Painting of Northbank's hull is complete
Painting of the hull is complete and the vessel is ready for launch, 31 January 1957 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/21)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ by the famous shipbu... More
Painting of Northbank's hull underway
Painting of Northbank's hull underway at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 24 January 1957 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/20)..This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northban... More
Northbank's shell plating complete
Shell plating complete at the bow of ‘Northbank’, 17 January 1957 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/19)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ by the famous shipbuilding firm Willia... More
Work progressing well on Northbank's upper deck
Work progressing well on the upper deck of the ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 10 January 1957 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/18)..This album documents the construction of the... More
Work is underway on Northbank's upper deck
Work is underway on the upper deck of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 3 January 1957 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/17)..This album documents the construction o... More
Work ongoing around the bow of Northbank
Work is ongoing around the bow of the cargo ship 'Northbank' at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 27 December 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/16)..This album documents the construction of ... More
Gantry crane in operation above Northbank
Gantry crane in operation above the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 13 December 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/15)..This album documents the construction of th... More
Northbank's main deck progressing well
Work on the bulkheads and main deck of Northbank progressing well at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 6 December 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/14)..This album documents the construction... More
Work on Northbank's main deck continues
Construction work on the main deck of ‘Northbank’ continues at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 29 November 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/13)..This album documents the construction of t... More
Works starts on Northbank's main deck
Work starts on the construction of the main deck of ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 22 November 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/12)..This album documents the construction ... More
Work is well underway on Northbank's bulkheads
Work is well underway on the bulkheads of ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 15 November 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/11)..This album documents the construction of the car... More
Work starts on Northbank's bulkheads
Work starts on Northbank's bulkheads at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 8 November 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/10)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northban... More
Progress continues on the cargo ship ‘Northbank’
Progress continues on the ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 1 November 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/9)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northban... More
Work is underway on the side frames of Northbank
Work on the side frames of the ‘Northbank’ is underway at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 25 October 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/8)...This album documents the construction of the car... More
Northbank's double bottom nears completion
Work nearly complete on the double bottom of ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 18 October 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/7)...This album documents the construction of the c... More
Work continues on Northbank's double bottom
Work continues on the double bottom of ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 11 October 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/6)...This album documents the construction of the cargo s... More
Work starts on Northbank's double bottom
Work starts on the double bottom of ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 4 October 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/5)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ... More
Construction of Northbank's hull continues
Construction work continues on the hull of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 27 September 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/4)..This album documents the constru... More
Bottom shell plating of Northbank is put in place
Bottom shell plating of the cargo ship 'Northbank' is put in place at the shipyard of William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, 20 September 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/3)..This album documents the constructi... More
Support blocks are laid out for the Northbank
Support blocks are laid out for the cargo ship 'Northbank', 13 September 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/2)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ by the famous shipbuilding f... More
The keel of the Northbank is laid
The keel of the cargo ship 'Northbank' is laid, 6 September 1956 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/4/PH/1/819/1/1)...This album documents the construction of the cargo ship ‘Northbank’ by the famous shipbuilding firm William D... More