Boat Building

Landing craft LCA 835

Museum Ref No: F4d_0039
Women workers on LCA 835 (fitting out at Bolson's Shipyard).
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Landing craft RCL B 640

Museum Ref No: F4d_0041
Landing craft RCL B 640 at Bolsons Shipyard.
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Launch of "Sand Lark"

Museum Ref No: F4d_0028
Launch of "Sand Lark". Another vessel under construction.
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Launch of concrete barge "Cretabode"

Museum Ref No: F4d_0025
Concrete barge "Cretabode", No. 142701, launched at Hamworthy 1918. Built by Hill, Richards & Co. Ltd. 662 tons. Length 190ft., breadth 33ft. 7in., depth 15ft. 5in. Owner A. Batchelor. Registered London.
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Launch of concrete barge PD25

Museum Ref No: F4d_0022
Launch of the first concrete built barge, PD25, at Lake Shipyard, 17 August 1918. Paddle steamer in the middle distance salutes the launching. Barge was 190ft. long, had a 33ft. beam, was 15ft. 6in. in depth and at one time the shipyard employed 1,500 men. (Chisman, LW, 1978)
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Newman's Boatyard

Museum Ref No: F4d_0044, F4d_0044a
Newman's Boatyard, 1926(?).
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Newman's Boatyard

Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 8/M.B. Fitting Out/No.11
Men working on unidentified yacht at Newman's Boatyard. (Batting photograph)
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Newman's Boatyard

Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 8/M.B. Fitting Out/No.10
Men working on unidentified yacht at Newman's Boatyard. (Batting photograph)
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Newman's Boatyard

Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 8/M.B. Fitting Out/No.8
Men working on unidentified yacht at Newman's Boatyard. (Batting photograph)
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Newman's Boatyard

Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 8/M.B. Fitting Out/No.7
Men working on unidentified yacht at Newman's Boatyard. (Batting photograph)
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