Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Aquila

	GUCC Fleet No.	10
	Class	Star
	Original Type:	Motor
	Known As	Small Woolwich
	Date Built	26.6.35
	Hull Construction	Iron Composite
	Registered	BREN 490
	Intended Paring	213

History

Converted for sale July 1991. Deconverted then fitted with an under cloth conversion.

Factoids

No. 35 - War Effort By December 1944 there were almost 31,000 employees at Harland and Wolff. Queen's Island launched 170 Admiralty and merchant ships between 1939 and 1945. This included 40 corvettes, 27 minesweepers, 11 frigates and three aircraft carriers. The firm also repaired 30,000 vessels and manufactured 13 million aircraft parts, over 500 tanks, thousands of field guns and hundreds of searchlights.

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