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 4.5 inch metadyne compartment between 73 and 78 stations on the port side of 3 deck looking forward showing the metadyne mark 19 in the left foreground with a fuse setting metadyne mark 20A ahead of it. Under the bench is the A/S mortar metadyne and against the ship's side are starters, control panels and fuse panels. A rectifier is against the forward bulkhead. Fuse panels, an audio protection unit, a fire extinguisher and amplifier assemblies are against the starboard bulkhead. A vertical format bulkhead.