PHOTOGRAPHS : HARLAND & WOLFF COLLECTION

Title: Ship No. 342 Walmer Castle (Celt)
Object Name: Photograph; glass plate negative
Maker: Welch, Robert John (1859-1936); Harland and Wolff (Primary maker)
Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (photographer)
Date Made: 07/1901
07/1901
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Photograph, Harland and Wolff glass plate negative. subject : Starboard stern 3/4 view on No. 6 slip, South Yard, prior to launch. Ship No: 342. Name: Walmer Castle (Celt). Type: Passenger Ship. Tonnage: 12545. Launch: 6 July 1901. Delivery: 20 February 1902. Owner: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company.
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.HW.H708
Copyright: Harland & Wolff Collection, National Museums NI

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