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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)
Piccadilly Circus, London (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Blue Star Line cargo liner Canberra Star (1956) alongside a berth in the Royal group of docks, London. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Chusan (1950) in King George V dock, London. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port side of the hull of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Corfu (1931) alongside a berth in the King George V Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
The Ford Cortina Mark II Estate car YYV557H being loaded onto the Avenue Shipping Co. Ltd cargo liner Galway (1959) by a dockside crane in the South West India dock, London. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port side of the bow of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salmara (1956) in the King George V Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
Fitting stabilisers to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) in a London dry dock. (Colour transparency)
A general scene inside an R & H Green & Silley Weir fitters workshop in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
The interior of an R & H Green & Silley Weir machine or fitters shop in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the Greek general cargo ship Aristipos (1940) alongside Berth 28 in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
The keel plates of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Canberra (1961) on the building berth at the Harland & Wolff Ltd shipyard, Queen's Island, Belfast. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Arcadia (1954) alongside Berths 30-31 on the Itchen Quays, Southampton. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the 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)
An unidentified bulk carrier alongside a wharf at Dubai with the P & O cargo liner Strathanna (1966) in the background berthed outboard of the bulk carrier. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the starboard bow 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 close view of the starboard bow of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Strathnaver (1931) working cargo alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex. (Colour transparency)
Children playing deck hockey on board the British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship Dunera (1937) while at sea. (Colour transparency)
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