Putford Aries

[Whickham]

PUTFORD ARIES heading up the Tyne on the 14/03/2009

Photo by Kevin Blair

Photo by Kevin Blair

See also as STAR ARIES at: viewtopic.php?f=147&t=18993

[magoonigal]

UK Flag, Offshore Supply built in Holland, 1977.

1,372 Gross. 2,336 Dwt.

Current Owner Boston Putford Offshore Safety, Lowestoft.

1977 STAR ARIES.
1996 STIRLING ARIES.
1996 PUTFORD ARIES.

[tynebuoy]

Pictured here at Swans while waiting for a berth at Wallsend D/D 1st April 1997.

[teesships]

Seen by Albert Weller as STAR ARIES, undated (Aberdeen again?):

Ron

[Whickham]

PUTFORD ARIES in dock at South Shields. Sorry no dates on photos.

[teesships]

Great Yarmouth - 9 October 2011:

Ron M

[creemaster]

Albert Weller slide is indeed Aberdeen
Going alongside the Albert Quay with what was left of the fishing fleet behind her.
The buildings right in the background is the fish market, now closed.
There used to be a floating dock for running repairs to small trawlers/support boats
But that was in the past!
Rgeards
Graham

[northeast]

Walked down the Fish Quay in May 1968, large number of trawlers, nose to quay like the old North Wall at Grimsby.
25 trawlers, 1 ferry (ST. CLAIR), 1 tanker, 2 cargo, 2 dredgers and 2 frigates (GRAFTON & MALCOLM).
No oil rig vessels at all!

[teesships]

Yes, in August 1970 I jotted down the names of about 40 trawlers lined up at Aberdeen, but could photograph only two of them!

Ron M

[Hornbeam]

My Wife came from Aberdeen so when I was home we often returned to visit the Clan Farquharson crowd and I used to get up early to have a walk around the Fish Market, certainly a very busy place up till around 10am then Aberdeen went quiet barring for the Inter Island Ferry and the Ships being discharged at the American Sheds. One of the few places that had a 'Wall of Death' at the Fairground near the seafront. I did a trip on a Long Liner Trawler called 'Loch Kildonan" up to the North Cape officially as an Engineer but really part of 'Operation Hornbeam', never again it was tough going in bad weather on such a small vessel. Great admiration for Fishermen, Fish Friday is sacred to me, looking at the Trawlers now being built and the number of screens on the Bridge the Skipper needs an "Oligy" these days instead of a "nose" for where the fish are Ron@?