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 main communications office between 41 and 45 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking forward and to starboard from the port side at 44½ station showing the position of the rating-in-charge which is equipped with four telephone handsets, a microphone, two voicepipes, a telephone switchboard, loudspeakers, a C.U. 9, M.C.O., C1, C2 C3 unit and a switch unit No. 4. Two junction boxes are on the right. The control circuit exchange unit is against the forward bulkhead. A vertical format negative.