WPW006099 WALES (1921). View of Briton Ferry dock showing naval vessel in process of being scrapped, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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Details
| Title | [WPW006099] View of Briton Ferry dock showing naval vessel in process of being scrapped, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW006099 |
| Date | 1921 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6378222 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 273700, 193700 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.8248903501482, 51.627452747836 |
| National Grid Reference | SS737937 |
Pins
 The 'ram bow' on this vessel suggests it was a WW1 vintage cruiser. |
sloyne |
Sunday 28th of July 2013 11:17:55 PM |
| On 2013 aerial images, The Pill has been filled to about this point. The terraces of houses on each side have been removed and much of the site remains as brown land while there are also some new industrial buildings. |
Maurice |
Thursday 28th of February 2013 06:43:50 AM |
| Giant's Grave |
Class31 |
Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:59:50 PM |
| Giants Wharf |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:46:17 PM |
| River Neath |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:45:47 PM |
| Old basin |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:42:56 PM |
| Neath Canal |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:42:16 PM |
| Jersey Canal |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:41:30 PM |
| Travelling crane |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 02:57:46 PM |
| Boiler |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 02:56:28 PM |
| Locomotive boiler |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 02:55:51 PM |
| Yard run by Thomas W Ward. Thomas Ward founded his firm in Sheffield in 1878. He originally focused on steel, but loathing waste, he looked to recycle everything from a ship. Yards were established at Grays, Hayle, Inverkeithing, Milford Haven, Morecambe, and Preston as well as at Briton Ferry |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 02:54:48 PM |
| A quick search turns up one of these vessels may well be HMS Druid, launched in 1911 and sold for disposal in May 1921. |
Snaptophobic |
Saturday 21st of July 2012 02:22:21 PM |
| These look like a pair of WW1 destroyers being scrapped. Many were sold for scrap in the early 1920s, which would place this image in the mid-1920s. |
Snaptophobic |
Saturday 21st of July 2012 02:15:17 PM |
User Comment Contributions
I thing the Easting/Northing should adjust to something more like 273404, 194728 |
MB |
Friday 7th of September 2012 05:47:36 PM |