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no.8057

Launch of SS Jervis Bay

17 Jan 1922

Australian Commonwealth Government liner afloat and being held by one drag chain. A few workers at the rail on the ship. Crane structure on right. Rowing boats approaching to collect launch timber. As an armed merchantman she engaged Admiral Scheer off Iceland and was sunk while the convoy she was protecting largely escaped. Captain Fogerty Fegen was posthumously awarded Victoria Cross.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9945

no.8057

Launch of SS Jervis Bay

17 Jan 1922

Australian Commonwealth Government liner afloat and being held by one drag chain. A few workers at the rail on the ship. Crane structure on right. Rowing boats approaching to collect launch timber. As an armed merchantman she engaged Admiral Scheer off Iceland and was sunk while the convoy she was protecting largely escaped. Captain Fogerty Fegen was posthumously awarded Victoria Cross.

Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7716
Sankey Number: 8057

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