Page 1
1. “M.V. ‘Badminton’ (1956) YN 405. Launched by Her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort 8.8.56”. A close-up, port bow, with a shower of champagne. Part of the page has been torn away, revealing the number 4279/9A.
Page 2
1. “Hopper ‘Frome’ (1956) YN 403”. On the slipway, ready to launch, starboard bow.
Page 3. “Hopper ‘Avon’ (1956) YN 402”
1. Under way in open water, port quarter.
2. Under way in open water, starboard beam.
Page 4
1. “Bucket Dredger ‘Samuel Plimsoll’ (1956) YN 401”. Moored at Bristol, starboard quarter, alongside the ‘Avon’.
Page 5.
1. No caption – presumably Mrs Matheson, with escort.
2. “Bucket Dredger ‘Samuel Plimsoll’ (1956) YN 401. Launched by Mrs. N A Matheson” Seen from an elevated position on shore, the dredger is just entering the water.
Page 6. “mv ‘Norwest’ (1956) YN 399”
1. At anchor, starboard beam
2. Starboard quarter.
3. Starboard bow, at anchor.
Page 7. “mv ‘Norwest’ (1956) YN 399”
1. Presumably Miss Brown, on the launch podium.
2. “Launched by Miss Hazel Brown 9th June 1955”. The launch has not yet started.
Page 8. “Pilot cutter ‘Queen Mother’ (1955) YN 391.
1. Under way in the Avon Gorge, port quarter.
2. In open water, port aft of beam.
Page 9. “mv ‘Hexhamshire Lass’ (1955) YN 398”
1. Under way in open water, port bow.
2. Starboard quarter.
3. Stationary, starboard beam
Page 10. “mv ‘Hexhamshire Lass’ (1955) YN 398. Launched June 1955 by Mrs J Eccles”
1. Just entering the water, seen from the top of the slipway, port bow.
Page 11. “mv ‘Bobby Shaftoe’ (1955) YN 397
1. Under way, port beam.
Page 12. “mv ‘Bobby Shaftoe’ (1955) YN 397. Launched 11th Feb. 1955 by Mrs G V Pask”
1. The bottle has just smashed on the bow.
2. Ready to launch – no one yet on the podium. Starboard bow.
3. Just entering the water, seen from the slipway, starboard bow.
Page 13. “mv ‘Bessie Surtees’ (1955) YN 396”
1. Under way, starboard bow.
2. Under way, starboard beam.
3. Starboard quarter.
Page 14. “mv ‘Bessie Surtees’ (1955) YN 396. Launched 25th November 1954 by Mrs. A C Thirtle”.
1. The bottle has just smashed on the bow.
2. Entering the water, seen from the head of the slipway.
3. Ready to launch, onlookers assembled. Port ahead of bow.
Page 15. “mv ‘Apollo’ (1954) YN 388”.
1. Under way, port ahead of beam
2. Port quarter.
3. Port beam.
Page 16. “mv ‘Apollo’ (1954) YN 388. Launched 1st June 1954 by Mrs Douglas Lovell”.
1. The bottle has just smashed on the bow.
2. Moving down the slipway, bow on.
Page 17. “st ‘Westgarth’ (1954) YN 390”
1. Under way, port bow.
2. Starboard beam.
3. Starboard quarter.
Page 18. “mv ‘Lancashire Coast’ (1954) YN 389”.
1. Under way, port bow.
2. Port aft of beam.
3. Starboard beam.
Page 19. “mv ‘Lancashire Coast’ (1954) YN 389. Launched by Mrs. C V Jones [or Jonds] 18th November 1953”
1. An elevated view, starboard bow to the left, looking down at the launch podium. The bottle is about to strike the bow.
2. One the podium, the bottle about to be released.
Page 20. “mv ‘Quito’ (1953) YN 387.
1. At sea, stationary, starboard beam.
2. Under way, port quarter.
3. Port bow.
Page 21. “mv ‘Quito’ (1953) YN 387. Launched by Lady Ferres, 30th June 1953”
1. Lady Ferres accepts a bouquet from a junior employee. Two trombones in the background.
2. The vessel is entering the water, port bow.
Page 22. ”mv ‘Milo’ (1953) YN 385.”
