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 metadyne compartment between 28 and 32 stations on 3 deck looking to starboard from the port side showing an open hatch, a folding desk, two junction boxes, a fuse panel, a change over switch, a limit braking unit and an amplifier assembly against the forward bulkhead. Against the ship's side are a loudspeaker and two fuse panels. Against the aft bulkhead are a transformer, a starter and a wooden cupboard. On the deck in the foreground is the Mark 26 metadyne. A vertical format negative.