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documentary artifact: ship plan: holes in bottom
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Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
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J W Smith
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A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the funnel of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) while berthed in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale boarding the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in British waters. (Colour transparency)
Starboard broadside waterline pen and ink illustrations of the P & O container ship Moreton Bay (1969) and the coastal container ship Impala (1968) (Colour transparency)
A close view of the stern of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while taking on a pilot at Naples, Italy. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port quarter, including the propeller and rudder, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) just under way in a light mist. (Colour transparency)
The bottom hull sections for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
A plaster mould for a ship's hull being made inside a testing tank establishment. (Colour transparency)
Shipyard workers removing the supporting timbers from the port side of a merchant ship, prior to its launching from a British shipyard. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) under way off a coastline. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) anchored at Acapulco (Colour transparency)
A close view of the forward port side of the hull of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Colour transparency)
A starboard broadside waterline pen and ink illustration of the P & O cargo liner Strathconon (1967). (Colour transparency)
Passengers relaxing on the deck of a Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger vessel while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
A distant bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) under way, possibly in Sydney harbour, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of an unidentified small passenger ferry under way in Gibraltar Bay. (Colour transparency)
A starboard quarter view of the forepart of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) at anchor in Gibraltar Bay. (Colour transparency)
An unidentified part of the Italian coast, said to be near Amalfi, seen from on board a ship offshore. (Colour transparency)
Lord Clyde (1875) (Drawing)
A general view of Brixham harbour, Devon. (Colour transparency)
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