EAW015268 ENGLAND (1948). RMS Queen Elizabeth berthed at Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1948
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Title | [EAW015268] RMS Queen Elizabeth berthed at Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1948 |
Reference | EAW015268 |
Date | 6-May-1948 |
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Place name | SOUTHAMPTON |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 442207, 110418 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.3998434654432, 50.891148205262 |
National Grid Reference | SU422104 |
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Section of floating roadway from the WWII Mulberry Harbour |
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Tuesday 20th of November 2018 03:35:45 PM |
"Beetle" float from the WWII Mulberry harbour. Subsequently used to form a sea wall at Dibden - still visible today. |
000009 |
Tuesday 20th of November 2018 03:33:21 PM |
Troopship. (MS Dilwara)
Last Name: KUALA LUMPUR Port of Registry: Hong Kong Propulsion: 2 x Diesel
Launched: Thursday, 17 October 1935
Built: 1936 Ship Type: TroopShip
Tonnage: 12598 grt | 7512 nrt | 3435 dwt Length: 517 feet Breadth: 65 feet Draught: 25 feet
Owner History: British India Steam Nav Co - China Nav Co Hong Kong
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 01/12/1971 |
chainbull |
Saturday 2nd of August 2014 10:34:54 AM |
Steam locomotive - ex US Army Transportation Corps 0-6-0T |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 11:08:46 AM |
Seaplane dock |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 11:03:38 AM |
Seaplane dock |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 11:03:21 AM |
Part of Marchwood military port, I think |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 11:02:36 AM |
Grounded coach body serving as mess room or stores |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 11:01:22 AM |
Ex US Army Transportation Corps 0-6-0PT |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 10:59:41 AM |
Cross-channel ferry |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 10:54:48 AM |
This is TSS "Falaise", built 1947 by Dennys of Dumbarton and normally on the St Malo route. She became a stern loading car ferry in 1964 serving Newhaven - Dieppe and latterly the Channel Islands until sold for breaking up in late 1974. |
mannidaze |
Saturday 2nd of August 2014 12:54:37 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Cross-channel ferries from Southampton/Portsmouth served Le Havre, Guernsey, Jersey and St Malo in the immediate post-war period [Source: Richard Danielson, Railway Ships and Packet Ports, Twelveheads Press, 2007] |
MB |
Monday 27th of January 2014 10:58:07 AM |