No 2 [Upper Gallery] Deck, location 2EQ. Interior of the gallery of severy, looking aft from the starbaord side towards the cook's office. Two ratings are engaged in food preparation to the right.

This is part of a series of photographs taken during the final stages of HMS Ark Royal's last major refit which was completed in 1970. The location references are derived from the deck plans in the latest edition of the ship's NBCD book.