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 port showing the open hatch down to 2 deck, four drums of foam liquid, a fire main, a magazine spray valve, two tripod frames, an explosives locker and two ammunition hoists against the aft bulkhead on the left. Protective clothing lockers, a cleansing post locker, a first aid cabinet, a fire extinguisher, a line of cable reels, a transformer, a fire hose basket, a fire main, an electric fire and fuse panels are against the forward bulkhead on the right. A vertical format negative.