A stern view, taken from very fine off the starboard quarter, of the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) working off Sembawang, Singapore. Her kedge anchor is hauled up against her stern bulwark. She has a three flag hoist and the daymark for being at anchor on her port yardarm. The 'not under control' daymark is displayed on the starboard side of the mast. She has a slight list to starboard. An unidentified 'Round Table' class logistic landing ship is under refit in a floating dock in the background. Negatives numbers P99801 to P99847 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.