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"WOODEN WALLS" STILL SERVE THE NAVY. OCTOBER 1942, BRIGHTLINGSEA AND SAXMUNDHAM. AN EAST COAST SHIPYARD, WHICH A HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS AGO WAS BUILDING GUN-BRIDGE SLOOPS TO HELP IN THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, NOW BUILDS MINESWEEPERS TO BEAT HITLER. THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A MINESWEEPER, FROM THE SELECTION OF SUITABLE OAK TO THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. - The woodsmen go to work

"WOODEN WALLS" STILL SERVE THE NAVY. OCTOBER 1942, BRIGHTLINGSEA AND SAXMUNDHAM. AN EAST COAST SHIPYARD, WHICH A HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS AGO WAS BUILDING GUN-BRIDGE SLOOPS TO HELP IN THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, NOW BUILDS MINESWEEPERS TO BEAT HITLER. THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A MINESWEEPER, FROM THE SELECTION OF SUITABLE OAK TO THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. - The woodsmen go to work Stock Photo
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