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armament t&e: gunshield
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documentary artifact: model, gunshield
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water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked)
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Armes, Frederick J.
Brigham & Cowhan Ltd
Chipchase, R S
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Tyne Dock Eng Co Ltd
William Parry & Son
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South Shields
South Shields, England
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Arco (1912)
Serbistan (1966)
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Greathead, Henry
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model, gunshield
The tanker Arca (1912) underway on trials. (Photographic print)
speaking tube
bench
mast
whistle
funnel
A close view of the starboard bow of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Zaida (1972) almost ready for launching from the Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Readhead shipyard at South Shields. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the cargo liner Serbistan (1966) alongside the fitting out berth of John Readhead and Sons Ltd at South Shields. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the cargo liner Serbistan (1966) alongside the fitting out berth of John Readhead and Sons Ltd at South Shields. (Roll film negative)
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