1. At anchor, port bow.
2. Port quarter.
Page 23. ”mv ‘Milo’ (1953) YN 385.”
1. Under way, starboard bow.
2. Port beam.
Page 24. ”mv ‘Milo’ (1953) YN 385. Launched by Mrs Graham E Lovell, 15/12/52”
1. Mrs Lovell on the podium.
2. The vessel has just entered the water, bow on view.
Page 25. “mv ‘Gracechurch’ (1952) YN 382”
1. slow ahead, port quarter.
2. Port bow.
3. Starboard bow.
Page 26. “mv ‘Gracechurch’ (1952) YN 382. Launched by Lady Wimbourne 24.6.52.
1. The vessel is just entering the water, starboard bow, seen from higher up the slipway.
2. Lady Wimbourne on the podium.
Page 27. “mv ‘Regent Jane’ (1952) YN 381”
1. At sea, starboard bow.
2. Starboard quarter.
3. Starboard beam.
Page 28. “mv ‘Regent Jane’ (1952) YN 381”.
1. The launch - entering the water, port bow.
2. A young lady on the podium.
Page 29. “ ‘Severn Stream’ (1951) YN 379”
1. At sea, starboard bow.
2. Starboard beam, passing a light at the end of a quay, probably Avonmouth (see page 49).
3. Starboard ahead of beam.
Page 30. “ ‘Severn Stream’ (1951) YN 379”.
1. The launch – the vessel is moving down the slipway.
2. Entering the water.
Page 31. Blank
Page 31R. “mv ‘Tasman Bay’ (1952) YN 345”. Three small photos of the dredger at work.
1. At anchor, starboard aft of beam.
2. Port aft of beam.
3. The bucket, shortly after being lifted out of the water.
Page 32. “mv ‘Tasman Bay’ (1952) YN 345”. The usual ship portraits.
1. At anchor, starboard beam.
2. Starboard bow.
3. Under way, starboard quarter.
Page 33. ““mv ‘Tasman Bay’ (1952) YN 345”.
1. The launch, just entering the water. Starboard bow.
2. The launch party – 15 people.
3. A group of 18 people with Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge as background.
Page 34 “mt ‘Cabot’ (1952) YN 374”
1. In open water, starboard quarter.
2. Starboard ahead of beam.
3. Starboard bow.
Page 35. “ ‘Ben Hittinger’ (1951) YN 373”
1. The launch – just entering the water, port bow.
2. The podium – the launch about to begin
Page 36. “ ‘Ben Hittinger’ (1951) YN 373”
1. Under way, starboard bow.
2. Port ahead of beam.
3. Starboard aft of beam.
Page 37. “Steam tug ‘Rana Partap’ (1951) YN 372”
1. In the Avon, starboard bow
2. Starboard bow, more towards beam
Page 38. “Steam tug ‘Rana Partap’ (1951) YN 372”
1. The launch, from the river, showing the twin screws, port quarter.
Page 39. “Welded Caisson (1950) YN 371”
1 – 4 Construction, from various angles.
Page 40. “ ‘Regent Robin’ (1950) YN 364”
1. At sea, dead slow, starboard bow.
2. Starboard beam.
Page 41. “ ‘Regent Robin’ (1950) YN 364”
1. The launch, starboard bow, some Boy Scouts looking on.
Page 42. “ ‘Regent Wren’ (1950)n YN 363”
1. At sea, slow ahead, port quarter, from an elevated position, crew looking towards the camera.
Page 43. “ ss ‘Steep Holm’ (1950) YN 361” a dredger.
1. Anchored at sea, starboard quarter.
2. Starboard beam
3. The receiving tank.
Page 44. “ mv ‘Hotwells’ (1950) YN 358
1. Port bow.
2. Port quarter
3. Port beam
Page 45. “mv ‘Pluto’ (1950) YN 357”
1. Starboard beam
2. Port bow, quite close, under way.
3. Port quarter.
Page 46. “mv ‘Pluto’ (1950) YN 357” – the launch.
