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A general view of Leadenhall Street, London EC3, looking west from the junction with St. Mary Axe and Lime Street. (Colour 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 port bow view of the Greek general cargo ship Aristipos (1940) alongside Berth 28 in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Colour transparency)
The P. & O. - Orient Lines office building at Aden, South Yemen. (Colour transparency)
Part of the facade of the Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. of Ceylon Ltd building at 4 Leyden Bastian Road, Colombo, Ceylon. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Karanja (1948) under tow at Mombasa, Kenya. (Colour transparency)
Looking towards Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A corer used for bottom samplers suspended over the sea off the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the Upper Barrakka waterfront in Malta harbour taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of an unidentified convent church in Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of cable floats in the water taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) off the coast of Crete, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of the entrance to Governor's House in Willemstad, Curacao (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard bow view of the cable ship Thalis O Milissios (1909) at moorings in Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of the forecastle on the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) after laying the cable off Tel Aviv, Israel (Colour transparency)
A view of Old Mint Street in Valletta, Malta (Colour transparency)
A port quarter view of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) moored in Grand Harbour, Malta (Colour transparency)
A view of a side street Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of the Auberge de Castile in Valletta, Malta (Colour transparency)
A street scene in Valetta, Malta (Colour transparency)
A view of a tree near a formal garden in Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view up a side street in Valletta, Malta (Colour transparency)
A view of a tree near a formal garden in Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A side view of the Venetian Arsenal harbour structure in Heraklion, Crete (Colour transparency)
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