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HMS Tiger
View of the main deck with a winding drum looking forward on the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding at John Brown & Co. shipyard, Clydebank.

HMS Tiger
View looking down towards the stern of the deck showing workmen riveting the main decking and the side gun platforms on the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding at John Brown & Co. shipyard, Clydebank.

HMS Tiger
View looking down towards the stern of the deck showing guide rails for the turrets being fitted on the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction at John Brown & Co. shipyard, Clydebank.

HMS Barham
View of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham in the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank, with workmen constructing a service railway in the foreground.

HMS Barham
View of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham in the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank with piles of steel plates and timber alongside.

HMS Barham
View of the framing 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 framing and ribs of the starboard quarter looking forward 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 framing with a bulkhead inserted of the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham with a boy sitting at the end during the early stages of construction at John Brown & Co., Clydebank.