1. In the water
2. Starboard bow.
3. Mrs. C. Lovell about to crack the bottle.
Page 47. “ mv ‘Juno’ (1949) YN 356”
1. At sea, under way, port quarter.
2. Port bow
3. Starboard beam.
Page 48. “ mv ‘Juno’ (1949) YN 356” – the launch by Mrs S Lovell
1. The launch party on the podium.
2. Entering the water, starboard bow
3. Afloat, starboard bow.
4. The launch nearly complete, port bow.
Page 49. “ST ‘Gwent’ (1949) YN 354”
1. Passing a light at the end of a quay, probably Avonmouth (see page 39 port aft of beam.
2. Port beam, shore in the background.
3. Port bow, quite close. Quay in the background.
Page 50. Blank
Page 50R. “ ST ‘J D White’ (1950) YN 353”
1. At sea, starboard beam.
2. Full ahead, just to port of stern .
Page 51. “ ST ‘J D White’ (1950) YN 353”
1. Full ahead, port bow, quite close.
2. Starboard quarter.
3. At anchor, starboard bow.
Page 52. “ ST ‘J D White’ (1950) YN 353” the launch by Mrs. C H Torrance.
1. The launch party on the podium.
2. Just entering the water, starboard bow.
3. Afloat, starboard quarter.
4. In the water, bow on view.#
Page 53. “mv ‘Polperro’ (1949 YN 352”
1. Starboard bow.
2. Port ahead of beam, under way
3. Stationary, starboard beam.
Page 54. “mv ‘Polperro’ (1949 YN 352” the launch by Mrs Williams.
1. On the slipway, starboard bow.
2. In the water.
3. The launch party on the podium just before the launch.
Page 55. “ ss ‘Ebbw’ steam hopper barge (1948) YN 350”
1. At sea, starboard beam.
Page 56. “ ss ‘Ebbw’ steam hopper barge (1948) YN 350”
1. Off shore, starboard bow.
Page 57. “ ss ‘Ebbw’ steam hopper barge (1948) YN 350”
1. At sea, starboard quarter
Page 58. “mv ‘Somersetbrook’ (1947) YN 347”
1. Port bow, quite close.
2. Port beam
3. Port quarter.
Page 59. Steam tug “ st ‘Babette’ (1947) YN 342 Also YNs 343, 344, 345”
1. Starboard beam.
Page 60. Steam tug “ st ‘Babette’ (1947) YN 342”
1. Starboard ahead of beam.
2. Port quarter.
Page 61. Trinity House Vessel “thv ‘Vestal’ (1947) YN 339.”
1. At sea, port bow,.
2. Port beam
3. Port quarter.
Page 62. “thv ‘Vestal’ (1947) YN 339.”
1. Close starboard bow view, launch podium in the foreground. The bottle seems to be on its way.
2. In the water, bow on view.
Page 63. “thv ‘Vestal’ (1947) YN 339.”
1. After the launch, starboard bow.
Page 64. “ps ‘Bristol Queen’ (1946) YN 334. Launched by the Lady Mayoress 4.4.46”
1. The launch party on the podium. A BBC microphone is prominent.
2. The bottle is about to go.
Page 65. ““ps ‘Bristol Queen’ (1946) YN 334”
1. Two men earnestly studying some notes, seated at a table on board. There is also a slide rule.
Page 66. “ ‘Porlock Bay’ (1945) YN 302” K650. Bay class frigate.
1. Starboard beam, reflected in fairly still water. Crew lined up at the rail.
2. Starboard quarter.
3. Port bow.
Page 67. “ ‘Veryan Bay’ Bay Class Frigate (1944) YN 300. Launched by Mrs C L Hill 11.11.44.” On a misty day.
1. Ready to launch, port bow. No one on the podium.
2. The launch party.
3. Mrs. Hill about to release the bottle
4. Another view of the podium
Page 68. “ River class frigate HMS ‘Avon’ (1943) YN 294”
1. Starboard ahead of beam, off a coast.
Page 69. “ ‘Regent King’ (1939 ) YN 273”
1. Launch just about complete, port bow. The Campbell paddle steamer ‘Glen Usk’ (1914) is moored at the opposite bank.
Page 70.
1. “ ‘Avonmouth’ (1938) YN 270” later renamed ‘Kingsgarth’. The launch, just finished entering the water.
