Beamish

[Shieldsman]

Close shave on the river

[Shieldsman]

Tug Beamish took part in naval display

[Tynesider]

The salvage of the M.V. NYON PIC,S taken from the local paper on the return of the George v to the river tyne after a fortnight away from home. The stern was towed by the tugs Hector of Wijsmuller salvage and George v of Messrs France Fenwick Tyne & Wear the outher two tugs where Simson and Beamish they reached the tyne safely 28th of November 1958. The crew of the George V. my dad is second from left, the skipper of the Beamish at that time was James Stratford. The NYON at smiths dock the stern half after strengthening was towed to Bolnes in Holland where a new section was fitted

I used to talk for hours to Hector who always had a tale to tell !

[Shieldsman]

Pic,s of the George V crew my mistake it should of said my dad is second from the right not the left

[Shieldsman]

Beamish in the lower part of the river

[Tynesider]

Beamish in the lower part of the river

Bloody hell those were the days when Smiths looked busy enough, not like today while someone waits to build more unaffordable houses on the filled in docks!

[teesships]

Hi Ron

Just for your records that is not Impetus on the port side of Beamish,the funnel is wrong and the lifeboats were white as Maximus as they were sisters, The funnel looks like Roughsider but Roughsider only had one lifeboat on the port side.

My best guess is it's Quaysider

Mike,

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't immediately find the original negative, nor the resultant print, in order to check.
For once, my notebook of the day lets me down! For that photo I recorded it as MAXIMUS and tugs!
My list of sightings shows I noted MAXIMUS and BEAMISH initially, then squeezed in IMPETUS a little later, probably from seeing her from midstream on the return leg of the trip. At that stage I bracketed those three together as being the subject matter of my photo!
I also photographed the SOUTHSIDER which I think is the older tug forward of the MAXIMUS. The only other tug I noted in that vicinity was the APPELSIDER. ROUGHSIDER, BAMBURGH and ALNWICK were also seen, but I think that was a bit later further upriver.
In those days I tried to write down every ship in sight and the QUAYSIDER was not among them, so far as I was aware.

Ron

[Shieldsman]

beamish inward bound with the BRITISH SERGEANT the tug outward is the tug HILLSIDER on her way to BLYTH

[Shieldsman]

BEAMISH at the launch of BP BRITISH ARGOSY

[Whickham]

Great action shots. Thanks.