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 stabiliser compartment between 53 and 56 stations on 4 deck looking aft and to starboard from the port side at 53½ station showing the inboard end of the starboard stabiliser on the left. The piston road housing, the hexagonal tilting shaft and the inboard crosshead of the port stabiliser are on the right. A fire extinguisher is fitted to the pillar on the right. A vertical format negative.