Ac1320Build at Richborough (GB)

On 18 September 1918

( TRITON )

FOR SALE

the National Railway MuseumYork, UK.

Welding Timeline 1900 – 19501918. Admiralty testing of metal-arc welding on Barge Ac 1320

leads Lloyd’s Register to permit metal-arc welding in main structures on an experimental basis.

www.weldinghistory.org/whistoryfolder/welding/wh_1900-1950.html

Soldiers constructing barge Ac 1320

Soldiers in the hold of barge Ac 1320 during its construction. The barge was assembled using electrical welding.

Senior Army officers, soldiers and shipbuilders inspecting the electrical welded barge Ac 1320.

Launching barge Ac 1320, 19 September 1918.

Ca 3,4m x 4-5m

Ca 3,4m x 4-5m

Ca 21m x 5m

Ca 2,8m x 4-5m

Ca 2,4m x 4-4,5m + Ca 2,4m x 2-4,5m