25th Anniversary of the Sinking


Syren & Shipping

Thursday 15 April 1937

Castings for the Queen Elizabeth

25th Anniversary of the Sinking



Castings for Liner 522 (The Queen Elizabeth)

Workers at Messrs William Beardmore & Co., Parkhead Forge, casting a rudder trunk on April 15 (1937) for the Queen Elizabeth, now building at Clydebank.
Seventy tons of molten steel are being poured in the mould. The stern frame will have a total weight of 180 tons.


Acknowledgements
Senan Molony - Syren & Shipping

Courtesy of Senan Molony

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