8457, BDB 86/1/7906 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8457
Launch of HMS Cumberland
16 Mar 1926
View of ship just entering the channel with the first and second set of the drag chains making a lot of splash. Two funnel tug on right with rowing boats about to pick up the launch timbers. Group of workers on left with a man in a fireman uniform. She served in the South Atlantic Fleet, Home Fleet, Eastern Fleet and East Indies.
8457, BDB 86/1/7906 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.8457
Launch of HMS Cumberland
16 Mar 1926
View of ship just entering the channel with the first and second set of the drag chains making a lot of splash. Two funnel tug on right with rowing boats about to pick up the launch timbers. Group of workers on left with a man in a fireman uniform. She served in the South Atlantic Fleet, Home Fleet, Eastern Fleet and East Indies.
| Location: | Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/7906 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 8457 |
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| 8450 | Submarine M2 | HM Submarine M2 in Walney Channel? | |
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| 8453 | Otranto | TSS Ortranto passing Piel Island | |
| 8454 | Otranto | TSS Ortranto passing Piel Island | |
| 8455 | Launch of HMS Cumberland (16/3/26) | HMS Cumberland launching into Walney Channel | |
| 8456 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland launched into Walney Channel | |
| 8457 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland entering Walney Channel | |
| 8458 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland in Walney Channel after launch | |
| 8459 | Launch of HMS Cumberland | HMS Cumberland launching into Walney Channel |
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