The launch of an unidentified Silver Line ship at J.L.Thompsons yard. Mrs. Thompson, widow of the late Mr. Patrick Thompson, the last Thompson shipbuilder who died in 2008, and Bridgett his sister, have identified the following people on the photograph: Tall man at left is Cyril Thompson (Liberty ship fame), father of Patrick and Bridgett. Woman in Front of him with flowers Mrs Barraclough (wife of one of Silver Line or Kerr line directors); smallest girl Gillian Marr, (Marr shipbuilding directors at Sunderland), girl next to her is Bridgett, daughter of Cyril; Tall boy with cap is the late Patrick Thompson. The lady beneath "11" is Mary Thompson, wife of Victor Thompson; next to her in light coat is Doreen Thompson, wife of Cyril; Lady wishing to be remembered for her taste in head dress is Joan Marr (wife of Alan?Marr). The smaller silver, (appropriately ?), haired man is Stanley Miller Thompson, co-founder of the Silver Line and the tall man at the right is Victor Thompson