Wear Hopper No 3.

Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby Stephen Swinhoe » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:36 am

Built 1959.

Wear Hopper No 3.jpg
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Re: Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby fitter » Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:35 pm

Interesting picture of a once familiar sight on the river. This and its sister were John Crowns contracts built after Thompsons had taken over the yard. Wear Hopper No3 was Crowns yard number 246. 640 DWT; Mirlees engine. Wear Hopper No4 was Crowns yard number 247. They were identical and each was 148ft -6" (45.26 mtrs) LBP. I can't remember if it was these two or the following two contracts (the tugs Flying Witch and Flying Wizard), that were "joined at the hip" and went down the ways together.
Both Hoppers were built for the River Wear Commissioners and were employed in carrying colliery waste and dredgings from the river to be dumped at sea. Was it three or four miles out?
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Re: Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby northeast » Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:23 pm

Somewhere in my files I have a photo of 3 and 4 side by side being broken up on the Thames, at Greenwich in February 2005. They had been sold to General Marine in 1992.
Now where is that photo filed ..... ?
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Re: Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby fitter » Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:36 pm

Thanks for that .I wondered what became of them. 1959 to 2005, if they were in service till broken up they will have seen 46 years of service!
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Re: Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby TEESMAN » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:25 pm

WEAR HOPPER NO3 lying in a sorry state at Wapping on the Thames 25.10.01
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Re: Wear Hopper No 3.

Postby TEESMAN » Mon May 12, 2014 3:14 pm

WEAR HOPPER NO3 180283a.jpg
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WEAR HOPPER NO 3 at Sunderland 18.02.83
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