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no.1261

SS Furnessia

1911

Ship in the middle of Ramsden Dock Basin. Lines ashore to south side of dock. Picture taken from south side of dock entrance. Travelling crane and railway wagons on north side of dock. Buccleuch Dock crane in distance. Passenger / cargo ship completed 1881 by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for Barrow Steam Ship Company (Later Anchor Line). Worked Glasgow - New York Route. November 1911 sold to Thos W Ward Ltd, and partly dismantled at Barrow, before being towed to Preston and finally demolished there in 1912. See 1244, 1247 and 1257

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9648

no.1261

SS Furnessia

1911

Ship in the middle of Ramsden Dock Basin. Lines ashore to south side of dock. Picture taken from south side of dock entrance. Travelling crane and railway wagons on north side of dock. Buccleuch Dock crane in distance. Passenger / cargo ship completed 1881 by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for Barrow Steam Ship Company (Later Anchor Line). Worked Glasgow - New York Route. November 1911 sold to Thos W Ward Ltd, and partly dismantled at Barrow, before being towed to Preston and finally demolished there in 1912. See 1244, 1247 and 1257

Location: Ramsden Dock, Barrrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7423
Sankey Number: 1261

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1255 Furnessia Furnessia arriving at the pierhead for breaking.
1256 Furnessia Furnessia passing through Ramsden Dock 2/11/1911
1257    Furnessia Furnessia at the dock entrance
1258 Furnessia Furnessia in Walney Channel.
1259    Ying Swei Cartmel at the bows of Ying Swei
1260    Ying Swei Ying Swei passing through Ramsden Dock.
1261    Furnessia Furnessia in the docks
1262    Furnessia Furnessia at the dock entrance
1263 Princess Royal Princess Royal in Bucchleuch dock
1264 Princess Royal Princess Royal under the hammerhead crane
1265 Princess Royal Princess Royal under the hammerhead crane
1266    HMS Phoenix on her steam trials Destroyer travelling very fast, possobly in the Clyde.
1267 Captain Smith and his officers photographed on the deck of the 'Titanic' the day before she left Belfast on her disasterous first and last voyage. 9 officers in brand new uniforms, 1/4/1912.
1268    Patella Shell tanker in Walney Channel
1269    Departure of the Chinese cruiser Hai Chi from Barrow Hai Chi passing through Ramsden Dock.
1270 Hai Chi Hai Chi in Walney Channel.