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Full Ahead: Production
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster encouraging war production to be increased to 'full speed'. The poster depicts a sailor talking down a speaking tube connected to traditional ships throttle lever. On t...ARTV02085
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Give 'em both barrels
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office The Admiralty Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World poster designed for display in factories. The poster depicts a Royal Navy sailor arming a set of twin Lewis guns above a caricature of a factory worker using a large rivet gun suc...ARTV01536
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Give 'em Both Barrels
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Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World poster designed for display in factories. The poster depicts a Royal Navy sailor arming a set of twin Lewis guns above a caricature of a factory worker using a large rivet gun suc...ARTV03439
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Great Britian will pursue the war against Japan to the very end
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Maker: Unknown J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
Propaganda was essential for boosting morale particularly during the tail end of the war. During the final strikes against Japan, British forces operated as an integral part of the American task force...ARTV00284
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HMAS Australia at Bear Island
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
HMAS Australia (1928-1954), was based at Scapa Flow attached to the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. She joined H.M.S Norfolk in an operational task which took the ships well inside the Arctic Circle, to capt...ART27571
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HMAS Australia at Dakar
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Dakar, French West Africa; HMAS Australia; HMAS Australia, seen from an unidentified British destroyer, in action against shore batteries at DakarART23583
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HMAS Stuart at Matapan
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Mediterranean Sea; foreground: HMAS Stuart, l: probably HMS Havock, background: two Italian Zara-class heavy-cruisers. Depicts the Battle of Matapan, Greece on 29 March 1941. HMA Stuart was among 13 a...ART23513
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HMAS Sydney in action against Italian cruisers
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Sydney steaming past the crippled Bartolomeo Colleoni in chase of Italian cruiser Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere (out of sight), HMS Hyperion is approaching to rescue survivors and finally sink the wr...ART30095
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HMAS "Sydney" in action with Italian cruiser
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The scene depicts the phase in the action when HMAS 'Sydney' has hit and stopped the Italian cruiser 'Bartolomeo Colleoni' and at 4-5 miles distance is steaming past the vessel in pursuit of the secon...ART23692
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HMS Aircraft carrier Unicorn from HMAS Nepal in Sydney Harbour
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Maker: Goodchild, John
HMS Unicorn (aircraft carrier), part of deck of HMAS Nepal (destroyer) with Oerlikon machine gun and shield (left foreground), paravane (towed behind ship for gunnery practice) (centre); Bradley's Hea...ART25541
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HMS Anson in the Captain Cook dock, Sydney
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 35,000 ton Brtiish battleship HMS Anson in the Captain Cook Graving Dock, Sydney Harbour.ART26036
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HMS "Chitral" breaking away from the convoy
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Escorting a convoy of troopships from the Middle East, the Royal Navy Armed Merchant Cruiser "Chitral" is steaming to a position between convoy and an unidentified vessel which lookouts have reported....ART23716
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HMS Duke of York in dry dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 35,000 ton battleship of the British Navy, HMS Duke of York, in the Captain Cook graving dock, Garden Island, Sydney.ART23132
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HMS Duke of York in dry dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 35,000 ton British battleship, HMS Duke of York, in the Captain Cook Dock, Garden Island, Sydney, Australia.ART23134
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HMS Indomitable leaving dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The aircraft carrier, HMS Indomitable, a unit of the British Pacific Fleet, is being towed by tugs from the Captain Cook Graving Dock after a refit.ART25930
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HMS "Queenborough" at Sydney
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
HMS Queenborough at Sydney. British destroyer at Garden Island for refitting. Workmen from the Island and the crew are busy at work on the searchlight, Sydney.ART25190
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I Need Bones for Explosives: Put Out Your Bones Salvage
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...ARTV03396
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I Need Your Rags: Put Out Your Old Rags for Salvage
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Maker: Unknown H. Manly & Son H.M. Stationery Office
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...ARTV03400
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Into action
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Maker: Department of Information
This British Second World War poster depicts the Allied naval convoy en route to north Africa as part of Operation Torch between 8 and 10 November 1942. This large-scale invasion focussed on 3 key cit...ARTV02218
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Join the Wrens: and free a man for the Fleet
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Maker: Unknown
A Second World War recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) featuring a three-quarter length depiction of a woman dressed in the uniform of a WRN set against a blue sea and horizo...ARTV10337