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 deck store between 59¾ and 61 stations on the centreline of 01 deck looking to starboard from the doorway. The store is in temporary use as an office and a rotary duplicating machine is in the foreground. Beyond it is a desk on which is an Olivetti 82 typewriter and above the desk is a shelf with packets of stationery. A cable reel is under the deckhead. A vertical format negative.