BRIMSDOWN

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:14 pm

the CEGB's Brimsdown, from Burntisland in 1951, heading south with another load of coal on 25 July 1967.

by **magoonigal** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:48 pm

1,812 Gross. 2,680 Dwt.

Subsequent History:

Disposal Data:

BU Grays 1.10.72 [T.W.Ward]

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:41 pm

Brimsdown heading up-river past Smith's Docks on 16 August 1971. Can anyone identify the damaged vessel in the background?

by **northeast** » Sat Nov 05, 2016 9:20 pm

Distinctive but quite a challenge, maybe we need to resort to Marine News casualties around 1970/1971.

by **northeast** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:18 am

Got her Dennis, she's the Cia. Nacional's BEIRA built at Lisbon in 1963, reported with fire damage at Lisbon on 06/05/1971.

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:03 am

Thanks George - I'd drawn a blank with the Tyneside Branch "Sea Chest", normally a comprehensive source of contemporary information.

by **creemaster** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:54 am

BEIRA lasted into the mid 1980's as I saw her at Teesport 82/83
Regards
Graham

by **teesships** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 4:22 pm

For details and photos of this BEIRA (1963) see: viewtopic.php?f=43&t=11799

Ron

by **northeast** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:26 pm

Thanks Ron, I hadn't thought to search on here, found her photo in an old ABC Ocean Ships! Then in Marine News in 1971.

by **teesships** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:32 pm

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

River Tyne - 28 August 1967:

Ron