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Reference NoAHB/11/4/7
TitleAberdeen Harbour Board: Album of photographs of official events
DescriptionMixture of colour and black and white images, including:
Naming ceremony of "Aberdeen Eurolink" at Turku, Finland, 1979;
Official Visit to Port of Matinheim, 1979;
Opening of RGIT Survival Unit, 1980 (by Charles, Prince of Wales);
Retrieving Ditched Helicopter, 1980;
First grain cargo for 7 years MV "Valiant", Nov 1981;
Opening of the Fish Market by HM Queen Elizabeth and Anne, Princess Royal, 3 Aug 1982;
Launch of Scottish Tourist Board's Scottish Fishing Heritage Trail, 1983;
Arrival of HMY Britannia, August 1983;
Meeting in Hamburg with DFDS, 1984;
Presentation of historical recorsd to the Galveston Historical Fundation, 1984 (sv Elissa is the only surviving sailing ship built in Aberdeen)
Opening of forest products terminal, 1987;
HMS Exeter preparing to leave port, 1986;
Unloading herring at Albert Quay Fish Market, 1986;
Opening of Navigation Control Centre by HM Queen, 1986;
Harbour Board members and senior officials, 1987;
Arrival of HMY Britannia, August 1988;

Interleaved with group photograph of the Board in Sept 1984 and contact sheets of images from the Tall Ships Race
Date1979 - 1988
Extent1 album
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