by Whickham » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:30 am
Terry has sent me some extracts from the Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder including a short review of the ferry which was built by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd at Bill Quay.
"B.H.C. High Ferry No. 2. VEHICULAR and passenger ferry. Built for the Blyth Harbour Commission. The hull is divided into five watertight compartments. There is a main carriage-way down the centre of the hull, which will carry motor lorries up to 8 tons weight. On each side of the carriage-way deckhouses are fitted for 300 to 400 passengers, ample seating accommodation being provided. The ferry is transported across the harbour by two wire ropes, guided through ball-bearing fairleads and operated by a powerful winch-type engine supplied by Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd., Gateshead. The vessel passed through an official trial on her station early in September 1922."
Dave