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An elevated view of an unidentified Japanese cargo ship and the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) taken from the Upper Barrakka waterfront in Grand Harbour, Malta (Colour transparency)
A view looking forward of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea in heavy weather (Colour transparency)
A view of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunrise over Pico island, Azores, taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A distant view of Gibraltar seen through a porthole on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of a ginger cat lying on the wheelhouse rug on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A stack of cable repeaters stowed on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
Off loading cable from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) to a barge in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy (Colour transparency)
A set of cable grapnels on the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view looking aft from the bridge of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of three crewmen rolling a repeater down a conveyor on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
The TELPAL submarine cable being loaded on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) moored at Enderby Wharf in Greenwich, London. (Colour transparency)
A view of two crewman handling a repeater at the stern of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A close up view of a stack of cable repeaters stowed on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the test room on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view looking forward of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A corer used for bottom samplers on the upper deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the Lieutenant Governor's launch boat Wendy 2 taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A distant view of Gibraltar looking north taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of a cable repeater at the aft end of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the cable repeaters on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922). (Colour transparency)
A view of the chart room on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunset over the U.S. Virgin Islands taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A distant port quarter view of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) berthed in Curacao. (Colour transparency)
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