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Apprentice Horace Hayward chipping the anchor on the port bow of the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) at Jacksonville, Florida. (Roll film negative)
A general view of the anchorage and waterfront at Tocopilla, Chile. (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)
Drying salt cod on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Tymeric (1919) after a cyclone off the east coast of Australia. (Roll film negative)
A port bow view of the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) under sail off the Hampshire coast. (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the 3 masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) under sail before the start of the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Norwegian 3-masted training ship Sorlandet (1927) under sail leaving Falmouth at the start of the Tall Ships Race. (Colour transparency)
A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the French Navy 2-masted schooner La Belle Poule (1932) or L'Etoile (1932) under sail at Spithead. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Norwegian 3-masted training ship Christian Radich (1937) under sail leaving Falmouth for the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw. (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) under sail in Spithead. (Colour transparency)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the West German 3 masted barque Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in the Solent at the start of a Tall Ships Race to the Skaw. (Colour transparency)
A close port beam view of the afterpart of the West German 3 masted barque Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in coastal waters. (Colour transparency)
The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in the Plaza Mayor at Lima, Peru. (Roll film negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Bank Line general cargo ship Tymeric (1919) alongside a wharf at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of a geisha girl at Kamaishi, Japan. (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)
Chinese employees of the British Phosphate Commission playing football on Nauru Island, South Pacific. (Roll film negative)
Loading maize into number 2 hold on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at Rosario, Argentina. (Roll film negative)
The title slide "Apprentice Boy" for Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. (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)
4th year apprentice Henry P. Bird and 4 colleagues on camels during a visit to a pyramid in Egypt. (Roll film negative)
Two Spanish Nationalist officers on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) at Huelva, Spain. (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)
Apprentice Joe White cleaning the barrel of the 4-inch gun on the poop of the Bank Line general cargo vessel Aymeric (1919) while under way at sea. (Roll film negative)
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