Dreadnought passing through the Swing Bridge. This was HMS Monarch and it was taken in 1911. It clearly shows the tight fit afforded to these ships by the Swing Bridge. Again much of the superstructure has been disassembled to allow the ship to pass under the High Level, Redheugh and King Edward bridges
It would be coming down the Tyne from the Vickers yard.
“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'