S47, BDB 86/1/6311 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S47
Orient Line Orcades
7th Jul 1937
Orcades passing Piel to leave Walney Channel observed by a number of onlookers near Roa Island Lifeboat Station, including a school group. Orcades was requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War Two and used as a troopship until sunk by U172 off South Africa in 1942.
S47, BDB 86/1/6311 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S47
Orient Line Orcades
7th Jul 1937
Orcades passing Piel to leave Walney Channel observed by a number of onlookers near Roa Island Lifeboat Station, including a school group. Orcades was requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War Two and used as a troopship until sunk by U172 off South Africa in 1942.
| Location: | Walney Channel, Roa Island lifeboat station, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6311 |
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| Sankey Number: | S47 |
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