View from North Shields

View from North Shields

Postby Whickham » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:43 pm

View from North Shields showing a couple of TIC vessels, SWAN & PATROL, in the foreground. The Shields ferry NORTHUMBRIAN is looping round to come into the ferry landing and in the distance is the 1957 build FJORDAAS. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair.

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An enlargement of SWAN can be found at: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=15492
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Re: View from North Shields

Postby magoonigal » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:53 am

Now the TIC Patrol was built by Philip & Son Ltd at Dartmouth.

Steel Steam Survey Launch.
29 Gross. 13 Net.
60.0 x 11.0 x 5.7 ft.
C.2-cyl engine. 10 RHP 140 IHP 11 knots.
Water Tube Boiler working at 185 psi.
Price £3,750.
Launched 1924 and Scrapped 1964.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.
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Re: View from North Shields

Postby Whickham » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:17 am

Thanks to Paul's information, this is a poor quality scan of PATROL featured in Derek Blackhurst's book on Philip & Son Ltd

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