CITY OF AUCKLAND

by **MadMaxLab** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:33 am

Built by Vickers Armstrong in 1958.
Renamed GULF FALCON in 1978.

: Hull, I think, 21/4/1973

by **Rivoldini** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:50 pm

With a couple of Blue Funnel liners ahead.

by **northeast** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:01 pm

C.O.A. was a long time fitting out, launch 28/12/1956, comp. 02/1958 so there right through 1957
ANTENOR lch 04/10/1956 comp 07/1957
ACHILLES lch 13/05/1957 comp 10/1957
AJAX lch 24/07/1957 comp 01/1958

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:41 pm

Launched between Christmas and New Year - no two-week Christmas breaks in the fifties & sixties. However, I seem to recall that it was the perfect excuse for two (alcohol-fuelled) office parties in the space of a couple of weeks!

by **teesships** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:23 pm

As GULF FALCON see: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6050

R.

by **northeast** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:30 am

Dennis, are you suggesting they had a 6-months hangover hence 14 months to fit her out!
I am guessing some 'industrial relations issues' intervened.

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:18 pm

If work stopped because of hangovers George I think that the river's output would have been much reduced! I think that your guess is probably right.

by **tynebuoy** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:23 pm

It would be the the boilerdogs out on strike, slightest thing and they walked out.

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:10 pm

Alongside at Wallsend on 22 November 1975.

by **Dennis Maccoy** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:20 pm

And heading up-river past Shields on 4 June 1976.

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