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 junior rates and marines mess between 50 and 56 stations on 3 deck looking to port from the starboard side at 55¼ station showing a recreation area with a settee bench and a cupboard in the corner, a folding table, a letter rack, a clock reading 10.56 and an electric iron. On the deck is a spittoon waste bin. A vertical format negative.