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 aft and to starboard from the port side at 53 station showing four tables with bench seats. A water cooler, a cold drinks dispenser and a fire hose basket are against the fan chamber bulkhead. The beverages counter is on the left. A row of cupboards is against the starboard bulkhead and a cased model of the destroyer Tartar (1937) is on the top of them. The scullery and the stairs up to 1 deck are in the background.