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Wilson Fletcher Bruce & Sons Ltd
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Cambrian Pottery, Swansea, Wales
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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B P Manufacturer (1956)
British Chivalry (1929)
Cassian Sea (1936)
City of Johannesburg (1947)
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Cobre (1844)
Coralstone (1943)
Countess of Bective (1843)
Duchy of Normandy (1948)
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Ellen Simson (1841)
Empire Tulip (1939)
Fairmile B class motor launch (1941 - 1945)
Faith [S4] (fl. 1846-50]
Falkenstein (1963)
Flower ca.1792
General Sir William Nott (1845)
Gustaf Reuter (1948)
Jurgen Drews (1957)
Kana (1929)
Kassos (1939)
Livorno (1946)
Mary Dugdale (1835)
Neptune [S7] (fl.1846-50)
Prome (1937)
Salinas (1947)
Setas (1954)
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Southdale H (1951)
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Shipping in the River Tawe, Swansea, including the General Sir William Nott (1845) (Calotype negative)
An unidentified barque dried out alongside a quay at Swansea (Salted paper print)
Stern views of the Mary of St Ives and the Liberty of Teignmouth dried out at Swansea. (Salted paper print)
The cargo ship Sunkirk (1944) at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
The general cargo ship Sunbear (1959) at Swansea (Roll film negative.)
Sunbear (1959) (Roll film negative)
The tanker Cassian Sea (1936) under tow of the tug Clyneforth (1943) (Roll film negative)
Tanker Cassian Sea (1936) in tow of Clyneforth (1943) (Roll film negative)
City of Karachi (1951 (Roll film negative)
Glass plate negative
The tanker Cassian Sea (1936) under tow if the Clyneforth (1943). (Roll film negative)
City of Johannesburg (1947) (Roll film negative)
Durham (1934) (Glass plate negative)
Duchy of Normandy (1948) in Swansea. (Roll film negatives)
The general cargo ship Duchy of Normandy (1948) at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
The general cargo coaster Falkenstein (1963) arriving at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
The Swedish coaster Gustaf Reuter (1948) arriving at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
Clan Campbell (1943) leaving Swansea. (Roll film negative)
Setas (1954) (Roll film negative)
The cargo liner Salinas (1947) at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
The cargo liner Salinas (1947) at Swansea (Roll film negative)
The cargo liner Salinas (1947) at Swansea. (Roll film negative)
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