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- 1 2 3 4 5 Tyne & Wear Archives: Report on Access to Shipbuilding Archives in the North East of England Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Tyne & Wear Archives: user guide Archived 4 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
