https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10154

no.8487

Somersetshire In Walney Channel Troopship

1927

Somersetshire leaving Barrow with Vickerstown in the background. Built for Bibby Line in 1921, she was converted to a troopship in Barrow in 1927. Broken up in Barrow 1954.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10154

no.8487

Somersetshire In Walney Channel Troopship

1927

Somersetshire leaving Barrow with Vickerstown in the background. Built for Bibby Line in 1921, she was converted to a troopship in Barrow in 1927. Broken up in Barrow 1954.

Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7922
Sankey Number: 8487

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8488    Somersetshire leaving Barrow Somersetshire in Walney Channel, leaving Barrow
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