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Steam Ships and Motor Vessels.

Item TitleDescriptionArchive Date
XS/2171/1/90 The single funnelled railway ferry motor vessel Cambria alongside quay Holyhead or Dun Laoghaire. Built 1949 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. 4,972 tons gross. 2 - 8 cylinder Harland B & W Oil Engines giv...  more 1950-1965
XS/2171/1/91 The small coaster, Cambria, steaming along a waterway. Probably Manchester Ship Canal.  1935-1965
XS/2171/1/92 The P & O Co. (Peninsular and Orient) passenger liner Canberra at sea off Anglesey coast or Great Orme. No negative.  1960s
XS/2171/1/93 The P & O Co. (Peninsular and Orient) passenger liner Canberra at sea off South Stack Lighthouse. Glass Negative.  1960s
XS/2171/1/94 The P & 0 (Peninsular and Orient) line Passenger ship Canberra off South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey. 45,000 tons, built 1960, accommodation for 2,250 passengers. Glass Negative  1960-1966
XS/2171/1/95 The Cunard passenger liner S.S. Caronia with the tug Skirmisher on the river Mersey. Launched in 1905. 19,687 tons gross. Service speed 19 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Scrapped 1933 at Osak...  more Pre 1933
XS/2171/1/96 The freighter S.S. Carpio approaching quay or dockside with the White Star liner Celtic in the background. A ship of the Mac Andrews Line built 1918 by H & C Grayson, 1,900 tons gross. Reciproacting...  more 1925-1939
XS/2171/1/97 Freighter S.S. Carpio in canal or dock. Probably Manchester or Liverpool.  1925-1939
XS/2171/1/98 A freighter with tall funnel in the Manchester Ship Canal passing the freighter Garryvale of Helsingfors moored at quayside. See XS/217l/1/217 for details of Garryvale.  1920s-1930s
XS/2171/1/99 The White Star cargo/passenger liner Celtic in dock at Liverpool. The first ship to exceed the Great Eastern’s (built 1860) tonnage of 18,915, launched in 1901. 21,035 tons gross. 700’ ...  more 1925-1933
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