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 petty officer's mess between 73 and 78 stations on 2 deck looking aft and to port from 76½ station on the starboard side showing the recreation space. A bar with a roller shutter unit at the back is on the left and against the aft bulkhead is a settee bench. A settee bench is in the left foreground with a round coffee table in front of it. A vertical format negative.