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 4.5 inch handing room and gun crew shelter between 74½ and 75¾ stations on 1 deck looking to starboard showing the open hatch down to 2 deck in the foreground. Four drums of foam liquid, a fire main, two magazine spray valves, two tripod frames, an explosives locker and two ammunition hoists are against the aft bulkhead. Nine protective clothing lockers, a cleansing post locker, a first aid cabinet, a telephone handset and a line of cable reels are against the forward bulkhead. The door to the ready use magazine is in the starboard bulkhead with the smoke magazine door above it. A vertical format negative.