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Black and white images of large ships, including tankers and ferries, being constructed and launched at shipyards in mid-20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Marnix (with guns) in dock at HDSM. April 19, 1950
Anefo photo collection. Marnix (with guns) in dock at HDSM. April 19, 1950
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AG(Skidmore Victory) , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Image of a container ship in the Princess Margriethaven in Rotterdam.
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AM-435 Endurance , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. Sluree light platform is placed at Hoek van Holland i.p.v. Lightship Goeree. July 22, 1971. Hoek van Holland
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AOG-7 Elkhorn , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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AFS-4 White Plains , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Lotsboat in the crane launch.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Anefo photo collection. The MS Goiaz on slope at NDSM. April 18, 1952. Amsterdam
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State Railways, SJ Kö 100741 Bulk Cart in Stockholm's Frihamn
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Vintage photograph. Cars parked at dock
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the ship Volendam with the Prince Bernhard Chapel on board. The ship meets with the help of tug boats. November 12, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok
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Dunkirk. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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DN-SN-87-10172. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Anefo photo collection. The launch of the motor coaster Marietje Böhmer on the shipyard Route Leave folder of the Zaanlandse Shipbuilding Society Z.S.M .. on water statements, shipbuilding. October 24, 1966. Noord-Holland, Zaanstad
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AOE3- Seattle , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Finishing from the S-Fregat Kortenaer (1978-1997) at the Kon. Me. The Scheldt (KMS) in Vlissingen
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AGOR-14 Melville , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Northern Ireland, Belfast. Ulster Folk And Transport Museum. Historical Picture Of The Titanic.
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Anefo photo collection. Latitude "ethy danielsen" at Werf L. Kalfe Zaandam. October 22, 1955. Noord-Holland, Zaandam, Zaanstad
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Anefo photo collection. Build three-master schooner hunting "Carita" at De Vries Lentsch. April 3, 1959
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Anefo photo collection. Oil tankers in the Europoort near Rotterdam. Oil tanks in the port area. January 2, 1974. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Anefo photo collection. Fishing shelter IJmuiden. April 8, 1952. IJmuiden
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AMS-134 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. Tunisian cargo ship "Carthage" on Scheveningen beach. February 19, 1953. Scheveningen, South Holland
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The U.S.S. Saratoga is Launched -- Above is pictured the U.S.S. Saratoga, newest and speediest of airplane carriers, being launched at the N.Y. shipbuilding yards at Coden. Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wife of the secretary of the Navy christened the new ship. April 07, 1925. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).
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Tom (depicted - name).Tom (depicted - name)
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The harbor at Rönnskärsverken, Skelleftehamn. In the background, M/S Tilia Gorthon is visible.
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AO-99 Canisteo , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. The launch of pioneer 2 at Zaanlandse shipbuilding me. July 31, 1964
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Anefo photo collection. Launch "Prince of the Netherlands". Queen and Prin Scheepswerf P. Smit Jr. NV Rotterdam. March 14, 1957. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Container ships, harbor. 1974. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Official test run from the S.S. Rotterdam in the presence of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, the Rotterdam on the way to Hoek van Holland. August 20, 1959. Rotterdam, South Holland
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SS raffaello was an italian ocean liner built in the early 1960s for Italian Line by the cantieri riuniti dell'adriatico
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AMS-77 Macaw , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. Reform of mammo tanker "Fina Brittannia" late at NDSM, Amsterdam. October 17, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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AG-11 Empire State Mariner , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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'The Thrust of the Modern Liner's Mighty Engines', 1936. Artist: Unknown.
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Misc. Negatives , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Nearing Completion: The funnel of the new Orient liner Orsova, goes into position in the shipyard at Barrow. It is more than 43ft high. Orsova is due in Sydney on April 19, on her maiden voyage. January 26, 1954.
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The starboard bow view of the guided missile frigates KLAKRING (FFG-36). The DOYLE is under construction. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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M/S Atlantic Song in Skandiahamnen. Built in 1967 by Ateliers et Chantiers, Dunkerque, France and was delivered to Rederi AB Soya, Stockholm. Included in the Atlantic Container Line for traffic across the Atlantic
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Image of the TROS of a container ship in the port in Rotterdam.
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Anefo photo collection. Forester 230,000 tons mammo tanker "Fina Canada" late NDSM, Amsterdam. July 3, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Flying camp hr. Ms. "Karel Doorman" emerged in Den Helder. October 8, 1968. Den Helder
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Suspension ship MS Hr.Ms. Poolster (1964-1994), name signal A 835. In floating dock. V Erk. 1994 Pakistan.
