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| Keywords: ss copeland sscopeland 1910 glasgow passengers hats group portrait eighteen edwardian fashion edwardianfashion ship steamer clyde shipping company clydeshippingcompany clyde shipping co. clydeshippingco clyde shipping clydeshipping w.b. thompson & co. wbthompsonco w.b. thompson wbthompson torpedoed sunk by u-57 sunkbyu57 u-57 u57 cork poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole people identified peopleidentified captain mclaughlin captainmclaughlin waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome black and white Passengers on board the SS Copeland. While sailing from Glasgow to Cork in December 1917, this ship was torpedoed and sank off Tuskar Rock with the loss of 12 crew. Had wondered if the moustached captain (id-ed by rolfiecar as Capt. McLaughlin) holding the lifebelt is the same man depicted in this 1898 sketch by Ernest Arthur Binstead in the University of Glasgow Library's Photostream. However, RETRO STU pointed out that sleeve insignia suggest that the man holding the lifebuoy was "a Commander (a rank below the level of Captain) and the man to his left could be his second in command, the ship's Lieutenant." Date: 18 June 1910 NLI Ref.: P_WP_2038 Passengers on board the SS Copeland. While sailing from Glasgow to Cork in December 1917, this ship was torpedoed and sank off Tuskar Rock with the loss of 12 crew. Had wondered if the moustached captain (id-ed by rolfiecar as Capt. McLaughlin) holding the lifebelt is the same man depicted in this 1898 sketch by Ernest Arthur Binstead in the University of Glasgow Library's Photostream. However, RETRO STU pointed out that sleeve insignia suggest that the man holding the lifebuoy was "a Commander (a rank below the level of Captain) and the man to his left could be his second in command, the ship's Lieutenant." Date: 18 June 1910 NLI Ref.: P_WP_2038 | ||||
