1962, BDB 86/1/7661 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9890
no.1962
SS Antonia Launch
11 Mar 1921
View of Cunard ship afloat with single tow line attached. Tug Walney on left. Walney Island on right. Many rowing boats collecting launch timbers.
1962, BDB 86/1/7661 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9890
no.1962
SS Antonia Launch
11 Mar 1921
View of Cunard ship afloat with single tow line attached. Tug Walney on left. Walney Island on right. Many rowing boats collecting launch timbers.
| Location: | Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/7661 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 1962 |
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| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Steam tug to left of image, small boats to right, slipway to foreground | |
| 1960 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Very good crowd as ship leaves slipway, lone figure to centre. | |
| 1961 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Taken from slipway end, ship drifts towards gantry & scaffold to right | |
| 1962 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Slipway and chains to fore, tug (PS Walney?) to left and small boats to right. Ship facing left. | |
| 1963 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Taken at water's edge, tug has towline on ship, directed by rowboat. | |
| 1964 | Launch of Antonia | Ship on stocks, workers on board and below, gangplank to left. | |
| 1965 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | Similar image to 1960, taken lower. | |
| 1966 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | view of full port side of ship, in the water | |
| 1967 | Launch of Cunard Liner ANTONIA, at Vickers, Ltd. Barrow | similar view to 1962, ship facing right. | |
| 1968 | Launch of Antonia | ship looming large, 3/4 way down the slipway |
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