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The Tourist Gymnasium looking aft on board the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Queen Mary
Photograph of the Tourist Gymnasium looking aft on board the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Queen Mary

Two berth cabin on board the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Queen Mary
Photograph of a two berth cabin on board the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy Majestic Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Jupiter
Photograph of the Royal Navy Majestic Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Jupiter at sea.

Launch of RMS Lusitania of the Cunard Line, 1906
Photograph of Launch of RMS Lusitania of the Cunard Line at John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank.

First class stateroom on Canadian Pacific Line ocean liner 'RMS Empress of Britain', 1931
Photograph of first class stateroom on Sports deck of the Canadian Pacific Line ocean liner the RMS Empress of Britain.

Paddle steamer 'Glen Sannox', c 1892
Photograph of Glasgow and South Western Railway Paddle Steamer 'Glen Sannox'

Docks at Alloa
Photograph of railway docks at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, featuring men and boys in foreground.

The launch of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania of the Cunard Line
Photograph of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania of the Cunard Line, launch weight 16000 tonnes, at John Brown & Co Ltd Shipyards, Clydebank, Scotland.

Broadside view of the quadruple screw turbine steamer RMS Lusitania whilst on trial in the Clyde Estuary
Photograph showing a broadside view of the quadruple screw turbine Steamer RMS Lusitania whilst on trial in the Clyde Estuary.