Hartlepool History Then & Now

Stanpool (3)

What we know about this image :

Launch day of the STANPOOL (7,348grt/1954), from Gray’s Central Yard into the Central Dock. The gates in the foreground are the entrance to the Central Dry-Dock. The nearest steam tug assisting with the launch is the WILLIAM GRAY (178grt/1911), plus two other steam tugs.

Date (of image) : 1954

Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service

Creator : Northern Daily Mail

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