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 officers' galley between 49 and 50 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking aft and to starboard showing a work bench with a sink unit, an hot cupboard by E & D Clay, three cupboards and two drawers below and an electric grill and shelves above against the aft bulkhead. A Selyac machine and a refrigerator are in the corner. An automatic emergency lantern is alongside the door. The operating handle of the food hoist is in the left foreground.