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8834, BDB 86/1/8165 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10399
no.8834
Launch of HMS Ajax
1 Mar 1934
View of the ship from the launchway as she is launched, but before the drag chains are tight. A few workers behind a winch by the foot of a crane. Tug visible through the crane
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8834, BDB 86/1/8165 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10399
no.8834
Launch of HMS Ajax
1 Mar 1934
View of the ship from the launchway as she is launched, but before the drag chains are tight. A few workers behind a winch by the foot of a crane. Tug visible through the crane
Location: | Walney Channel, Barrow Island Ward, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/8165 |
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Sankey Number: | 8834 |