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50 YEARS AGO TODAY - TRAQUAIR (1966)

PostPosted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:14 pm
by teesships
TRAQUAIR (6611590), Ship Mortgage Finance Co Ltd., 694gt,
completed Burntisland SB Co. 12-1966
1966 TRAQUAIR - 1979 SUNSHINE - foundered 26.14.24N/87.04.12W 14.2.81 [from New Orleans, tallow & soybean oil]

River Tyne - 28 August 1967:
traquair280867.jpg

.... and the fuller view:
traquair280867full.jpg


See also: viewtopic.php?f=43&t=8309

Ron

Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - TRAQUAIR (1966)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:59 am
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY! Berthed on the River Tees this time - 13 June 1968:
traquair130668.jpg

My first thought was she must have been on Clarence Wharf, but that does not look to be the case. Therefore, I think she must have been on Cargo Fleet Wharf further downriver?

Ron

Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - TRAQUAIR (1966)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:27 pm
by creemaster
Well where ever she is she is having a wee deballast into the Tees
Which reminds me that I read an article about foreign bodies being found in ballast water samples taken from Canadian Lakers which are fresh water boats. The theory is that the organisms were brought from abroad in the ballast tanks of sea going vessels.
Guess they are the micro biological version of illegal aliens :D
Regards
Graham