LEDA

[Keelman]

Departing Tyne Commission Quay June 1966

[Rivoldini]

Nice one Km. My mother was called LEDA and she was Italian so no idea what it means in Norwegian although Bergen Line ships were named after astral gods and galaxies I believe.

Ron

[magoonigal]

Well you did ask............

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)

Leda was the daughter of Thestius and she was seduced by Zeus in the form of a Swan so perhaps we should have had LEDA and ZEUS instead of LEDA and VENUS.

[teesships]

Works properly with the final bracket included in the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_%28mythology%29

Link works even tho' it has not printed exactly like!!

Ron

[Dennis Maccoy]

Sailing on 8 September 1974. Alongside at Smiths in the first picture is one of the early Rover class tankers during replacement of the original Ruston & Hornsby AO diesels with Pielsticks.

[Rivoldini]

Got it Paul, thanks.
R,

[Rivoldini]

And Ron. Thanks also. Mothers mother must have had a sense of humour.

Ron the younger.

[teesships]

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

LEDA (5205253), Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Norway, 6670gt,
completed Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne, 4-1953.
1979 Najla, Kuwait, 1981 Albatros, Greece, 1984 Alegro, Greece, 1985 Albatross, Greece, 1988 Betsy Ross, Greece, 1989 Amalfi, Greece, 1991 Star Of Venice, Vanuatu, BU Aliaga 20.8.01 [Sok Ltd]

River Tyne - 30 August 1965:

Top photo also shows:
BEAMISH (5038648), France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co. Ltd., Newcastle, 242gt,
completed Watson, Gainsborough, 9-1944, ex Queensgarth-49, ex Empire Paul-46.
1970 REX MELLENGER - 1970 BEAMISH - 1973 THUNDER CAPE - BU Port Maitland 1992

Ron

[Dennis Maccoy]

Another picture from August 1965.

[teesships]

See also: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=22683

R.