Post by Administrator on Dec 15, 2021 22:20:57 GMT
The history of this film is in the description. Amazing to see an event over 100 years ago as if it happened just last month.
She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women and children, drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.
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VIA: The Alberni Project - HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial
She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women and children, drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.
LINK
VIA: The Alberni Project - HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial