On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Tartar (1960) in Portsmouth Dockyard between November 1973 and April 1974 during a refit. The photographer is in the machinery control room between 59 and 61½ stations on the centreline of 2 deck looking to starboard from the port side aft showing the engineer's log desk, a dial telephone and a loudspeaker on the right, an Allen West & Co Ltd starter unit with a system of pipes and valves below it, a Minerva fire detection system panel with an electric torch next to it and the end of the main engine control console on the left. A vertical format negative.