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 steering gear compartment between 85 and 95 stations on 2 deck looking to port and aft from 87 station on the starboard side showing the wire mesh cage surrounding the steering gear. On the front of the cage is the steering gear motor starter panel and at low level is an automatic change over switch. A toolbox and a tin of grease are in the left foreground. Mesh fronted storage shelves are against the port side of the ship.