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A distant stern view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) alongside a berth in the Western Docks at Southampton. (Colour transparency)
The face of a seaman on board a Rotterdam registered ship belonging to North Sea Ferries. (Colour transparency)
A distant stern view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) alongside a berth in the Western Docks at Southampton. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) under sail in the Solent area. (Colour transparency)
A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the French Navy 2-masted schooner La Belle Poule (1932) or L'Etoile (1932) under sail at Spithead. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Norwegian 3-masted training ship Christian Radich (1937) under sail leaving Falmouth for the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) under sail off the Hampshire coast. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Norwegian 3-masted training ship Sorlandet (1927) under sail leaving Falmouth at the start of the Tall Ships Race. (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) under sail in Spithead. (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the 3 masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) under sail before the start of the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw. (Colour transparency)
A close port beam view of the afterpart of the West German 3 masted barque Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in coastal waters. (Colour transparency)
The entrance to a Shinto temple at Kamaishi, Japan. (Roll film negative)
4th year apprentice Henry P. Bird and 4 colleagues on camels during a visit to a pyramid in Egypt. (Roll film negative)
A port bow view of the cargo ship Inverbank (1924) at Kamaishi, Japan. (Roll film negative)
A group of five shaven headed apprentices on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
Apprentice Horace Hayward sawing wood for fuel on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) at sea in the Indian Ocean. (Roll film negative)
On board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) passing into the west side second chamber of Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, from the Atlantic. (Roll film negative)
Apprentices Jim Paton and Horace Hayward taking a break from coal trimming on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) while at sea off the African coast. (Roll film negative)
Muslim crew members on the poop on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at the end of the Ramadan service. (Roll film negative)
A close view of the stern, taken from fine off the starboard quarter, of the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at Kamaishi, Japan. (Roll film negative)
Looking aft on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Tymeric (1919) during a cyclone off the east coast of Australia. (Roll film negative)
Two Spanish Nationalist officers on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) at Huelva, Spain. (Roll film negative)
Apprentice Joe White cleaning the barrel of the 4-inch gun on the poop of the Bank Line general cargo vessel Aymeric (1919) while under way at sea. (Roll film negative)
The title slide "Apprentice Boy" for Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. (Roll film negative)
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