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Posted: **Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:33 am**

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

: Hull, I think, 21/4/1973

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:50 pm**

With a couple of Blue Funnel liners ahead.

Posted: **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

Posted: **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!

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:23 pm**

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

R.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:23 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat May 03, 2014 4:10 pm**

Alongside at Wallsend on 22 November 1975.

Posted: **Sat May 03, 2014 8:20 pm**

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

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