A port quarter view of the frigate Morecambe Bay (1944) dried out in No. 4 dry dock, Itchen Quay, Southampton, undergoing a refit. Her pendant is F624. She was sold to Portugal 9 May 1961 and was refitted by John I Thornycroft before commissioning at Southampton on 3 August 1961 as the Dom Francisco de Almeida. In the right background is the fitting out berth of Thornycroft's shipyard at Woolston with the frigate Gurkha (1960) fitting out with two Ton class minesweepers aongside her. Negatives numbers PM7471/33A to PM7471/36A inclusive and PM7705/37A were taken on the same day.