On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside the South Arm in Rosyth Dockyard prior to 25 March 1973. The photographer is in the crew's and marines' 3G mess between 50 and 56 stations on 3 deck looking forward on the port side at 52½ station showing two triple tier bunk units and a cleaning gear locker with a letter rack fixed to it on the right. Kit lockers and a triple tier bunk unit are on the left. A clock reading 09.42, a television set on a locker, a bookshelf on a locker, an air conditioning unit an automatic emergency lantern, two loudspeakers and a wire rope ladder leading up to an escape scuttle are against the forward bulkhead. A folding table and tubular steel chairs are in the centre.