Boats - Sailing - Ships

Mar. 03, 1965 - A Fighting Ship's Keel - Well And Truly Laid.. First Class Job - By A Team of Women.. They started building a new submarine at Chatham dockyard - Kent.. With one of those rare touches of sentiment - the Keel was winched into position by a team of women. Some of the women were officers in the Royal Canadian Navy; - the submarine, of the Oberon class is being built for Canada. Mrs. Mary Hog, wife of Rear Admiral I.L.T. Hogg, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard - was in charge of the Keel haulers and officially pronounced the keel well and truly laid'.. Keel-layers traditionally get a symbolic payment for their work. Mrs. Hogg received a newly minted Canadian dollar set in a casket of English oak lined with Canadian cedar. Helpers each received a silver half dollar.. Keystone Photo Shows:- The Dockyard workers look on as the women carry out the task of Keel-hauling at Chatham Dockyard

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Casket Cedar Chatham Dockyard Dollar Haulers Helpers Hogg Keel Laid Minted Oberon Officially Payment Pronounced Superintendent Task Touches Traditionally Truly Winched

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