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HEMSLEY-1

PostPosted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:43 pm
by teesships
HEMSLEY-1, Hemsley Bell Ltd., London, 1178gt,
completed Tyne Iron SB Co, Willington Quay, Newcastle 11-1916, ex Scotol-48.
wrecked off Porthcothan, 6nm S Padstow 12.5.69 [Liverpool-Antwerp, ballast] - BU in situ

Liverpool, 14 September 1965:
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She hit the headlines - well page 5 of the Daily Mail of Tuesday, 13 May 1969.
Newspaper report of her wreck:
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Ron

Re: HEMSLEY-1

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:31 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY since my sighting of her shown above!

See also: http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/scotol1916.html

Ron