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 port showing telephone junction box 7, an amplifier, miscellaneous circuits junction box 4, a junction box for machinery intercom and a number of alarm bells and gongs. A machinery state board is fixed to the back of the door. A vertical format negative.