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1436, BDB 86/1/7500 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9726

no.1436

Japanese Battlecruiser Kongo Launch

18 May 1912

View of starboard side of ship afloat at end of slipways. Dressed overall with remains of a confetti ball at the bow. Forward drag chain still attached. Many launch timbers in the sea. A dinghy being sculled. Tug Furness closing to get a tow line. Sailing boats in background.

1436, BDB 86/1/7500 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9726

no.1436

Japanese Battlecruiser Kongo Launch

18 May 1912

View of starboard side of ship afloat at end of slipways. Dressed overall with remains of a confetti ball at the bow. Forward drag chain still attached. Many launch timbers in the sea. A dinghy being sculled. Tug Furness closing to get a tow line. Sailing boats in background.

Warships Tugs Rowing boats Coastal zones Ceremonies Sailing Vessels Shipyards
Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7500
Sankey Number: 1436

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Album 17 1327-1670 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives

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Looking down the slipway after launch
1431 Kongo under crane Kongo under the hammerhead crane with a steam crane in the foreground and a Belfast boat in the background.
1432 Kongo under crane Same scene from a different angle, the old Lancaster Bank visible on far left.
1433    Osprey' Steam Trawler GY 279 Albatross passing Sail Trawer FD 52
1434 Launch of HIJMS 'Kongo' by Madame Koike at Vickers Naval Construction Works, Barrow, May 18th 1912. Important people packed on a launch platform near the bows of the ship.
1435    Launch of HIJMS 'Kongo' at Vickers Naval Construction Works, Barrow. Kongo just after launch, dressed overall.
1436    Launch of HIJMS 'Kongo' by Madame Koike at Vickers Naval Construction Works, Barrow, May 18th 1912. Kongo after launch, dressed overall.
1437    Launch of HIJMS 'Kongo' by Madame Koike at Vickers Naval Construction Works, Barrow, May 18th 1912. Kongo immediately after launch, dressed overall.

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