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31.
The boiler room of the destroyer HMS
Toreador
(1918), showing one of the three Yarrow boilers.
Alfred Yarrow ran a ship building yard at Poplar. He was a great inventor and one of his most important contributions was in the field of boiler...
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The aftermath
Cook, Endeavour, exploration
33.
The 28-inch Refractor Telescope, 1893.
The 28-inch refractor telescope is the largest of its kind in the UK and the seventh largest in the world. Completed in 1893 as a replacement for the...
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The 1874 Transit of Venus
For the Transit of Venus due to occur in 1874, George Biddell Airy at the Royal Observatory organised and equipped five expeditions to different...
35.
The
Port Alfred
(1961).
The Port Line's 'Port Alfred' (1961, 8296 GRT) in the Royal Albert Dock in June 1965. Built by Harland and Wolff, she was sold to the Brocklebank...
36.
The
Loch Loyal
(1957).
The Royal Mail Lines' 'Loch Loyal' (1957) in Galleons Reach, assisted by the tug 'Sun XII' (1925). The 'Loch Loyal' served on the North Pacific run...
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The
Great Eastern s
team ship designed by I.K. Brunel.
The 'Great Eastern' was built at John Scott Russell's yard in Millwall. The sheer size of the ship meant that her components were extraordinarily...
38.
The
Grampian Enterprise
(1947).
The 'Grampian Enterprise', built by Thornycroft in 1946-47, during trials on the Thames.
39.
The
Gloucester
(1941).
The Federal Steam Navigation Company's 'Gloucester' (1941, 8523 GRT) in the Royal Albert Dock in July 1965. Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons,...
40.
The
Dorset
(1949).
The Federal Steam Navigation Company's 'Dorset' (1949, 10,108 GRT) in the Royal Albert Dock in July 1965. Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, she...
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