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HMS Monarch, British cable shipThe HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century
Shipbuilding - RMS Franconia 1910In construction the Cunard companys steamer RMS Franconia, covered in girders and scaffolding. Franconia, was intended for the lines Boston service, between Liverpool and Boston, USA. Date: 1910
RMS Mauretania - Cunard LIne Transatlantic Ocean LinerRMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. circa 1920
H. M. S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyerH.M.S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyer. Commissioned in 1943, built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend. Date: circa 1950s
Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston HarbourSS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration
MauretaniaThe Mauretania, built in 1906 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, she was the largest liner in the world at 32, 000 gross tons