HESTMANDEN (5377525), Norway, 979gt, completed Bergen 11-1911
1911 HESTMANDEN - 1955 VEGAFJORD - 1979 HESTMANDEN - exhibit ship at Kristiansand-Sud 1979 (not in Equasis)

Spillers Quay, Newcastle - 2 June 2025:
Newcastle Chronicle article about this "Historic Norwegian warship"!! https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... e-31765215

Ron M

HESTMANDEN inwards on the Tyne, 31/05/2025. Photos by Richard Athey.

A wonderful survivor, 114 years old, fine views of her entering the Tyne.

And my friend from the Teesside Ship Society/Teesside Branch of the World Ship Society, LesCheyne, was on hand to record her arrival on 31 May 2025 from the other bank: Ron M