9th October in wartime Northern Ireland

On 9th October 1941, the British Army used cranes and landing craft to unload supplies and equipment from the standed S.S. Bereby off the coast of Ardglass.

The British Army unload stores and equipment including army lorries from a stranded vessel onto a landing craft to ready the steamship for refloating. S.S. Bereby ran aground at Ardglass, Co. Down.
©IWM H 14675 Info
The British Army unload stores and equipment including army lorries from a stranded vessel onto a landing craft to ready the steamship for refloating. S.S. Bereby ran aground at Ardglass, Co. Down.
©IWM H 14676 Info
The British Army unload stores and equipment including army lorries from a stranded vessel onto a landing craft to ready the steamship for refloating. S.S. Bereby ran aground at Ardglass, Co. Down.
©IWM H 14677 Info

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