On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning. In the officers' cooks' and stewards' mess between 46¼ and 49 stations on the port side of 2 deck.

On board the type 81 general purpose frigate HMS Nubian (1960) alongside South Railway Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to commissioning on 9 October 1962. The photographer is in the officers' cooks' and stewards' mess between 46¼ and 49 stations on the port side of 2 deck looking forward and to starboard showing a table in the foreground with a triple tier bunk unit and six kit lockers at the forward end of the mess. Another triple tier bunk unit is against the starboard bulkhead.