Side by side

[Whickham]

Came across this very "iffy" photo on the web but it caught my attention first of all because it was Brighams and secondly because the two ships are side by side in the dock. Not a common occurrence in my experience. The ships appear to be POOLE QUAY on the left and MR THERM on the right, with GLENLYON across the head of the dock.

Photographer unknown.

[Hornbeam]

Fortunately not a "Stepped" Drydock which they normally are, interesting cost saving measure if a Survey is due on both 'flat bottomed' vessel's, no idea how old this particular Drydock is bearing in mind during the War they were putting multiple vessels in Drydock's either for repairs or building like Landing Craft or possibly part of the Mulberry Harbour preparations.

[Dennis Maccoy]

no idea how old this particular Drydock is bearing in mind during the War they were putting multiple vessels in Drydock's either for repairs or building like Landing Craft or possibly part of the Mulberry Harbour preparations.

This is Brigham & Cowan's 715 feet dock that opened in 1956.

[northeast]

GLENLYON being the ex FORT GLENLYON, under this name 1950-1959, owner by H.M.Thomson who I think was related to the owners of the Ben Line.

[Hornbeam]

no idea how old this particular Drydock is bearing in mind during the War they were putting multiple vessels in Drydock's either for repairs or building like Landing Craft or possibly part of the Mulberry Harbour preparations.

This is Brigham & Cowan's 715 feet dock that opened in 1956.

Thank You Dennis, is it still in use or filled in now, with it not being stepped it would have made a nice little Marina for small craft.

[Dennis Maccoy]

Partially filled in and part forming an ornamental lake.
Picture copyright of Google Earth.

[Hornbeam]

Looks a smart area now Dennis, my Uncle had a riverside house beside the Tees, he and his neighbours was plagued with Ratty.

[northeast]

I see that the smaller drydock to the south has also survived as a 'water feature' with housing, while the middle one shown here is infilled as a wooded area.
Not a Shell tanker in sight

[creemaster]

Or a Salen SNOW reefer
Regards
Graham

[northeast]

Missed the cue for the song ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcF3eVnVdw

01/11/1960, Shell's BATISSA in one of the smaller docks, remember reading her name from across the river. Only 62 years ago ....