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Photographs of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Unnamed ships, camps 5 and 6

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Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 404/727
Date(s)	c1902
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 stereo glass-plate negative
Name of creator	Bruce \| William Speirs \| 1867-1921 \| polar explorer and oceanographer
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Side view of ship being repaired. This is probably the Norwegian whaler, Hekla which was repaired and altered at Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's yard in Troon, under the free direction of the naval architect George Lennox Watson. Following alteration the ship was renamed the SY Scotia.
Index
Subjects	Antarctica, Discovery and Exploration Scientific Expeditions Ships
People	Bruce \| William Speirs \| 1867-1921 \| polar explorer and oceanographer Watson \| George Lennox \| 1851-1904 \| naval architect
Businesses and Organisations	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd \| 1887-1986 \| shipbuilders, Troon (Scotland) Scottish National Antarctic Expedition \| 1902-1904 \| scientific expedition
Places	Troon (Scotland)
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