On board the Royal Navy torpedo recovery and patrol vessel Arlingham (1953) under way entering Gibraltar harbour. The photographer is on the open bridge looking forward and to starboard showing a Royal Navy lieutenant in the foreground. The starboard bearing compass is on the bridge screen and an inflatable liferaft is fitted to the outer side of the bridge screen. Two Leander class frigates and a fleet tug are berthed in the dockyard and the South Mole is on the right.