EPW020455 ENGLAND (1928). The Docks, Floating Dock and RMS Berengaria, Southampton, 1928
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Title | [EPW020455] The Docks, Floating Dock and RMS Berengaria, Southampton, 1928 |
Reference | EPW020455 |
Date | 16-March-1928 |
Link | |
Place name | SOUTHAMPTON |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 442274, 110579 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.3988721872137, 50.892591168603 |
National Grid Reference | SU423106 |
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Trafalgar Dry Dock (no. 6). Now filled in and part of Ocean Terminal vehicle access. The gate and first 50m are still visible as the Dock has listed status and cannot be destroyed. |
Sailor Steve |
Sunday 11th of August 2013 09:17:45 PM |
The former Cunard flagship, 'Berengaria', had been taken out of service on 3 March 1938 on arrival in New York following the latest in a series of fires in her electrical wiring. The aging 'Berengaria' started life as the Hamburg-America Line’s Imperator until it was handed over to Cunard in late 1919 as war reparation. Having been denied the right to load her east bound passengers the 'Berengaria' sailed empty for Southampton and was withdrawn from the Cunard fleet on 23 March 1938.
The 'Queen Mary' was introduced onto the North Atlantic in 1936, replacing the 'Berengaria' as Cunard's new flagship. |
Maurice |
Tuesday 18th of September 2012 07:12:59 AM |