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Stewards at sea

Les Watson (second from left) stands with other stewards on the new Shaw Savill & Albion (SS&A) liner Ceramic (II) during its maiden voyage to New Zealand in 1948. The first Ceramic had been sunk in 1942, with heavy loss of life.

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Keywords

shipping
merchant navy
seafarers
Credit

Les Watson collection

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