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 torpedo anti submarine (TAS) store and directing gear compartment between 16 and 27 stations on 4 deck looking aft and to starboard from 16½ station showing a fresh water circulating pump and a steel ladder up to 3 deck against the ship's side. A tool roll and an electric soldering iron are in the right foreground at the forward end of the hull outfit 19 (sonar type 170) hoisting and lowering frame.