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St Levan School group photo

Taken from cliffs with Longships in distance

The 900-ton HMV SCILLONIAN pictured in dry dock at Falmouth where she underwent a survey prior to an extensive refit.

PREVREF 1528 duplicate copy

Scillonian aground during wartime (see SHIP 4.030)

Scillonian aground on Scilly during wartime (see SHIP 4.027)

This ship renamed Peninnis while a second ship was run in parallel

Scillonian I with bowline out at Lighthouse Pier

Last trip of the Scillonian II at Penzance.

Before last trip of Scillonian II

PREVREF 1514 duplicate photo

Scillonian III alongside Albert Pier in Penzance

The Scillonian off Albert Pier in Penzance

3 Wheal Peevor Engine Houses in background

AEROAL PHOTO

AEROFILMS No A 116894

A sea plow designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories to bury the underwater telephone cable below the ocean floor is lifted from the sea by a crane aboard the John Cabot, a Canadian cable repair ship and icebreaker. The plow was used by the American…

The Cable & Wireless sea plow at work cutting a trench for the cable on the seabed.

Cable & Wireless Copyright

A selection of Standard Fireworks sky rockets and sparklers ready for the Guy Fawkes celebrations. Firework firms also make various distress rockets and flares for maritime and other emergency purposes. (In 1988, Standard Fireworks was purchased by…