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water transport: cargo vessel: sambuk (Arab)
water transport: sailing vessel: batil (Kuwait)
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water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (baggala)
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (sambuk)
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow, pearling (Kuwait)
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'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'. (Photographic print)
Cargo vessel; Ghanja (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Baseboard)
Cargo vessel; Sambuk Dhow (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled)
'Horses for the front' (Photographic print)
Passenger/cargo vessel; Sambuk (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set)
Merchant vessel; Sanbuk (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set)
Merchant vessel; Batil (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled)
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathaddie (1959) at anchor, probably in the Persian Gulf. (Colour transparency)
Cargo vessel; Ghanja (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Hatch cover)
Cargo vessel; Ghanja (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Hatch cover)
Looking forward on board the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979), dressed for arrival in Bahrain (Colour transparency)
Cargo vessel; Dhow, Baggala (Full hull model)
Cargo vessel; Ghanja (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled)
'Discharging a Camel up Persian Gulf' (Photographic print)
'Mongoose & snake fighting' (Photographic print)
A street scene in Mina-al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. (Colour transparency)
A distant view of gas burning at Das Island, United Arab Emirates taken from the steam turbine tanker Bidford Priory (1960) at sea. (Colour transparency)
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