S15, BDB 86/1/6284 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S15
Launch of the Submarine Rorqual
27 Jul 1936
Sir Charles Craven can be see on the launch platform of HMS Rorqual with dignitaries assembled and the bottle about to smash onto the bow. A Grampus Class of submarine, it survived World War Two, seeing action in both theatres of war (German & Japanese).
S15, BDB 86/1/6284 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S15
Launch of the Submarine Rorqual
27 Jul 1936
Sir Charles Craven can be see on the launch platform of HMS Rorqual with dignitaries assembled and the bottle about to smash onto the bow. A Grampus Class of submarine, it survived World War Two, seeing action in both theatres of war (German & Japanese).
| Location: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in Furness - Top Yard slip ways | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6284 |
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| Sankey Number: | S15 |
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