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Preparing the cargo ship 'Crofter' for launch

  • Doug D said:
    As a pipefitter I can imagine what getting to your work area would be like every morning. That is a long flight of steps to climb. It makes me appreciate what the most famous pipefitter in the world did before he was an entertainer. Of course I mean the great Joe Cocker.
  • Spike (färben Sie mich ein) said:
    from www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/ Name:CROFTER Type:Cargo Ship Launched:16/08/1951 Completed:12/1951 Builder:John Readhead & Sons Ltd Yard:West Yard, South Shields Yard Number:568 Dimensions:8377grt, 4776nrt, 468.0 x 59.9 x 37.9ft Engines:T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 3750ihp Engines by:John Readhead & Sons Ltd Propulsion:1 x Screw Construction:Steel Reg Number:183830 History: 12/1951 Charente SS Co Ltd (T & J Harrison & Co Ltd), Liverpool 08/1971 Spica Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed AGHIOS GEORGIOS 1976 Ifestion SA, Panama; renamed SAN GEORGIO 1977 Broken up Comments: 1977: Broken up at San Esteban de Pravia, left Bilbao 18/05/1977

The cargo ship 'Baskerville' at Newcastle Quayside

  • Steve Ellwood said:
    Fine photograph - the ship was broken up in Hong Kong in 1969.

Young guests at the launch of the cargo ship 'Empire Crown'

  • Peter said:
    12 years later & that could be me at Swan Hunters!