8456, BDB 86/1/7905 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8456
Launch of HMS Cumberland
16 Mar 1926
View of ship in the channel with tight drag chains. Two funnel tug on right, with rowing boats about to pick up the many launch timbers. Small group of workers on left with a man in a fireman uniform. She served in the South Atlantic Fleet, Home Fleet, Eastern Fleet and East Indies.
8456, BDB 86/1/7905 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8456
Launch of HMS Cumberland
16 Mar 1926
View of ship in the channel with tight drag chains. Two funnel tug on right, with rowing boats about to pick up the many launch timbers. Small group of workers on left with a man in a fireman uniform. She served in the South Atlantic Fleet, Home Fleet, Eastern Fleet and East Indies.
| Location: | Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/7905 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 8456 |
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Album 14 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album 14
Page Number: 42
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| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8450 | Submarine M2 | HM Submarine M2 in Walney Channel? | |
| 8451 | Nova Scotia | SS Nova Scotia in open water | |
| 8452 | Vickers Wharf | Scythia and Antonia at Vickers fitting-out wharf Buccleuch Dock | |
| 8453 | Otranto | TSS Ortranto passing Piel Island | |
| 8454 | Otranto | TSS Ortranto passing Piel Island | |
| 8455 | Launch of HMS Cumberland (16/3/26) | HMS Cumberland launching into Walney Channel | |
| 8456 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland launched into Walney Channel | |
| 8457 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland entering Walney Channel | |
| 8458 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland in Walney Channel after launch | |
| 8459 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland launching into Walney Channel |
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