Launch of a ship - SS Stratheden from Vickers yard, Barrow in Furness in 1937. Scanned image looking flat through age, brought to life with @affinitybyserif

Love detail in image, the tug, two small boats, one each side - and woman in white dress giving her hand to a man standing below her.

One of #shipyardtown archive handed to Dock Museum #BarrowinFurness by #BAEMaritime, Project funding, #HeritageLotteryFund

#archive #heritage #shipyard #shipbuilding