WPW009488 WALES (1923). View of Holyhead showing docks, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.

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Manylion

Pennawd [WPW009488] View of Holyhead showing docks, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
Cyfeirnod WPW009488
Dyddiad 1923
Dolen Coflein Archive Item 6378199
Enw lle
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad WALES
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 224708, 382127
Hydred / Lledred -4.6311964025133, 53.306758766532
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol SH247821

Pinnau

This is one of 4 twin screw turbine steamers built in 1920/21 fro the LNWRy, "Anglia", "Cambria", "Hibernia", and "Scotia" of which the first named was scrapped in 1935, the "Scotia" was lost in WWII, while the remaining pair entered the British Railways fleet in 1948 but were broken up in 1949.

mannidaze
Saturday 20th of September 2014 04:07:08 PM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

Three vessels were built for the Irish Sea crossing from Holyhead after World War I - the Cambria, completed in 1921, the Scotia, completed in the same year, and the Hibernia. They were twin-funnelled vessels and looked similar to the two seen in this shot.

[Source: Richard Danielson, Railway Ships and Packet Ports, Twelveheads Press, 2007, 22-23]

MB
Monday 27th of January 2014 03:45:53 PM