This 16mm black and white silent film is a copy taken from the original 9.5mm print captured by an unknown amateur filmmaker of the last ship to be built at the Rowhedge Shipyard, and launched to a gathered small crowd in 1962. The shipyard, which was situated on the River Colne, was in operation since 1904 as The Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd and closed for good in 1964, during which period it constructed some 900 vessels. The site of the yard is now occupied by a housing development.