Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward And Sons Shipbreaking Yard

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Ship Breaking Yard (20th Century)

Site Name Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward And Sons Shipbreaking Yard

Classification Ship Breaking Yard (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inverkeithing Harbour; Inverkeithing, Cruickness Road, Ward's Shipbreaking Yard

Canmore ID 50918

Site Number NT18SW 113

NGR NT 13000 81985

NGR Description Centred NT 13000 81985

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50918

Digital Images

SC 559995

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard View of dock area showing shipbreaking in progress

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

6/11/1979

SC 1257190

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-west. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

SC 1268953

Inverkeithing, general view, showing Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

DP 096754

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1258117

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

7/8/1937

SC 2440717

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward And Sons Shipbreaking Yard, NT18SW 113, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard View from NE looking towards Jetty No.3 and 25-ton-lift Butters travelling derrick crane on the left, and jetties 1 and 2 on the right

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

6/10/1999

DP 051218

General oblique aerial view centred on the Inner Bay, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

16/10/2008

DP 096750

Oblique aerial view centred on Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and Caldwells Paper Mill, Inverkeithing, in 1947, facing north-east. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1257188

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

SC 1315164

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south. This image has been produced from a print.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

SC 1440856

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard View from NE looking towards Jetty No.3 and 25-ton-lift Butters travelling derrick crane on the left, and jetties 1 and 2 on the right

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

6/10/1999

DP 096751

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

DP 096752

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1257189

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

DP 176394

Oblique aerial view of the Queensferry Crossing construction, Inverkeithing Bay and Cruiks Quarry, looking to the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

11/3/2014

DP 229872

Oblique aerial view of the road works for the new Queensferry Crossing, Cruiks Quarry, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and HM Naval Dockyard in Rosyth , looking W.

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Historic Environment Scotland

10/2/2016

DP 247260

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

26/1/2017

SC 559994

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard General View

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

6/11/1979

SC 1257185

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

SC 1257187

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

SC 1269181

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east. This image has been produced from a damaged and crop marked negative.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

SC 1440857

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard General view from W, showing most of the yard's cranes, with Jetty No.3 on the right, and jetty No.7 in the distance

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

6/10/1999

SC 451873

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward's Shipbreaking Yard View from S

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

5/10/1974

DP 096753

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1257186

Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east showing Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing and a golf course in 1931.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

SC 1257191

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

DP 176383

Oblique aerial view of the Queensferry Crossing construction, Inverkeithing Bay and Cruiks Quarry, looking to the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

11/3/2014

SC 2507322

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard General view from W, showing most of the yard's cranes, with Jetty No.3 on the right, and jetty No.7 in the distance

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

6/10/1999

SC 1257184

Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. Ltd. Quarry and Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

26/6/1931

DP 048095

Inverkeithing, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, with HMS Nelson, HMS Royal Sovereign and the remains of HMS Rodney adjacent. Oblique aerial view taken from the W.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

DP 100634

General oblique aerial view of the River Forth centred on Jamestown Golf Course, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/4/2011

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Administrative Areas

Council Fife
Parish Inverkeithing
Former Region Fife
Former District Dunfermline
Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT18SW 113.00 centred 13000 81985

Shipbreaking Yard [NAT] (at NT 12914 81984 and NT 13069 81975)

OS (GIS) MasterMap, September 2009.

NT18SW 113.01 Centred NT 1289 8184 Yard Offices

NT18SW 113.02 Centred NT 1276 8210 Number 1 and 2 jetties

NT18SW 113.03 Centred NT 1285 8202 Number 3 jetty

NT18SW 113.04 Centred NT 1305 8206 Number 7 jetty

Location formerly entered as NT 130 820.

Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996

During October 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of Ward's Shipbreaking Yard, in Inverkeithing. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), October 1999.

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