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• HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR SOUTH AFRICA VISITS SCOTTISH SHIPYARDS, APRIL 1943

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beadell, S J (Lt)

  Colonel Denys Reitz, the High Commissioner for South Africa, watching a Glasgow riveter at work during a two day tour of shipbuilding and naval repair yards in Scotland.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: A welder working on the deck housing of a ship at Brocklebank Dock, Liverpool.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, F A (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: Bolting the frames to the keel, which forms the backbone of a ship under construction at a shipyard on the east coast of England.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, F A (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: Sorting over a heap of "bends"(the pieces of oak with a natural curve) to use in the construction of minesweepers at a shipyard on the east coast of England. These are used for the frames, knees etc, so that the maximum strength of the wood...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, F A (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: Felling a 150 year old oak tree to use in the construction of minesweepers at a shipyard on the east coast of England.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Female welders and "burners" leaving for their break. These women are helping build Britain's prefabricated ships at the shipyard of Henry Scarr Ltd at Hessle near Hull.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Coote, R G G (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: Female welders at work on a merchant ship at Greenock.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Shipbuilding: A coffer dam being set in position. This forms bottom, sides, and part of the deck of a prefabricated ship under construction at the shipyard of Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle near Hull.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Priest, L C (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: Men at work on the deck of a tanker under construction at Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd shipyard. Other ships can be seen being built in the background.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Priest, L C (Lt)

  Shipbuilding: A general view of a shipyard at Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, showing tankers being built by mass production methods.