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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
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Looking north-west-by-west from north-west corner of the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing cranes by Numbers 5 and 6 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking across the centre and north bays of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking along the length of one of the bays in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant view of the front facade of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking across the centre and north bays of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith using a mobile oxy-acetylene torch in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A very close view of two smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking north-east from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing Numbers 7 and 8 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a range of tools in front of a B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith heating a spring in the electric-fired Wild Barfield furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The front facade of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a corner of the galvanising tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The pipe bending slab in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a smith forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An artist's impression of the proposed layout of the access to the restaurant and the lecture room in the new museum to be installed in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the blade and bed of a Henry Berry & Co. Ltd. hydraulic press in one of the main bays in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close-up view of the picture at the top of a calendar mounted on the wall of an office or rest room in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking down the stairs inside the Master Smith's cabin at the west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking south-west-by-south along Tinker's Alley showing the west facade of No. 1 Smithery and the Clock Tower offices in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A large steel anvil and a heavy duty steel work bench in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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