Merchant Marine - Old Photographs

[Brian James]

Barquentine SS Rothesay Bay (out of Glasgow) pictured in Alexandria Graving Dock,Belfast in 1895.Built at Birrell, Stenhouse & Co,Upper Woodyard Shipyard,Dumbarton in 1877,she ended up as a Coal Hulk at Auckland in 1922,dismantled on Orakei Beach near Parnell in 1936,the hulk was dumped on Rangitoto Island.

[Brian James]

At left, White Star Line, Teutonic Class ocean liner RMS Majestic pictured fitting out at Alexandra Dock in the Abercorn Basin at Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast in 1889.

[Brian James]

Tyne Tugs Ltd Harbour tug Hendon pictured at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she was sold in 1996 to Karapiperis Co at Piraeus and re-named 'Stavros Karapiperis'......Tyne Tugs Beamish is in the background, she was sold to a Great Lakes Canadian Co in the 70s and re-named 'Thunder Cape'.

[jbryce1437]

Tyne Tugs Ltd Harbour tug Hendon pictured at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she was sold in 1996 to Karapiperis Co at Piraeus and re-named 'Stavros Karapiperis'......Tyne Tugs Beamish is in the background, she was sold to a Great Lakes Canadian Co in the 70s and re-named 'Thunder Cape'.

Nice to see a photo of the tug HENDON. She spent most of her time on the River Wear at Sunderland and was owned by France Fenwick from being built in 1924. Hendon is a district of Sunderland and the tug was a regular at launches from the many shipyards on the River Wear. She was chartered to Tyne Tugs in 1959.

Jim

[Brian James]

Thanks Jim...I have a few more pics of UK tugs I am in the process of cleaning..will post soon....Regards Brian.