MOTOR LAUNCHES FOR THE ROYAL NAVY WERE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1942, CAIRO, ISMAILIA, ISMAILIA CANAL, SUEZ CANAL, PORT SAID. A SERIES SHOWING HOW FAIRMILE MOTOR LAUNCHES WERE BUILT FOR THE ROYAL NAVY BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN NILE TRANSPORT CO IN THEIR SHUBRA YARD, CAIRO. FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH AND COMMISSIONING, THE BOATS WERE TAKEN IN TOW FROM CAIRO TO PORT SAID BY WAY OF THE ISMALIA CANAL, A JOURNEY OF THREE DAYS. AT THE END OF THE ISMALIA CANAL THE BOATS ENTERED LAKE TIMSAH AND PROCEEDED VIA THE SUEZ CANAL TO PORT SAID FOR FITTING OUT. - A Motor Launch enters the waters. N
MOTOR LAUNCHES FOR THE ROYAL NAVY WERE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1942, CAIRO, ISMAILIA, ISMAILIA CANAL, SUEZ CANAL, PORT SAID. A SERIES SHOWING HOW FAIRMILE MOTOR LAUNCHES WERE BUILT FOR THE ROYAL NAVY BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN NILE TRANSPORT CO IN THEIR SHUBRA YARD, CAIRO. FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH AND COMMISSIONING, THE BOATS WERE TAKEN IN TOW FROM CAIRO TO PORT SAID BY WAY OF THE ISMALIA CANAL, A JOURNEY OF THREE DAYS. AT THE END OF THE ISMALIA CANAL THE BOATS ENTERED LAKE TIMSAH AND PROCEEDED VIA THE SUEZ CANAL TO PORT SAID FOR FITTING OUT. - A Motor Launch enters the waters. Note the natives on the bows calling for the Blessings of Allah
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