River Wear

[tynebuoy]

Undated card photo. David Pollock in the foreground.

[northeast]

Fine view. Has to be 1954-1967 and I would go for the tanker on the left being DONA MYRTO by Doxford in 1955, the hull scheme inc. flashes on the bow match those on earlier sister DONA EVGENIA (photo in the Doxford section) although she had a more enclosed bridge front. Can anyone produce a photo of her?

[tynebuoy]

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/pho ... id=1868133

[northeast]

I've just realised that what I thought was an open-fronted bridge is an enclosed one with staging rigged, so she does match the two DONA's and length of name suggests to me DONA MYRTO, launched 05/09/1955, completed 12/1955.

Now for the one at Thompson's, HAUKEFJELL fits the dates but I can't get a match to a photo of her found on the net. Laing's O.B.SORENSEN also in the date range but no match.

[Tony Frost]

This is nether O.B.SORENSEN or HAUKFJELL(LUXOR)both sister ships.Possibly THONABY

[northeast]

THORNABY had her main mast close behind the bridge so not her.
I was referring to HAUKEFJELL of 1955 not the 1960 that was completed as LUXOR.

[Stephen Swinhoe]

The tug is Roker and she left Sunderland in June 1962.

[Tony Frost]

THORNABY had her main mast close behind the bridge so not her.
I was referring to HAUKEFJELL of 1955 not the 1960 that was completed as LUXOR.

DAVID POLLOCK fitting out?(cpt 8/54)Ship on pontoon LAMBTONIAN (EVENING CHRONICLE photo)Could it be DONA EVEGENIA & HUNTFIELD (DONA MYRTO & SHEAFHOLME/HAUKEFJELL)

[northeast]

I've looked again at all possibles and concluded that the grey-hull tanker at Thompson's, which can be seen to be in process of being painted black in the second photo, must be a repair job rather than a completion in the period of DONA EVGENIA 08/54-12/54 or DONA MYRTO 09/55-12/55, whichever it is looks like not long after launch so probably close to the earlier dates.
This rules out HUNTFIELD, GEORGE LYRAS and SHEAF HOLME as being too early or in between the two DONA's.
Concurrent with DONA EVGENIA were MORGENEN and TORVANGER but both launched later so would not be so advanced
Concurrent with DONA MYRTO were HAUKEFJELL and BORDER REIVER, both can be ruled out by photo comparisons.

LAMBTONIAN changed from Tanfield to Stev Clarke in 1953
DAVID POLLOCK completed 08/54 but by Hall Russell so would be an early repair if concurrent with D. EVGENIA.
So this still looks to me to be DONA MYRTO plus an unknown!

[Tony Frost]

George, now you've got me agreeing with you(HAUKENFJELL)All though they were several tankers built by Thompson(Crown HARWI) to this stile with cut-away poop.Do you have a photo.of the HAUKENFJELL(Olsen & Ugelstad-Black hull).What makes you think that its not.
Tony