HMS Barracouta during shipbreaking at Bo'ness

Maker
1. Unknown
2. MacLellan, P. & W. Ltd
Production date
1905
 Description
View of a ship with three masts and one funnel lying with her bow half on the beach. She is being broken up and plates have been removed from her hull revealing her ribs. There is a rail bogey above the beach. Several workers are working around the hull.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
1905
Subject person
Subject place
Forth Shipbreaking Yard/Bridgeness/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
Shipbreaking by hammer and chisel method, oxyacetylene cutters introduced c. 1914. Bottom of ship was wood with copper covering to protect it from barnacles. Barracouta was first ship broken in the yard.
Accession number
P01974

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