The smoke room on board the SS Lancastria, looking towards portholes

Date:
9 Sept 1926
Reference:
BL28600/005
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The SS Lancastria, formerly known as SS Tyrrhenia, a passenger ship, was built in Glasgow in 1920 for the Cunard Steamship Company. The maiden voyage was made in May 1920 sailing to Quebec and Montreal. In 1924, after refitting, the ship was renamed SS Lancastria and later in June 1940 when operating as a troopship was sunk with the loss of over 5,000 lives. This photograph is part of a set taken when the ship was docked in George V Dock, commissioned by Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Smoking Room, Early 20th Century Watercraft, Water Transport