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Guns being removed from the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Er, I think it's going to be too heavy for that cart ... ... !
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Hehe! Don't you just love the angle of the photo? You can just imagine Hood placing his camera on the ground in order to create a more imposing image of the size of the guns. :)

Titan II

from North East Museums

  • stick1949 said:
    The Titan was a floating crane. Shipped out to India with some of the yard swan neck cranes and the floating dock in May 2009. There is a very sad video showing the heavy lift ship Osprey leaving the Tyne with the Titan on board at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJsiDLIG9g.

New Floating Crane at Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Stuart said:
    I'm astonished such a structure could remain afloat without toppling over, especially when lifting !!
  • billh35 said:
    My grandfather was a crane driver at Belfast Harbour in 1910! He worked there all his life and is even shown on the census as such in 1911.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    billh35 Wonder if your grandfather ever worked this crane? This photo was taken in 1911...
  • slapper2010 said:
    This crane remained at Belfast until the late 1970's but was mainly obselete. It seemed to be just getting moved around as space permitted but was never used. I remember being on it around about 1978/1979 at the age of 15 or 16 with my dad and the most striking feature apart from its size was the most amazing spiral staircase to get into the upper echelons of the crane....I wonder whatever happened to it? Only in recent times I have discovered the crane was made specifically to service the Olympic class liners. Of course now in 2013 when I realise its significance, I can now appreciate in its connection to the workings of the shipyard and am so glad I can say I stood on a tangible part of the history of that era, especially as my great grandfather was chief timekeeper in the yard during the 1912 period.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    slapper2010 Thank you for that great comment. We're none of us all that great at appreciating historical significance at 15 or 16! And chief timekeeper? That must have been an incredibly important job in the shipyard at that time... Have replaced with a higher res image so you can see a bit more detail...