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title: Bravo! British Shipyards
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-bravo-british-shipyards-1942/
description: A black ship's bow in a yard frames a blue circle of small ships at sea, over the place names El Alamein, Tobruk, Benghazi, Casablanca, Oran and Algiers.
section: Collection
---

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# Bravo! British Shipyards

A black ship's bow in a yard frames a blue circle of small ships at sea, over the place names El Alamein, Tobruk, Benghazi, Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. Credit for the campaign victories is passed to the shipyard workers by placing their hull beside the battle names, which is the transfer tell.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
EL ALAMEIN
TOBRUK
BENGHAZI
CASABLANCA
ORAN
ALGIERS

Bravo!
British Shipyards

Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London, E.C. 3.—51-3148
ISSUED BY THE ADMIRALTY.
```

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