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 looking aft and to starboard from 82 station on the port side of the quarterdeck showing the type 199 variable depth sonar on the stern. A capstan is in the foreground. The ship is berthed port side to the jetty. Dimly seen in the left background are B turret, the bridge and the main director of the light cruiser Belfast (1938) which was laid up as an accommodation ship in Fountain Lake off Whale Island.