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 crew's galley and preparing space between 45 and 50 stations on the starboard side of 2 deck looking to port and slightly forward from 46 station on the starboard side showing the beef screen door, a wash basin and a first aid cabinet on the left. Against the forward bulkhead are a work top with cupboards and cereal bins under it, an Hobart gravity meat slicing machine on the end of it, shelves and an automatic emergency lantern above it and a mincing and mixing machine alongside it. In the right foreground is a fire extinguisher.