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HMS Terrible, view of the keel under construction, 1894
Photograph of the keel of the Royal Navy Powerful-Class armoured cruiser HMS Terrible under construction showing the steel skeleton of the keel at an early stage at John Brown's (J & G Thomson's shipyard), Clydebank.

HMS Jupiter, view of the keel under construction 1894
Photograph of the keel under construction of the Royal Navy Majestic-Class pre-Dreadnought battleship HMS Jupiter at John Brown's (J & G Thomson's shipyard), Clydebank. View looking forward.

Keel of HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser under construction, 14th April 1915
Photograph of the keel and hull of HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser under construction at John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank on 14 April 1915.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham at high tide during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham at low tide during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham at high tide during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the keel and rib bases at the stern of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham at high tide during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.