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Inside the megaship: on board one of the world's biggest container ships
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A close view of a world globe with the Indian Ocean area facing the camera. (Colour transparency)
Looking across the River Bure to St. Benets Abbey, Norfolk. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the Container Terminal in the Dock Extension at Tilbury, Essex (Colour transparency)
Electronic testing equipment on a bench in a workshop of ship repairers Silley, Cox & Co. Ltd. at Falmouth. (Colour transparency)
An engineer sitting at a bench top electric coil winding machine in a workshop of ship repairers Silley, Cox & Co. Ltd. at Falmouth. (Colour transparency)
A starboard broadside view of the BP Tanker Co. Ltd. tanker British Lantern (1960) in Falmouth harbour, Cornwall. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the bow and badge of an unidentified Shell Company tanker. (Colour transparency)
Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the outer harbour, looking towards the Eastern Breakwater, at Falmouth, Cornwall. (Colour transparency)
Two connectors for electric cables with armour protection, fitted to a ribbed iron structure. (Colour transparency)
Two men on a suspended wooden platform cleaning the flag logo on the funnel of a Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner in Falmouth Docks. (Colour transparency)
The R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd tank cleaning jetty at Purfleet, Essex. (Colour transparency)
The R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd tank cleaning jetty at Purfleet, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A Victor oily water separator in a workshop of Silley, Cox & Co Ltd. in Falmouth docks, Cornwall. (Colour transparency)
Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall. (Colour transparency)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger liner Queen of Bermuda (1933) undergoing refit at the Harland & Wolff shipyard, Belfast. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Orient Line passenger/cargo liner Orcades (1948) alongside Berth 30-31 in Tilbury Docks, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the Svenska-Lloyd passenger ferries Suecia (1929) and Britannia (1929) alongside Tilbury landing stage, River Thames, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) coming alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
Captain Cook Bicentenary decorations at the Circular Quay Railway Station, Alfred Street, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A starboard broadside waterline pen and ink illustration of the P & O liquefied petroleum gas tanker Gazana (1972). (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the New Zealand Shipping Company refrigerated cargo liner Taupo (1966) alongside a wharf at Fremantle, Western Australia. (Colour transparency)
Passengers enjoying the 1st class swimming pool on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Stratheden (1937) while at sea. (Colour transparency)
Passengers playing games and sitting in deck chairs on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Stratheden (1937) while at sea. (Colour transparency)
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