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A new midships section abaft the small bridge of an unidentified ship being constructed in London Docks by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer and associated boiler in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer and associated boiler in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three smiths using a plate bending machine in No. 2 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A Davy Bros Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A starboard bow view of the severely damaged general cargo ship Baron Herries (1940) in dry dock at Falmouth. (Monochrome transparency)
Two smiths at work on the frame bending slab in No. 2 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A mooring party on board a workboat in a basin in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A close-up view of the starboard side of the bow of the fruit ship Bencomo (1950) in Tilbury Docks, Essex. (Monochrome transparency)
A flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks being lifted by geared chain pulley hoists. (Monochrome transparency)
A flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks about to be lifted by geared chain pulley hoists. (Monochrome transparency)
A starboard quarter view of a pair of 3-masted schooner rigged yachts in the Blackwall Yard dry dock of R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd., London. (Monochrome transparency)
A new midships section abaft the small bridge of an unidentified ship being constructed in London Docks by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the fire damaged accommodation of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the fire damaged wheelhouse of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
A large control room, possibly on board a tanker. (Monochrome transparency)
A five man heavy forging gang working on a forging at one of the heavy duty steam hammers in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Members of the Chatham Home Guard standing at ease while on parade. (Monochrome transparency)
An experienced smith showing four apprentice smiths the detail of an anchor in the Anchor Shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three men working by an anvil and hearth in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Five employees of R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd using geared pulley chain hoists to lift a flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
Two smiths holding a red-hot billet under a steam driven power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A formal group photograph of the employees of the Painters Department of the C.M.D. in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
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