S108, BDB 86/1/6364 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S108
Launch of IoM boat Fenella
16 Dec 1936
Fenella, built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and launched on 16 Dec 1936, going down the slipway and entering Walney Channel with Walney in the background. Requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 and used for the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk where she was sunk with a great loss of life, many of them Manx crew members.
S108, BDB 86/1/6364 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S108
Launch of IoM boat Fenella
16 Dec 1936
Fenella, built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and launched on 16 Dec 1936, going down the slipway and entering Walney Channel with Walney in the background. Requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 and used for the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk where she was sunk with a great loss of life, many of them Manx crew members.
| Location: | Walney Channel Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Island Ward | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6364 |
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| Sankey Number: | S108 |
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