HALF TANKER LAUNCHED - COLOUR - NO SOUND

(30 Apr 1973)
LONGER COLOUR VERSION OF NEWSREEL STORY 99004 - GV shipyard (Scott Lithgow). GV house, pan to shipyard. Various of tanker halves in shipyard. LAS name on ship 'Naess Scotsman'. Bow half of tanker launched - down slipway and away from camera. Second half of tanker launched down slipway. GV Tug pan to half of tanker. Shots of tugs manouvring tanker. Workers stand on banks and watch tanker halfs being manouvred.
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[@williammurray1346]

Now a retail park i believe part of the old slip is all that is left.

[@MasterChief37]

Back when the UK could build ships.

[@Mintzz1690]

Thatcher nationalized the shipyards, beginning of the end.