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A formal group photograph of the employees of the Painters Department of the C.M.D. 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)
Two smiths holding a red-hot billet under a steam driven power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
An oven range in a portable cookhouse 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)
An oven range in a portable cookhouse 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)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery 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 John Cochrane & Co (Barrhead) 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)
A close-up view of the severely damaged port bow of a general cargo vessel, probably a coaster, in port in London. (Monochrome transparency)
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