200TH LAUNCH AT A ONCE DERELICT YARD. 17 NOVEMBER 1944, THORNABY-ON-TEES, THE 200TH SHIP TO BE LAUNCHED FROM THE SLIPWAYS OF THE STOCKTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WHICH FROM A DERELICT YARD 4 YEARS AGO IS NOW A HIVE OF SHIPBUILDING ACTIVITY. - Mr W Callaghan (right), foreman shipwright who has been with the company since boyhood, talking to one of his staff on the stern of the 201st ship, while in the background is the 200th ship ready for launching

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