© Copyright Howard Cox 2007 – reproduced here with his kind permission.

Howard Cox writes, "Note this photo shows the former 4" gun position concealed under a steel cover."

This photo will have been taken circa 1969 when, as Weather Surveyor, the ship would have been holding station somewhere in mid-Atlantic.  If you want to know more about life on an Ocean Weather Ship please see Mik Cass's article, "Life on Ocean Weather Ships 1966-1969" and also Howard Cox's account, written from the standpoint of an engineer officer, "Ocean Weather Ships" - both are thoroughly entertaining and offer a view into a world to which we will never return.