H33: The Oceanic being built
[graphic].
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| Summary: | Ireland at Work. Keel and Water Ballast Tank; Stern Post installed; Oct. 1897 |
| In collection: | Mason Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1897.
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/50813272562/ Physical description: Glass slide 1. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fond. |
Staying in Belfast today, and a visit to the famous Harland and Wolff shipyards on the Lagan where the Oceanic was under construction. It is very hard to see the ship through the forest of scaffolding throughout the yard. Given the ship and its history, the date should be easy enough to establish, and the place is a given. But what can we find out about the ship?
Photographer: Thomas H. Mason
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: 1890-1910
NLI Ref: M25/J/6
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Thomas Holmes Mason, Thomas Mayne, Thomas H. Mason & Sons Limited, Lantern Slides, National Library of Ireland, Harland and Wolff, Shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster, Oceanic, Titanic, construction, scaffolding, dry dock, Shipbuilding
Comments
sharon.corbet
Is it really the Oceanic this time?
Posted: 08.01.2021
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet] I think it must be. Someone went to a great deal of trouble to take a lot of photos of the construction of the RMS 'Oceanic'; edited into a great slideshow here - youtu.be/LxxipUl21ts
"Her keel was laid down in 1897" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Oceanic_(1899)
Posted: 08.01.2021
cargeofg
We had the paddle steamer Samson the other day and now we at the home of Samson and Goliath. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_and_Goliath_
Posted: 08.01.2021
DannyM8
Is that a Dog? - see notes
Posted: 08.01.2021
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/79549245@N06] It could be a Wolff ....
Posted: 08.01.2021
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Interesting about keel laying (I never knew) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel_laying - including -
"... Keel-related traditions from the times of wooden ships are said to bring luck to the ship during construction and to the captain and crew during her later life. They include placing a newly minted coin under the keel and constructing the ship over it, having the youngest apprentice place the coin, and when the ship is finished, presenting the owners with the oak block on which the keel is laid. The tradition of the placement of coins derives from the mast stepping custom of placing coins under the mast and is believed to date back to Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome and were intended to "pay the ferryman" to convey the souls of the dead across the River Styx should the ship sink."
Posted: 08.01.2021
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr is sometimes amazing! [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/] has some photos of the new ship in 1899, by R. Welch - I wonder if today's photo was one of his? - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/13712427054/in/photostream/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/13712426294/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/13712273173/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/13712427034/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/14902759006/]
Posted: 08.01.2021
DannyM8
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Its Harland a Wolffe!!
Posted: 09.01.2021
