HERO

[MadMaxLab]

20/4/1975

[teesships]

HERO (7217951), Domino Containerships Ltd & DFDS (UK) Ltd., 3468gt, completed Robb Caledon, Leith, 12-1972
foundered 54.14.23N/6.53.24E 13.11.77 (1*) (abandoned 12.11.77) [Esbjerg-Grimsby, foodstuffs]

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!
Hull - 20 August 1973 (NORBRAE to the right):

Ron M

[Patrick Hill]

I think this is the first photo I've seen of the ro/ro ramp at 10qy East in use - since I've been around the docks it was a concrete pad on the East end quay.

[northeast]

Patrick, the short-lived ramp was built for HERO as she needed a double tier ramp to reach each deck.