On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning on 9 October 1962. The photographer is in the main wireless office and main signal office between 41 and 45 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking to starboard and forward from the port side at 44½ station showing two positions facing forward. One of these positions has a morse key, a dial telephone, a voicepipe and the AEL aerial exchange. The other position has a telephone handset, a voicepipe, a key cabinet and a nest of pigeon holes. On the right against the starboard bulkhead are a wireless stateboard, a combination safe, a switch panel, a fuse panel and a starter. A control circuit exchange can be seen through the gap in the back panel of the two desks. A vertical format negative.