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no.1363

Zwartezee & Poolzee, Dutch Tugs

c. 1912

Two tugs alongside each other, anchored in the channel off the slipways. Walney in the background. Image 1357 shows second tug with double funnel this is the Zwartezee. Tugs assumed to be the Dutch tugs that towed the floating dock, Duke of Connaught, to Canada.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9695

no.1363

Zwartezee & Poolzee, Dutch Tugs

c. 1912

Two tugs alongside each other, anchored in the channel off the slipways. Walney in the background. Image 1357 shows second tug with double funnel this is the Zwartezee. Tugs assumed to be the Dutch tugs that towed the floating dock, Duke of Connaught, to Canada.

Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7470
Sankey Number: 1363

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Album Number: Album 17 1327-1670

Page Number: 5

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1359    A Liverpool flat 2 masted sailing flat at sea.
1360    Barque 'Bertha' Large sailing vessel under tow, no sails set.
1361    Fleetwood & Belfast steamer, Duke of Cumberland 2 funneled steamer at sea.
1362    HMS Princess Royal leaving Buccleuch Dock, Barrow Close-up of the vessel passing through the dock. Many workers on board, none in uniform. Perhaps going on sea-trials
1363    Dutch Tugs Same tugs as 1357, still anchored off Roa Island.
1364 SS Viking, Fleetwood and Douglas Service 2-funneled steamer at sea, Fleetwood skyline in the background.
1365 Viking Identical to 1364 but overexposed.
1366    Yachts in Fleetwood Channel on the ebb 2 sailing trawlers carrying a lot of sail, a smaller yacht in the background.