Decca Surveyor, built at Appledore as Britonia in 1963, at John Readhead & Sons on 28 March 1976.

Subsequent History:

[Lg & cpl by Appledore SB] - [1971 cv to research vessel] - 71 DECCA SURVEYOR - 80 BON ENTENTE

IMO number : 5053466
Name of ship : BON ENTENTE (during 1980)
Call Sign : UNKNOWN
Gross tonnage : 571
DWT : 350
Type of ship : Tug (during 2011)
Year of build : 1963
Flag : Ghana (since 01/06/2011)
Status of ship : In Service/Commission (since 05/04/1963)
Last update : 16/01/2013

And I thought she had been Broken-up.!!

Old postcard view of her as BON ENTENTE

OLD!!

Its only a maximum of 34 years old..........that's still modern.

And at Hull 17/05/1986 with a black hull.

magoonigal wrote:OLD!!

Its only a maximum of 34 years old..........that's still modern.

Ah! You nearly got me there! It's the postcard which is a maximum of 34 years "young", not the ship which is now 51!

Ron

when you get to George's age many things are old
Graham

gratkinson62 wrote:when you get to George's age many things are old
Graham

Did you really have to remind me???? (I'm a few months OLDER than George!!)

Ron

teesships wrote:

gratkinson62 wrote:when you get to George's age many things are old
Graham

Did you really have to remind me???? (I'm a few months OLDER than George!!)

Ron

Only a few months Ron, who would have believed that ....

George - Ron clearly did
eeh and me still in my 50's
am I he bairn of this site ??
Graham