotank air conditioning unit, a Siemens Edison Swan Ltd torque indicator, three telephone handsets, a main broadcast loudspeaker and the log desk. A vertical format negative.