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Tourist class cabin, QE2, 1969
Photograph of tourist class cabin with bunk beds on the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.

First class cabin, QE2, 1969
Photograph of first class cabin on the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.

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 Terrible, part of the starboard side and funnels, 1894
Photograph of part of the starboard side, 3 of the 4 funnels and the gangway access of the Royal Navy Powerful-Class armoured cruiser HMS Terrible at John Brown's (J & G Thomson's shipyard), Clydebank while under construction.

HMS Terrible, part of the starboard side, 1895
Photograph of part of the starboard side and bridge of the Royal Navy Powerful-Class armoured cruiser HMS Terrible at John Brown's (J & G Thomson's shipyard), Clydebank while under construction, showing painters at work.

HMS Terrible, view of the stern and name, 1895
Photograph of the stern of the Royal Navy Powerful-Class armoured cruiser HMS Terrible at John Brown's (J & G Thomson's shipyard), Clydebank while under construction, showing the stern gangway and painters at work, one in his cradle.

HMS Terrible, view of the port side from the bow end, 1895
Photograph of the port side of the Royal Navy Powerful-Class armoured cruiser HMS Terrible newly completed 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.

HMS Jupiter, view of the starboard-side under construction, 1894
Photograph of the starboard-side of the hull 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 back from the bow end.