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On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
The Coubri chain ferry in the Suez Canal, 10 kilometres north of Port Tewfik, Egypt. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
The British India Steam Navigation company passenger/cargo liner Madura (1921) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
A view of a battle damaged building, taken from on board the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979) while on a southbound transit of the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
A view of the Suez Canal taken from the aft superstructure of the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) (Colour transparency)
A close view of the Sudanese flag flying from the ensign staff of the motor tug Halaib (1980) while moored to bollards at Ballah Loop in the Suez Canal. (Colour transparency)
Four Suez Canal pilot boat crewmen on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) heading south in the Suez Canal. (Colour transparency)
The floating dock Surabaja 1 (1963) being towed through the Suez Canal by the tugs Robbenplate (1963) and Rotesand (1961) (Colour transparency)
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