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The Ottawa

  • stick1949 said:
    This is a good view of Swan hunter and Wigham Richardson's Wallsend yard. The Ottawa was built in 1964 and this photo shows her on the ways. There is a video of two of these cranes being demolished in 2010 on youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZaya3ACAUw&feature=player_de...

The Ottawa Launch

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  • John Hughes said:
    Remarkable photo! Amazing how the ship dwarfs the buildings in the foreground.
  • Peter D. Tillman said:
    Very cool photo. Does anyone know a bit about the ship? My feeble Google search didn't turn it up.
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    The Ottawa was one of a large number of ships to bear this name, but this particular one was a tanker built at Swan Hunter's Wallsend yard in 1964 for Trident Tankers Ltd.
  • Peter D. Tillman said:
    Thanks. I'll go with "launched in 1964" per above. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Hunter Thanks for posting these!
  • Jim H5 said:
    This was the first ship I worked on after being transferred on completing my apprenticeship at the Wallsend Slipway. It was 87,000 tonnes and I think it was propelled with a gas turbine engine. The photo was taken on land behind the Hebburn ferry landing on the bottom left of the picture. The Esso Northumbria was 256,000 tonnes

Titan II

  • stick1949 said:
    The Titan was a floating crane. Shipped out to India with some of the yard swan neck cranes and the floating dock in May 2009. There is a very sad video showing the heavy lift ship Osprey leaving the Tyne with the Titan on board at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJsiDLIG9g.