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Engine room, QE2/1969
Photograph of engine room on the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II.

Theatre bar lounge, QE2, 1969
Photograph of theatre bar lounge on the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II.

Swimming pool, QE2, 1969
Photograph of swimming pool on deck of the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II.

QE2 staff on photo shoot, 1969
Photograph of staff on the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II.

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.

SS City of New York, Clydebank 1888
Photograph of the bow and figurehead of the Inman Line SS City of New York, a twin screw ocean liner also equipped with masts and sails.

The SS City of New York in John Brown & Co's Shipyard, Clydebank, 1888
Photograph taken from the bow end of the near complete hull of the SS City of New York ocean liner standing in the shipyard of John Brown & Co at Clydebank.

Superstructure of HMS Ramillies, 1892
Photograph of part of the upper superstructure of Royal Sovereign Class Battleship HMS Ramillies showing lookout stations