SAW026509 SCOTLAND (1949). Greenock Harbour. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative.

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Details

Title [SAW026509] Greenock Harbour. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative.
Reference SAW026509
Date 1949
Link Canmore Collection item 1269358
Place name
Parish GREENOCK
District INVERCLYDE
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 229677, 675697
Longitude / Latitude -4.7276583223647, 55.944119012961
National Grid Reference NS297757

Pins

Cappielow Park

Ralph Pomeroy
Thursday 2nd of May 2019 07:45:15 PM
Merchant Aircraft Carrier being reinstated as a merchant ship, this looks like the flight deck being cut away

Andy A
Sunday 8th of April 2018 01:44:17 AM
Merchant Aircraft Carrier being reinstated as a merchant ship, this looks like the funnel being put back

Andy A
Sunday 8th of April 2018 01:43:48 AM
Wartime Escort Aircraft Carrier.

ken
Saturday 1st of August 2015 03:09:03 PM
This looks more like the visually similar "Merchant Aircraft Carrier", which was simply a flight deck bolted onto the hull of an existing merchantman (tanker or grain carrier), and which retained its merchant cargo capabilities. These ships had minimal servicing and self-defense capabilities (beyond their air contingent) and carried a small naval personnel contingent but remained merchantmen and were named as such. They were released to be reinstanted as merchantmen in 1944/1945, which appears to be in progress in this photo. A chunk has been cut out of the flight deck and there is clearly visible a funnel poking through the flight deck.

Andy A
Sunday 8th of April 2018 01:42:12 AM