SPW019475 SCOTLAND (1927). John Brown and Co. shipyards, Clydebank. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
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Details
| Title | [SPW019475] John Brown and Co. shipyards, Clydebank. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. |
| Reference | SPW019475 |
| Date | 1927 |
| Link | NRHE Collection item 1246260 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | OLD KILPATRICK (CLYDEBANK) |
| District | CLYDEBANK |
| Country | SCOTLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 249688, 669676 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -4.4041786178711, 55.896736965978 |
| National Grid Reference | NS497697 |
Pins
 The View |
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Tuesday 12th of December 2023 08:39:14 AM |
| Most probably Canadian Pacific Line Passenger Vessel DUCHESS OF BEDFORD (John Brown & Co Ltd yard number 518), which was launched 24 January 1928. |
Peggy Bawn |
Saturday 16th of January 2016 11:18:12 PM |
| Site of present day Clydebank College. |
Weechookieburdie |
Sunday 19th of October 2014 01:33:12 AM |
| Arrol "Titan" Crane. Now all that remains of John Brown's Yard, open as a Tourist Attraction. |
Weechookieburdie |
Tuesday 19th of August 2014 09:28:01 PM |
| HMS Canberra, completed 10 July 1928.
Damaged at Battle of Savo Island 9 August 1942 and scuttled |
Allan |
Wednesday 26th of February 2014 02:39:51 PM |
| HMS Australia, Completed April 1928 |
Allan |
Wednesday 26th of February 2014 02:38:10 PM |
| Rothesay Dock power station, this was the first dock in the United Kingdom to be equipped entirely with electric machinery. |
cell |
Thursday 13th of December 2012 06:53:19 PM |
User Comment Contributions
The two ships visible in the fitting out basin are the Australian cruisers 'Australia' and 'Canberra', both launched earlier that year. (Source: County class cruisers' by Les Brown, Seaforth Publishing, 2011.) |
Stephen Dent |
Monday 16th of July 2012 04:27:11 PM |