The Launching of the Weybank

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The Launching of the Weybank

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Location

Belfast, Belfast docks, Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough, Harland & Wolff shipyard, Harland and Wolff, Port of Belfast

Year

1963

Date

Production 31/12/1963

Length

23sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Another ship hits the water at H&W. The MV Weybank was a cargo ship built for the Bank Line. It was launched by Dr Dennis Rebbeck, Chairman of Harland and Wolff. 

Notes

Denis Rebbeck followed his father Sir Frederick Rebbeck as Chief Executive of Harland & Wolff. He was born in Belfast and educated at Campbell College. He then studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was keen on the mainstream sports there of rowing and Rugby. On graduating in 1935 with a BA in Mechanical Sciences, he joined Harland & Wolff, where he was to remain for the rest of his career, although his first work was building marine diesel engines under licence for Burmeister & Wain, in Belfast. His father was already Chief Executive and the firm was heavily engaged in war production; Denis's responsibility was the production of heavy gun barrels. In 1946 he became a Director at Harland & Wolff, in 1953 he was appointed Deputy Managing Director and eventually, on his father's retirement Managing Director, 1962. 

 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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