QUICKTHORN outwards from Tees Dock 15.01.81

Inward on the Humber in mid 80's, taken by my late friend John Galtry.

QUICKTHORN (6716766), Coe Metcalfe Sg Ltd. (from 1978), 1598gt,
completed Ailsa SB Co., Troon, 9-1967
1967 TANMERACK - 1973 QUICKTHORN - 1990 AMANECIDA - 1991 SIBA - 1998 NAHLA
BU Aliaga 14.7.02 [Huzur GS]

Arriving for Tees Dock (probably Potash Terminal) - 20 September 1982: Ron

Always recognisable with her mast arrangements, I remember that as QUICKTHORN she was one of the first to discharge at Hull without registered dock workers, shortly after the scheme ended in 1989.

Two more views of QUICKTHORN on the Tees

As the NAHLA on the Bosphorus 06.05.01

Built for a P & O service bringing timber (?) from Canada toEurope
Photo's of her on the web with derricks, looks quite the job with them
Regards
Graham

QUICKTHORN (3) (1973 – 1978)
O.N. 334614. 1,598g. 869n. 2,442d. 280' 0" x 42' 5" x 16' 1".
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (500 x 700mm) Polar M66T type by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow. 2,400bhp. 13 kts.
18.11.1966: Keel laid by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd., Troon (Yard No. 524) for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd., London as TANMERACK.
9.5.1967: Launched for Charter Shipping Company Ltd., London.
1.9.1967: Completed.
1.10.1971: P and O Short Sea Shipping Ltd., appointed as managers.
3.1.1973: Sold to S. William Coe and Company Ltd., Liverpool, and renamed QUICKTHORN.
1978: Sold to Coe, Metcalf Shipping Ltd. (S. William Coe and Company Ltd., managers) Liverpool.
1984: Company ownership passed from the Booker Group to James Fisher and Sons Ltd., Barrow in Furness.
1990: Sold to Altona Maritime Ltd., (Alfa Shipping Company S. de R.L., managers), Malta, and renamed AMANECIDA.
1991: Sold to Tristar Maritime Company S.A., (Threemar Maritime Corp. S.A., managers), Honduras, and renamed SIBA.
1996: Sold to Bitar Jafouri and Co., (Bitar Trading and Transports (BTT), managers), Syria.
1998: Renamed NAHLA.
14.7.2002: Arrived at Aliaga for demolition by Huzur Gemi Sokum.