Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Thirty years on (1976) at least two of the shipyard workers who appear in this group are still in the firm and easily recognisable in the photograph They are — second from left front row — Fitter William Magee, and on his left Foreman Fitter George Monaghan, of the Fitters Shop, Thompson Works. The photograph — taken In September 1941 — shows some of the 86 H&W workers who sailed with the H&W built factory ship “Balaena” to Norway when she was handed over to her owners.