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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 recovered cable being cut on the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A recovered cable being spliced on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (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)
A view of a cable repeater clear of the stern of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (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 view of the cable laying apparatus on board 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 looking aft of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the cable sheaves of the cable engine on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (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 grapnel on the upper deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A corer used for bottom samplers suspended over the sea off the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the inner harbour at Castries, Saint. Lucia taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of two crewman feeding a cable into a tank on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the Upper Barrakka waterfront in Malta harbour taken from 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 sunrise taken on the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
Crewman trimming the APANG cable on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (Colour transparency)
A view of cable floats in the water taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) off the coast of Crete, Greece (Colour transparency)
A view of two crewman handling a cable on board 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 of the waterfront in Grand Harbour, Malta taken from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
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