1980-0303 Quote, Launching of Two Ships, Port of Sunderland, Sunderland Docks, Sunderland (22 kms NE of Durham), Tyne and Wear, UK

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Tags: English UK 1980 Other 1980-03 Tyne and Wear Sunderland Launching

Cross-references

CR1. Quote from 1983-0304 Pūjā, Mother You Be in Our Brain, Rented House, Adelaide, SA, Australia: In England, they invited Me ah to launch one ship. And another to, they called it 'Naming the ship' but that was also another launching, in one day.
Now, they were told that they have to make a swastika on the ship.
So the first ship, they made a swastika with a stencil like that. And on the sh... other ship they turned it around and made the other swastika, you see.
So, as first ship I launched, on second ship I saw, I said, "This swastika is not all right, it's the other way around." "Oooh." And they got such a fright! They said, "It is inauspicious! Is it inauspicious?", and they were so [laughing:] worried. I said, "Doesn't matter! Now change it over."
So they removed all that, painted it up, and just put another swastika like that. So sweet.
They were so much worried, I was amazed!

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Sources

S1. Email from Kevin Waggott received by CCT on 2024-0513: "Newer sister ships built in the UK North East shipyards at Sunderland that Mother launched in 1980 by breaking coconuts on the hulls."

S2. 1980-0304 Article 'Cradle ride to coconut smash' from The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper), Page 9: Article was received by Kevin Waggott as an output of his research. Link: 1980-0304 Newspaper Archive.

Chronological Updates

CU1 on 2024-0722: Added S2 and updated title.