EMPRESS of ENGLAND

EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby Rivoldini » Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:54 pm

Launch day at Vickers Armstrongs, Walker on Tyne.

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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby Tynesider » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:10 pm

Are you sure ? :)
Empress of Canada launch with the same tugs !
Picture from the Norman Dunn collection
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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby magoonigal » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:36 pm

Both Captions are correct Mike. Two different ships.

Empress of England was launched on the 9th May 1956 and the Empress of Canada on the 10th May 1960.

George V, the Tug got in on the act both times.
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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby Rivoldini » Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:23 am

Thanks Paul. The fact that the ship has the name Empress of England on the original photograph was what prompted me to caption it as such. More views to follow.
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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby Rivoldini » Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:20 pm

Another view of the launch of EMPRESS OF ENGLAND. I Hope! :roll:

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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby Keelman » Wed May 14, 2014 7:28 pm

Empress Of England.jpg
At rest in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. September 1964
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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby teesships » Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:24 pm

Liverpool - 11 July 1967:
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Re: EMPRESS of ENGLAND

Postby teesships » Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:13 pm

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

EMPRESS OF ENGLAND (5103948), Canadian Pacific Railway Co., London, 25585gt,
completed Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3-1957
1957 EMPRESS OF ENGLAND - 1970 OCEAN MONARCH - BU Kaohsiung 17.7.75 [Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co]

River Mersey - 11 July 1967
From on board ferry from New Brighton to Liverpool in the morning:
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Veteran HEMSLEY-1 alongside:
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See also: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9218

From on board ferry back to New Brighton in the evening (including fresh scan from original negative of the view above):
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empress-of-england110767x3.jpg
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