Page 71. “ ‘Brockley Combe’ (1938) YN 269”
1. The vessel is moored at a quayside, port quarter, with the 8 cylinder engine being hoisted aboard.
2. Vessel moored at the end of the slipway. Port bow.
3. On the slipway, stern to port.
Page 72. “ ‘Brockley Combe’ (1938) YN 269”
1. At sea, under way, port quarter
Page 73. “ ‘Brockley Combe’ (1938) YN 269”
1. Off a coastline, under way, port beam. The print was stapled to the page but is now detached.
Page 74. HMS “ ‘Barrier’ (1938) YN 263”
1. Moored at a quayside, port bow, behind the tug ‘John King’ (1935) YN 238. Good view of a gaslamp in the foreground.
Page 75. HMS “ ‘Barrier’ (1938) YN 263”
1. At sea, under way, port quarter, quite close.
Page 76. “ ‘Panary’ (1937) YN 254”
1. The launch, just in the water, starboard bow, quite close.
Page 77. “ ‘GWR No. 1’ (1933) YN 194”
1. Near a quay, port beam, vessel ‘Tregarthen’ (1936, Lithgows) in the background.
2. In the estuary, under way, starboard bow.
Two loose photos were at this page. One shows ‘GWR No.1’ with a slip of paper “Side view – ship on ways before launch”. The photo corresponds to that, taken from about port beam looking aft. Eight men appear to be holding parts of the stays, while another drives in a wedge. The other photo is a model of a vessel named ‘Severn K….’ Bristol.
Page 78. “ ‘GWR No. 1’ (1933) YN 194”
1. Moored by a quay with an enormous heap of timber. Starboard quarter. Crane No. 4 is behind.
Page 79. “ ‘Rusoilprod’ (1930) YN 179”
1. Almost completely launched, port bow, quite close.
A loose photo here shows a coastal vessel some way off, near a coast.
Page 80. “ ‘Elkhound (1929) YN 173”
1. At anchor, starboard bow.
2. Starboard quarter.
A loose print here seems to be ‘Elkhound’ in a rough sea, from on board, looking forward.
Page 81. “ ‘Shell Mex 8’ (1928) YN 170” The original entry was ‘Shell Mex 7’ YN 163, altered in pencil (not by me).
1. Moored at a quayside, poet beam (the rear half of the vessel) with the 4 cylinder engine being hoisted aboard.
2. At anchor, starboard beam.
Page 82. “ ‘Lord Glanelly’ (1927) YN 161”
1. Near a shipyard, port beam, with a line of other vessels and hoists in the background.
Page 83. “ ‘Portway’ (1926) YN 159”
1. Just after launch, starboard bow. Advertisments for Gilbeys Invalid Port and Bisto are in the background.
Page 84. “ ‘Dwarka’ (1922) YN 147”. Three small prints.
1. Just launched, port bow.
2. In the water, port beam, forward part only.
3. On the slipway before launch, port bow.
Page 85. “ ‘Dumra’ (1922) YN 146”
1. Under way, port bow, close up, bow out of shot.
Page 86. “ ‘Artea Mendi’ (1921) YN 143
1. In the river, starboard bow with a tug and a rowing boat near the bow.
Page 87. “ ‘Lorentz W Hansen’ (1920) YN 140”.
1. On the slipway, port bow, not a clear picture.
2. At sea, under way, port ahead of beam.
Page 88. “ ‘Arlette’ (1920) YN 138”.
1. At sea, still, starboard bow.
2. At sea, under way, starboard bow.
3. Under way, starboard quarter.
4. Slow ahead, starboard ahead of beam.
Page 89. “ ‘Mackarra’ (1919) YN 133.
1. Moored at the shipyard, from an elevated viewpoint on the other side of the dock. Port beam, incomplete, with the yard in the background. A slip of paper says “View of yard showing ‘Mackarra’”
Page 90. “ ss ‘War Damson’ (1918) Yn 129”
1. At anchor, port quarter.
Page 91. “ ss ‘War Damson’ (1918) Yn 129”
1. At anchor, starboard aft of beam.
A loose print from WW2 depicts vehicles landing at the Normandy beaches.
Page 92. A loose leaf with a photo “ ‘Daily Telegraph’showing the Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Bristol Britannia airliner at Farnborough, September 1952”
At the end, a loose page from “Commercial Motor 1948” with an article “Fusible Alloy cuts ‘prefab’ costs”.