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' dining hall between 50 and 56 stations on 2 deck looking forward and to port from the centreline at 53 station showing two tables with bench seats. Two large bookcases are against the ship's side. Two refrigerators and a television set are in the port forward corner. Two loudspeakers and four two-slice electric toasters are against the forward bulkhead.