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A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of Docks 2, 3 and 4, the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the main facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position. (Colour transparency)
Inside the extension in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A portrait of Mr. N. E. Ralph, Technical Supervisor of smiths, working in his office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Pieter van der Merwe making a video of locksmiths in their workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An unidentified foreman or inspector looking at old photographs at his desk in his office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two men working in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking up a ladder in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the window in the south-west corner of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A small hearth, cooling trough and workbench in the north-west side of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the main facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position. (Colour transparency)
HMS Pembroke Workbase and Sailing Centre from Thunderbolt Pier in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A five man heavy forging gang working on a forging at one of the heavy duty steam hammers in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Members of the Chatham Home Guard standing at ease while on parade. (Monochrome transparency)
An experienced smith showing four apprentice smiths the detail of an anchor in the Anchor Shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three men working by an anvil and hearth in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Two smiths holding a red-hot billet under a steam driven power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A formal group photograph of the employees of the Painters Department of the C.M.D. in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
The Canadian Navy submarine Onondaga (1965) on Number 7 Slip, behind a formal group of the personnel responsible for her construction, in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Blacksmith William Knowler and hammerman Aubrey Williams with a bell and stand in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
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