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 forward from 44½ station showing six positions against the port side equipped with Powquip teleprinters, B40 CAY and B41 CAZ receivers, a convertor/comparator and two transmitter auto units. On the right is a position with a dial telephone, a telephone handset, a call switch box, a loudspeaker and the AEL aerial exchange. A control circuit exchange, a CAS unit and a 618 unit can be seen against the starboard bulkhead. A wood bench, an FM12 direction finder, a Powquip teleprinter, a book rack, pigeon holes, a signal log rack, a cupboard and the attendant's switchboard cabinet are against the forward bulkhead.