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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 bow view of the severely damaged general cargo ship Baron Herries (1940) in dry dock at Falmouth. (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)
A flywheel in the engine room of an unidentified ship in London Docks being lifted by geared chain pulley hoists. (Monochrome transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer and associated boiler in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Two smiths at work on the frame bending slab in No. 2 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Three smiths using a plate bending machine in No. 2 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)
A Davy Bros Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 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 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 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 large control room, possibly on board a tanker. (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)
Inside the fire damaged wheelhouse of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
The hold of an unidentified ship in London Docks showing severe water and pressure damage to a cargo of five gallon cans in the upper hold and boxes in the lower hold. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the fire damaged accommodation of an unidentified cargo ship in London Docks. (Monochrome transparency)
Members of the Chatham Home Guard standing at ease while on parade. (Monochrome transparency)
Smithery workers with various type of lifting gear, probably in the chain test house in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A smith and a hammerman using an anvil to shape a chain link in the chain making shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
Blacksmith William Knowler and hammerman Aubrey Williams with a bell and stand in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
The Canadian Navy submarine Onondaga (1965) on Number 7 Slip, behind a formal group of the personnel responsible for her construction, in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A John Cochrane & Co (Barrhead) Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
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