SPW035734 SCOTLAND (1931). Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding Yard, Clydebrae Street, Govan, Glasgow. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Title [SPW035734] Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding Yard, Clydebrae Street, Govan, Glasgow. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.
Reference SPW035734
Date 1931
Link Canmore Collection item 1257238
Place name
Parish GLASGOW (CITY OF GLASGOW)
District CITY OF GLASGOW
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 255680, 665720
Longitude / Latitude -4.3063204102523, 55.863050530687
National Grid Reference NS557657

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The Duchess of Hamilton being built. This ship was launched on 5 May 1932

Billy Turner
Sunday 7th of June 2015 08:42:18 PM
I think this is actually the oil tanker MV 'Conch', H & W Govan Yard No. 809. However this raises a problem with either the date given for the photo, which may be one year ahead of actual, or for the date given at the link below for her launching at the Clyde Built Ships Database (Clydesite doesn't list her or her sistership 'Cliona').



http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=123&a1Page=21&ref=24704&vessel=CONCH



The photo there clearly shows the same "castles" arrangement, and the very specific funnel base arrangement that can be seen in development in the aerial image.

Peggy Bawn
Friday 18th of March 2016 07:30:40 PM
Junction were the railway entered the tramway system so as one of Fairfields locomotives could collect parts etc and deliver them to the shipyard. At first steam powered and then electic using the tramway overheads. See http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10014.htm

John Wass
Monday 7th of July 2014 03:19:47 PM
L.M.S carters c1950 Govan Road goods depot, beside the Plaza cinema

Milne
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 10:28:52 PM
Would someone have the names of the men in this photo. One of them looks very like my grandfather who died just before I was born in 1952.

jean
Saturday 4th of May 2013 11:08:30 AM