S9, BDB 86/1/6278 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9196
no.S9
Launch of the Estonian Submarine Lambit & Kalev
07 July 1936
The double launch of the Estonian Navy submarines Kalev & Lembit at Vickers Armstrong Barrow on 7th July 1936. View of Lembit's rostrum party. This was the first submarine to be launched with the Kalev 30m after. The Lembit can be seen at the Tallinn Maritime Museum in Estonia; the Kalev was sunk in 1941.
Location: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness - Top Yard Walney Channel | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6278 |
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Sankey Number: | S9 |