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Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:43 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

A distant view of her in service moving away from the Pierhead at Hull - 4 July 1967:
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Ron

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:42 pm
by northeast
Sadly looking rather neglected in the morning sun, 20 May 2018. Maybe the museum is short of funds?
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Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:27 pm
by Patrick Hill
I thought I'd posted my photos but I guess not.

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Forward saloon now the cafe.

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Starboard side facing aft

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Starboard paddle wheel - through the viewing window - in poor condition - the port side was mostly missing.

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Looking across engine room to port side.

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:30 pm
by Patrick Hill
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Builders plate on bridge face

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Port side - access to main deck is no longer allowed due to weather damage.

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In the afternoon sun

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:19 am
by northeast
Shame if she can't be looked after, especially as a local build. Probably not many Wm. Gray vessels left now.

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 7:00 am
by hartlepoolmonkey
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I totally agree with you! I took this in March and you can see the rust on the lower bow.

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:15 pm
by TEESMAN
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Photo Michael Green
WINGFIELD CASTLE 11.08.18

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:37 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

WINGFIELD CASTLE (5392018), British, 556gt, completed Gray, West Hartlepool, 11-1934
1934 WINGFIELD CASTLE - hulked at Rochester, Kent 1980 as a restaurant (after flooding damage, London 20.4.80) - 1982 to Swansea - 1986 renovated as museum ship at Hartlepool

River Humber - 1 August 1970:
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Ron M

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:54 pm
by TEESMAN
WINGFELD CASTLE 14.04.06 first time seeing her port side alongside.
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Photo Michael Green
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Photo Michael Green

Re: WINGFIELD CASTLE

PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:44 pm
by Hornbeam
It is indeed a shame, I don't suppose she fits in with the new portfolio of the re badged Museum at Hartlepool especially as she cannot be Drydocked. Changing a damaged "Spider Arm" on the Paddle Feathering Gear whilst afloat was a bit of a challenge when working off Planks trying to remove a rusted and slightly bent pin with a Flogging Hammer and trying to keep your balance :o although better to fall in the water than hit the bottom of a Drydock :o
You may think wear a Lifejacket when doing the job whilst afloat, unfortunately the Lifejackets were the old Kapok filled B.O.T type ( Pre the Yellow and Blue "Victory" type ) which made you look as though you had a Chest like Jayne Mansfield :x which was awkward to wear in the confines of the Paddle Box and the Paddle Gear itself