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QE2 on sea trials, 1968 (RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Photograph of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 undergoing sea trials.

RMS Lusitania on sea trials in the Firth of Clyde, 1907
Photograph of the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Lusitania on trial at Clydebank

HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser at sea on the Clyde Estuary shortly before commissioning, 14th August 1917
Photograph of HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser in sea trials on the Clyde shortly before commissioning, 14th August 1916.

HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser in sea trials on the Clyde shortly before commissioning, August 1918
HMS Repulse, Royal Navy Reknown-Class Battlecruiser in sea trials on the Clyde shortly before commissioning, August 1918.

HMS Hood
Broadside view of the port side of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.

HMS Hood
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, under steam and with men on deck near her bow taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.

HMS Hood
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, ploughing through the sea with men on deck near her bow taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.

HMS Hood
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, ploughing through the sea with smoke belching from her funnels taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.