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The following photos show some of the damage inflicted
on Swansea Docks by an enemy air-raid on the night of 17th/18th January 1941. |
Air raid damage to D Shed Wharf.
D Shed East interior.
D Shed Wharf.
D Shed Wharf.
G Shed.
G Shed.
J Shed and J Shed Annex.
L Shed.
Machine Shop Harbour Road.
Machine Shop Harbour Road, ( exterior )
Harbour Road Blacksmiths Shop.
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Britannia
Towing Company’s tug ‘Queenforth’ was swamped by a near-miss
from an enemy bomb during an air raid on Swansea Docks on the
night of the 19th
February 1941. The photographs below show her being raised from the dock bottom
and put into dry dock for repairs. |
The tug Queenforth newly painted and overhauled after her sinking.
P38 Lightning fighter planes on Phoenix Wharf
discharged from tanker Cayuse 23rd Sept' 1944.
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The photos below show the transfer of P47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft from the 'Empire Milner' to the U.S. auxiliary aircraft carrier 'Ganandoc' on the 16th August 1944. |
Loading a 22,000 lb bomb.
14 of these 22,000lb bombs were shipped aboard the ss Frederick C Hicks in August 1945.
Bombs in N Shed 16th June 1944.
