On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Zulu (1962) in Rosyth Dockyard during a lengthy refit which was completed in December 1974. In the machinery control room between 59 and 61½ stations on the centreline of 2 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Zulu (1962) in Rosyth Dockyard during a lengthy refit which was completed in December 1974. The photographer is in the machinery control room between 59 and 61½ stations on the centreline of 2 deck looking to starboard and forward from the door showing a writing desk fitted with a pencil sharpener and with a telephone on the bulkhead above it. On the desk leaf is an H.M.S.O. book titled "Naval Marine Engineering Practice Vol. ? (indecipherable)". The steam turbine machinery control console has two seats in front of it.