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Scientists inspecting the catch in a recovered pyramid fish trap on the starboard side of the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
Scientist Nigel Merritt removing the livers from fish on a table on the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. The fish were caught using a longline. (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)
A view from on board the Great Lakes and ocean cargo vessel Fort Chambly (1961) ice breaking on the St. Lawrence river, Canada (Roll film negative)
Scientists removing the livers from fish on a table on the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. The fish were caught using a longline. (Roll film negative)
Scientists opening the cod end of the 25 feet deep water trawl net on the aft end of the shelter deck on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
A view from on board the Great Lakes and ocean cargo vessel Fort Chambly (1961) under way on the St Lawrence river, Canada (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)
A port quarter view of the Great Lakes and ocean cargo vessel Fort Chambly (1961) at moorings in Montreal, Canada (Roll film negative)
The dan buoy marking the position of the Current Flow Meter in the sea off the starboard side of the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (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)
Two scientists monitoring the Temperature, Salinity and Depth Recorder readings in the Operations Centre on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
The small trawl RMT1 being raised alongside the starboard side on the forecastle deck on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (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 scientists in an inflatable dinghy being hoisted aboard the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
A port bow view of the Great Lakes and ocean cargo vessel Fort Chambly (1961) alongside a wharf in Montreal, Canada (Roll film negative)
Two Spanish Nationalist officers on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) at Huelva, Spain. (Roll film negative)
Scientists deploying a Neuston Net from the port side of the forecastle deck on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
Scientist Phil James at the longline coiler on the starboard side of the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
The final slide "The End" for Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Apprentice Boy" about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. (Roll film negative)
Scientist P. Herring removing external parasites from fish on a table on the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. The fish were caught using a longline. (Roll film negative)
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