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 wardroom between 50 and 56 stations on the port side of 1 deck looking aft and to starboard from the port forward corner showing the table and upholstered chairs set athwartships in the foreground. The bar unit is on the right. Above the bar is a sketch of a boy holding a sailing ship is his right hand and a tray with a bottle and glass in his left and with HMS Nubian in scrolls on either side of him. In the lounge area are armchairs, bench settees and an electric fire. A painting of a Nubian warrior holding a spear is above the fire. A bookcase is against the starboard bulkhead.