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A sister or nurse serving breakfast in a two berth cabin on board an unidentified Peninsular & Oriental Group passenger liner. (Colour transparency)
A disco dance in progress on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
A world map showing the shipping routes of the Peninsular and Oriental Group with the Suez Canal closed. (Colour transparency)
A young woman playing deck tennis on the Sun Deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
Inside the fire damaged accommodation of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the fire damaged wheelhouse of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
A stern view of an unidentified roll-on roll-off ferry loading vehicles at a specialised terminal, possibly at Dover or Le Havre. (Colour transparency)
Five employees of R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd using geared pulley chain hoists to lift a flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
A new midships section abaft the small bridge of an unidentified ship being constructed in London Docks by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd. (Monochrome transparency)
A port bow view of the offshore supply vessel Lady Margaret (1968) at anchor close to an oil rig platform in the North Sea. (Colour transparency)
Two passengers and a steward on the quayside walking past the port bow of the Peninsular & Oriental steam Navigation Company passenger liner Himalaya (1949) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
The First Class Swimming Pool on the Games Deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
Two women having a pillow fight above the First Class Swimming Pool on the Games Deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
Loading cargo at number 2 hold of the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Essex (1954) alongside a quay at Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A disco dance in progress on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
Three men in shorts playing deck tennis on board an unidentified Peninsular & Oriental Group passenger liner while at sea. (Colour transparency)
A fancy dress dance in the First Class Ballroom on the Games Deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
Two men having a pillow fight above the First Class Swimming Pool on the Games Deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961). (Colour transparency)
A new midships section abaft the small bridge of an unidentified ship being constructed in London Docks by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd. (Monochrome transparency)
An aerial port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chinkoa (1952) under way in coastal waters. (Colour transparency)
A flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks being lifted by geared chain pulley hoists. (Monochrome transparency)
A flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks about to be lifted by geared chain pulley hoists. (Monochrome transparency)
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