Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Launch of H.I.J.M.S. 'Kongo' by Madame Koike, at Vickers' Naval Construction Works, Barrow May 13th, 1912
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Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
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"How would you like this to drop on your toes on a frosty morning. I went to see it launched”
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| Date Posted: | This was the last capital Japanese warship built in Great Britain, being launched in Barrow-in-Furness on 18 May 1912. It was completely rebuilt between 1935 and 1937. It was sunk on 21 November 1944 by a torpedo fired by the American submarine Sealion in the waters of Taiwan. Kongo, 'Indestructible Diamond', was named for Mount Kongo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kong%C5%8D | |
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