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A view of the Royal Naval Hospital Bighi in Grand Harbour, Malta taken from 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)
A view looking forward of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the waterfront at Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of the waterfront in Grand Harbour, Malta taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunrise over Pico island, Azores, taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the aft sheave of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
Off loading cable from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) to a barge in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy (Colour transparency)
A view of the wheelhouse of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A far port side bow view of the cable ship Mercury (1962) berthed in Ireland Island, Bermuda (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunrise over the French-Dutch island of Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of Inner Island, Middle King's Point and Outer King's Point, Bermuda, looking in a easterly direction, taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard bow view of the cable ship Thalis O Milissios (1909) at moorings in Kalamata, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of two crewman handling a cable on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A pair of cable grapnels laid out on the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the waterfront in Grand Harbour, Malta taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A coiled cable held in one of the tanks on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a submarine cable paying out aft of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A starboard just off stern view of the coaster Hebe (1946) loading cable onto the the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Colour transparency)
A view looking aft of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A starboard near beam view of the refrigerated cargo ship Geestland (1972) berthed in Castries, Saint. Lucia. (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunrise taken on the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A crewman standing next to the five sheave gear on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of a floating cable end buoy in the ocean taken from the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
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