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A two-masted auxiliary motor schooner under way during a transit of the Suez Canal, Egypt. (Roll film negative)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Iberia (1954) while moored in the narrow part of the Suez Canal. (Colour transparency)
On board a ship in the Suez Canal north of Port Tewfik, Egypt. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Llanstephan Castle (1914) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
A view of a sand dredger owned by the Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd underway in the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
In the Suez Canal looking forward from on board the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979) (Colour transparency)
A view of the First World War memorial at Ismailia, Egypt, taken from on board the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979). (Colour transparency)
Two local boatmen with their small craft on board the tanker Malwa (1961) at one end of the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
On board the motor tug Halaib (1980) under way in the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
Looking aft on board the motor coaster Sea Avon (1977) while heading north in the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
Looking forward on board the motor coaster Sea Avon (1977) while heading north in the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
A close view of the mast of the motor tug Halaib (1980), taken from the forecastle, while the vessel is under way in the Suez Canal area. (Colour transparency)
On board the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Uganda (1952) while under way in the Suez Canal, Egypt. (Colour transparency)
The Coubri chain ferry in the Suez Canal, 10 kilometres north of Port Tewfik, Egypt. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish cruise ship Gripsholm (1925) transitting the Suez Canal. (Sheet film negative)
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