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HMS Barham
View of the first Babcock and Wilcox 3-drum boiler being lifted from the shipyard floor into the hull of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View of the first Babcock and Wilcox 3-drum boiler being lowered into the hull of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View of the stern from the starboard side showing the framing in place of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View looking towards the stern of workmen standing on the hull of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View looking towards the bow of workmen riveting a deckplate with an overseer in the foreground on the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View looking forward of the boiler space on the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View of the bow stem (NOT STERN!) shortly after erection of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View of the stern from the starboard side showing the framework of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.

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View looking towards the stern showing framework and hull plating of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham during construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.