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Museum Ref No: F4d_0028Launch of "Sand Lark". Another vessel under construction.
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Museum Ref No: F4d_0025Concrete barge "Cretabode", No. 142701, launched at Hamworthy 1918. Built by Hill, Richards & Co. Ltd. 662 tons. Length 190ft., breadth 33ft. 7in., depth 15ft. 5in. Owner A. Batchelor. Registered London.
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Museum Ref No: F4d_0022Launch of the first concrete built barge, PD25, at Lake Shipyard, 17 August 1918. Paddle steamer in the middle distance salutes the launching. Barge was 190ft. long, had a 33ft. beam, was 15ft. 6in. in depth and at one time the shipyard employed 1,500 men. (Chisman, LW, 1978)
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Museum Ref No: F4d_0019Launching of the concrete ship "Prince Nicholas" (OC-601), Lake Shipyard, Hamworthy, 16.1.1919
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Museum Ref No: F4d_0017Launching of the concrete ship "Prince Nicholas" (OC-601), Lake Shipyard, Hamworthy, 16.1.1919
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Museum Ref No: F4d_0018Launching of the concrete ship "Prince Nicholas" (OC-601), Lake Shipyard, Hamworthy, 16.1.1919
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Museum Ref No: Bristowe1_117Men preparing "PE69" for launch.
From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Dorset Smugglers by Roger Guttridge, published by Dorset Publishing Co.,Sherborne, 1984. ISBN 0902129 53 8. Pages 62-63 - Revenue cutter Laurel.
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Museum Ref No: AH_Lavender_Farm_BroadstonePostcard reads "At The Lavender Farm, Broadstone".
There is an article on the Lavender farm by Olive Knott in the Dorset Year Book 1956-57 pages 60-62 which includes a photo of the interior of this factory. The article states that this building was later converted into the headquarters of the Broadstone Athletics Association, but in 1935 it was burnt to the ground.
From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
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Museum Ref No: F4c_0008Line of LCA landing craft moored in Holes Bay, World War Two 1940-1945
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