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Dunstanburgh Castle

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:35 pm
by michaelp
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Dunstanburgh Castle-- Bamburgh Shipping Co Ltd-- 57,133gt
Built on the Wear but on the Tyne for dry dock
I read somewhere that she had a notch cut in the stern so she could fit in the dry dock at Hebburn.
Maybe some of you more knowledgeable chaps may know if this was the case

Michael

Re: Dunstanburgh Castle

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:07 pm
by teesships
Built in 1969 by Swan Hunter Ltd. at the former Furness Shipbuilding yard at Haverton Hill for the Bamburgh Shipping Co. Ltd. (W.A.Souter and Co. Ltd. managers), Newcastle. 1981:Sold to Global Shipping Co. Ltd., South Korea. and renamed GLOBAL AMBITION. 1982: Renamed GLOBAL HOPE. 19.9.1994: Arrived off Alang to be broken up.

Built on the Tees.
See also: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3124

Ron M