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no.8466

Launch of TSS Otranto

Pre 9 June 1925

View from starboard launchway of stern of ship several days before launch from Vickers Armstrong - slipway at top yard.. Launchways not greased. Workers are seen on the deck, by rudder bearings, by the propellor, between launchways and on the left. Launched on 9 Jun1925 for Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She served as a troopship from 1939 to 1948 before resuming her trade to Australia. Scrapped at Faslane 14 June 1957. Similar to 8358.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10141

no.8466

Launch of TSS Otranto

Pre 9 June 1925

View from starboard launchway of stern of ship several days before launch from Vickers Armstrong - slipway at top yard.. Launchways not greased. Workers are seen on the deck, by rudder bearings, by the propellor, between launchways and on the left. Launched on 9 Jun1925 for Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She served as a troopship from 1939 to 1948 before resuming her trade to Australia. Scrapped at Faslane 14 June 1957. Similar to 8358.

Location: Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7910
Sankey Number: 8466

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