8438, BDB 86/1/7894 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8438
Launch of TSS Otranto
09 Jun 1925
View taken from the south side of the launchway. Ship in the water being arrested by drag chains with much spray and whipping of lines. Packed crowd near water at bottom left of image. Launched on 9 Jun1925 for Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She served as a troopship from 1939 to 1948 before resuming her trade to Australia. Scrapped at Faslane 14 June 1957.
8438, BDB 86/1/7894 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8438
Launch of TSS Otranto
09 Jun 1925
View taken from the south side of the launchway. Ship in the water being arrested by drag chains with much spray and whipping of lines. Packed crowd near water at bottom left of image. Launched on 9 Jun1925 for Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She served as a troopship from 1939 to 1948 before resuming her trade to Australia. Scrapped at Faslane 14 June 1957.
| Location: | Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/7894 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 8438 |
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Album 14 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album 14
Page Number: 40
All Images on This Page
| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8430 | Fleetwood Trawler Dominator FD 198 (There is Dorinda FD 198) | Fleetwood trawler either Dominator or Dorinda, both with the same registration number | |
| 8431 | Launch of TSS Otranto (9/6/25) | TSS Otranto at end of slipway entering Walney Channel, launch 9 June 1925 | |
| 8432 | Missing | PC Missing | |
| 8433 | Missing | PC Missing | |
| 8434 | Missing | PC Missing | |
| 8435 | Missing | PC Missing | |
| 8436 | TSS Otranto at Vickers Wharf | TSS Otranto at Vickers fitting out wharf, Buccleuch Dock | |
| 8437 | TSS Otranto at Vickers Wharf | TSS Otranto at Vickers fitting out wharf, Buccleuch Dock | |
| 8438 | Launch of TSS Otranto | TSS Otranto at end of slipway entering Walney Chammel | |
| 8439 | SS Nova Scotia at Vickers | SS Nova Scotia and Vickers fitting out wharf, Devonshire Dock |
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