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25th Anniversary of the Sinking

Castings for the Queen Elizabeth

Syren & Shipping

Thursday 15th April 1937
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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.

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2004) 25th Anniversary of the Sinking (Syren & Shipping, Thursday 15th April 1937, ref: #3137, published 1 July 2004, generated 31st May 2023 12:18:43 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/25th-anniversary-sinking.html