A photograph of a worker in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald newspaper on 8 January, 1940. Jack Mortimer is photographed caulking - making watertight - a ship. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Dudley Barker feature story on workers in wartime.

A photograph of a worker in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken in January 1940 by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald.

Jack Mortimer is photographed caulking - making watertight - a ship. Many warships were built at Swan Hunter during the second world war, including destroyers, destroyer escorts, cruisers and battleships. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Dudley Barker feature story on workers in wartime.