On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) at Kristiansund, Norway, during the Maritime Air Defence Exercise Highwood which took place in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The photographer is on the port side of 01 deck looking aft showing a signal projector and the port yard of the mainmast. A large engines aft merchant ship in ballast is alongside a quay in the background and a shipbuilding or repair slip is on the right.