https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10113

no.8353

Launch of SS Newfoundland

24 Jan 1925

View from south side of the the launchway of the ship just in the channel. Foot of an older style crane on left with timber at base. Rowing boats on right about to collect launch timbers. No crowd visible. Passenger Cargo ship built for the Warren Line. Was a mail ship to Canada. In WWII she was converted into a hospital ship. She was bombed and sunk as she approached Salerno in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives including her doctors.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10113

no.8353

Launch of SS Newfoundland

24 Jan 1925

View from south side of the the launchway of the ship just in the channel. Foot of an older style crane on left with timber at base. Rowing boats on right about to collect launch timbers. No crowd visible. Passenger Cargo ship built for the Warren Line. Was a mail ship to Canada. In WWII she was converted into a hospital ship. She was bombed and sunk as she approached Salerno in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives including her doctors.

Location: Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7882
Sankey Number: 8353

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Sankey Number Image Title Location Image Taken Description
8350    MV Moveria MV Moveria in open water
8351 Launch of SS Newfoundland SS Newfoundland being launched
8352    Launch of SS Newfoundland SS Newfoundland entering Walney Channel after launch
8353    Launch of SS Newfoundland SS Newfoundland moving down slipway into Walney Channel
8354 Launch of SS Newfoundland Platform Launch of SS Newfoundland Platform
8355 Launch of SS Newfoundland Platform Launch of SS Newfoundland Platform
8356    Launch of SS Newfoundland SS Newfoundland on stocks
8357    SS Carinthia PC struck through and SS Newfounland replaced by Corinithia
8358    Launch of Ortranto (9/6/25) Stern view of Ortranto on stocks before launch
8359 TSS Carinthia at Vickers Wharf Barrow TSS Carinthia at Vickers fitting out wharf Buccleuch Dock