RYE SHIPYARD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOTOR FISHING VESSELS, RYE, SUSSEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 - Shipwrights hard at work on the construction of a Motor Fishing Vessel being built at Rye shipyard. Much of the work is carried out by men using adzes to fair down the frames ready for the inside fittings. According to the original caption, the "planking is steamed, then secured by hand". After this, the engine-bearers are installed, the seamen's mess deck and holds are constructed and the deck is added,

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