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 crew's galley and preparation space between 45 and 50 stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking forward and to starboard from 49 station showing a stainless steel bench with a shelf under and a shelf above and an Hobart gravity meat slicing machine on it, a sink unit, a potato washing sink and a potato peeling machine against the ship's side. On the left is a stainless steel dresser with a condensing unit under it and a boiling plate unit next to it. Against the forward bulkhead is a vegetable preparation area with a garbage disposal machine under it. Waste food bins are in the right foreground.