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Sea worm ready for launch.1967-01-25.Sea worm ready for launch.1967-01-25 Malmö Shipper History Association has received the album of a son of Nils Holmström.Peter Skanze from the association has in contacts with the Historical Museum's manager Hans-Lennart Ohlsson expressed that the gift is aimed at the Maritime History Museum, while in the donation letter a "desire to the album ends up at any museum with a focus on our marine heritage".At sea-historical, there is already an extensive collection of photographs from Kockum's MV.Since the images show the warships fit the album better in Marine Museum Karlskrona's gathering area and was therefore added to Marine Museum's collections.
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Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam-Zaanse Havendag excursion to Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal. September 26, 1950
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AS-36 and AS-37 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. Launching "Delian Leto" at the NDSM 25,000 tonnes of motor anchor by Greek pianist Gina Bachauer. January 24, 1964. Amsterdam
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Collection of Dutch Heidematschappij. Collection Photocollection Dutch Heidematschappij, photo number 250-8102
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Anefo photo collection. The launch of tanker Esso Cambria at Verolme yard in Rozenburg, the largest ship built in the Netherlands. 10 May 1969. Rozenburg
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Anefo photo collection. Transfer miniature from SS "Rotterdam" at Madurodam. August 8, 1965. The Hague
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1979 - A bow view of the guided missile frigate ESTOCIN (FFG 15) on the ways during its launching ceremony at Bath Iron Works.
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Anefo photo collection. The orange in Madurodam (Liliput city). April 6, 1954
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Vintage Photograph. Aerial view from Port Authority Grain Terminal in Brooklyn New York City.
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Anefo photo collection. Bolnes launch "Prince Willem van Oranje". March 14, 1953. Bolnes
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Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet at NDSM Tanker "Neverita" launched. The "Neverita" in water. August 31, 1967. Amsterdam
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HR.MS torpedo ship ship Mercuur (A 856, ex-fearless) in the dock with ice floes at the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder at the beginning of 1980.
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Image of the diesel-electric shunting locomotive no. 710 (series 500/600/700) of the N.S. With a special British transport for Moscow on the Merwedehaven in Rotterdam.
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Bow-on view looking up at the amphibious assault ship Bataan (LHD-5) in the translation process from the building ways to the float-off dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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AO-143 Neosho , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. NDSM launch "Dorestad" for shell. December 19, 1954. Amsterdam
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During the fleet days in July 1989 with in the background O.A. An L-FRegat and the supply ship Hr.Ms.zuiderkruis (A 832).
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Anefo photo collection. Old "mallet" steam locomotive by Indonesian state railways offered to railway museum (Utrecht); "Mallet" locomotive during ship from ship. July 23, 1981. Utrecht
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Photograph of the bow of R.M.S. 'Queen Mary', taken at night, whilst she was in dry dock to have her hull repainted and her four propellors changed.  Each propellor on the luxury Cunard White Star Liner weighed approximately 35 tons.     Date: 1936
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CLC 1 Northhampton 19-NN-CLC 1 Northhampton-152066 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Liners Line Waterfront - Here was an unusual sight along the Hudson River here as seven big liners, among them some of the world's largest, were moored at their piers. They are (left to right) the Cunard liners Media, Mauretania, Queen Elizabeth and Georgic, the French liner Liberte, the U.S. liner United States, and the Italian liner Conte Biancamano. This airview was made from a patroling Coast Guard helicopter. October 18, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).;Liners Line Waterfront - Here was an un
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DN-SN-87-07333. Country: Ionian Sea
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United States steamship at London wharf, 1930s, England, by Eric Lee-Johnson.
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Anefo photo collection. Construction bridge Brienenoord at Rotterdam. October 16, 1962. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Zaanlandse, launch of Eva Winther. February 6, 1966
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Floodlight On The 'Q.M.' -- Towering above the king George V drydock at Southampton is the gigantic hull of the Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary (81,235 tons), outlined against the night sky by floodlights as she undergoes a six-weeks overhaul and renovation.The work includes the removal of the 50-ton concrete patch which had made the hull watertight since she grounded outside Cherbourg at the beginning of the year.Drydocking of the 'Queen Mary' inaugurates the annual winter overhauls of the Cunard-White Star transatlantic passenger fleet -an operation unequalled in any other country. November 10, 1949.
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ASPB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Anefo photo collection. Transport of tank 255,000 kg Fa. Amatex. August 28, 1952
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