Reference NumberWRI/2/24/3/1
TitlePhotographs of ships and maritime products
DescriptionViews of ships:
/1. RMS "Pendennis Castle", owner Union-Castle, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, launched 24 December 1957
/2. MS "Bulimba", owner British India Steam Navigation Co, built by Harland & Wolff, Govan, launched 1959 (with explanatory text)
/3. TSS "British Queen", owner British Tanker Co, London, built by John Brown, Clydebank, launched 1959
/4. HMS "Hermes", the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, launched 1919, commissioned 1923, sunk 1942. Presumably a print (1938) of a photo from the launch
/5. MV "Carnatic", owner Shaw Saville Albion & Co, later Royal Mail Lines, built by Cammell Laird, launched 1956
/6. TSS "Caronia", owner Cunard Steamship Company, built by John Brown, Clydebank, launched 1947
/7. RMS "Saxonia", owner Cunard Steamship Company, built by John Brown, Clydebank, launched 1954
/8. SS "Iberia", owner P&O, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, launched 1954
/9. Unidentified passenger liner, view probably off the Scottish coast

Views of products:
/10. SS "Strathallan", owner P&O, built by Vickers-Armstrong, launched 1938 ("Tayco" chain cable)
/11. MS "Koningin Wilhelmina", owner Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Zeeland", built by N.V. Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek "De Merwede", Holland, launched 1960 (davits)
/12. SS "El Malek Fouad", owner Khedivial Mail Line (Egypt), launched c. 1950 (davits)
/13. RMS "Pendennis Castle" (see /1) (davits)
Date1938-1960
FormatPhotograph
AccessStatusOpen
Extent13 photos
LevelItem
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