Box

Box containing thirty-two plans for vessels relevant to or worked on by Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd at the Naval Yard, Walker, Newcastle:

Plans showing conversion of the following passenger liners to Armed Merchant Cruisers:
'Ausonia' (1921) and 'Ascania' (1925) built by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd at Newcastle (Yard Nos 970 and 971)
'Antonia' (1922) built by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd at Barrow (Yard No 497)
'Andania' (1922) built by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd at Hebburn (Yard No 500)
'Alaunia' (1925) built by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank (Yard No 495)

Also plans relating to:
HMS 'Iron Duke' (1912) built at Portsmouth Dockyard
HMS 'Tiger' (1913) built by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank (Yard No 418) (not for HMS 'Tiger' Walker yard no. 52, cancelled in 1946.)



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Object Details

ID: VAWB0009
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Box: 180 mm x 180 mm x 1040 mm