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Inside the fire damaged accommodation of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the fire damaged wheelhouse of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
A large control room, possibly on board a tanker. (Monochrome transparency)
Five employees of R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd using geared pulley chain hoists to lift a flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
The hold of an unidentified ship in London Docks showing severe water and pressure damage to a cargo of five gallon cans in the upper hold and boxes in the lower hold. (Monochrome transparency)
A five man heavy forging gang working on a forging at one of the heavy duty steam hammers in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Members of the Chatham Home Guard standing at ease while on parade. (Monochrome transparency)
An experienced smith showing four apprentice smiths the detail of an anchor in the Anchor Shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three men working by an anvil and hearth in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Two smiths holding a red-hot billet under a steam driven power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A formal group photograph of the employees of the Painters Department of the C.M.D. in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
The Canadian Navy submarine Onondaga (1965) on Number 7 Slip, behind a formal group of the personnel responsible for her construction, in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Blacksmith William Knowler and hammerman Aubrey Williams with a bell and stand in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A Davy Bros Ltd steam driven power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three smiths working on a large shackle under a B & S Massey power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Smithery workers with various type of lifting gear, probably in the chain test house in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A John Cochrane & Co (Barrhead) Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
An oven range in a portable cookhouse in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
An oven range in a portable cookhouse in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A smith and a hammerman using an anvil to shape a chain link in the chain making shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A close-up view of the port side of the severely damaged bow of an unidentified cargo ship in an enclosed dock in London. (Monochrome transparency)
A bow view of the general cargo ship Dorington Court (1940) undergoing bow repairs in a London Dry Dock. (Monochrome transparency)
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