UN tribute to shipbuilding archive
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Women in the shell shop at the Neptune Shipyard of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, in 1917.
World Unicorn launches at Swan Hunter in 1973 - the picture is part of the Tyne and Wear Archives collection which has been picked for the Unesco Memory of the World Register.
Crowds gather for the launch of the cargo ship Miss Chandris built by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, in 1959.
A young crowd is dwarfed by HMS Albion afloat on the River Tyne after it is launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, in 1947
Designers at work at the drawing office of William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland, circa 1928.
Aerial photograph of the Deptford Yard, Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, in Sunderland, 1959 - these records are now in a collection alongside such works as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta.
View of the cargo ship Eastern Rover ready for launch, taken through the shell plates of her sister ship Eastern Range in North Sands, Sunderland, 1961.
Bow view of the ice breaking train ferry steamer 'Baikal', Russia, built by Armstrong Whitworth & Co, Low Walker in 1899 - these old photos are being used to promote the UK's heritage across the world.
Boy apprentice heating rivets at the shipyard in North Sands, Sunderland, in 1946. The collection contains plans, photographs and books signed by visiting dignitaries attending ship launches.
Welder at work at the shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland, in 1946