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documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan: conning tower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper(part)
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documentary artifact: ship plan: holes in bottom
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water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, tea
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: cargo vessel: refrigerated carrier
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class protected (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite (HMS)
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water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: deck
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: liner, cargo & passenger
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water transport component: interior, vessel: hold
water transport component: interior, vessel: hold, refrigerated
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Gelatine dry plate
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silver halide: gelatine
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Bedford Lemere & Co
Chief Constructor
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Francis Frith & Co
Grierson, Alec R.
Mitchell, W.
Moore, Alexander
Sturdee, A B
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
White, W H
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Argentina Star (1947)
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Borodino (1911)
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Caspiana (1943)
Caxton (1958)
Cornwall (1952)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Dido (1896)
Dilwara (1930)
Dove (1898)
Edgar (1890)
Firebrand (1877)
Firefly (1877)
Forester 1877
Humber (1876)
Jamaica Planter (1959)
Livorno 1946
Loch Loyal 1957
Mallard 1875
Mendelev (1920)
Mercury 1962
Moorhen (1880)
Oriani 1944 ?
Pacific Fortune 1948
Platina 1952
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St. George 1892
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Suffolk 1895
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Sun VIII 1919
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Uruguay Star (1948)
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Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
Allen, W. J.
Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Christian, Mr (Chief Steward)
Cochrane & Sons Ltd
Dominey, A H
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Great Eastern Railway Company
Grierson, Alec R.
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Henry Scarr Ltd.
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
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Houston Shipbuilding Corp
John Brown & Company Ltd
Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Ltd
Lithgows Ltd
Lobnitz & Co Ltd
Merchant Shipbuilding Corp.
Mr Baxter
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Norton, W J
Oresundsvarvet A/B
Robert Napier & Sons
Societa Odero Terni Orlando
Thomas Wilson Sons & Co
William Gray & Company Ltd, William
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The general cargo ship Bencomo (1950) and the tug Sun XV (1925) in the West India Export Dock, London. (Negative)
The cargo liner Loch Loyal (1957) in Gallions Reach, River Thames, Woolwich, London (Negative)
The general cargo ship Livorno (1946) in Blackwall Reach, River Thames after leaving the South Dock Lock, West India Docks, London, bound out. (Negative)
The tug Sun XII (1925) and the cable ship Mercury (1962) moving from Millwall Dock to South Dock, London, bound out. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Argentina Star (1947) and tug Platina (1952) in the King George V Dock, London. (Negative)
The cargo liner Suffolk (1939) in the Royal Albert Dock, London. (Negative)
sheer
Inboard profile plan
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Junior Army and Navy Stores Ltd refrigerating chamber on the 'Borodino' (1911) (Glass plate negative)
Deck view on the 'Borodino' (1911) (Glass plate negative)
Junior Army and Navy Stores Ltd warehouse on the 'Borodino' (1911) (Glass plate negative)
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