NORSE IJMUIDEN inbound with two red tugs this afternoon (16/02/2024).
LLOYDSMAN on the bow & NOBLEMAN on the stern.
Photographed using my phone and across the wasteland that was Smith's Dock.


Built as: NORSE IJMUIDEN
Yard: Tsuneishi Cebu, Balamban
Year: 2021
IMO: 9905253
Names:
End:
Fate: Still in service
Data courtesy of Miramar

... and seen from 'tother side of the river. Her last port of call was Halifax, Canada

Who said "cocked hat", excellent photos Sir.

"across the wasteland that was Smith's Dock"
The wasteland that repaired fine ships and employed skilled workers.
Well at least you've got in ahead of the view being blocked by the 'brown-field housing' that will doubtless appear.

It's the same story just across the river where houses are rapidly sprouting up on and around the site once occupied by the Middle Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd., South Shields