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AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:43 pm
by teesships
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The AYTON CROSS (214/67) at work in Middlesbrough Dock on 25 October 1974.
She was broken up in Hartlepool in 1985.
Ron

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:42 am
by TEESMAN
Further views of the AYTON CROSS in service and at the breakers at Hartlepool
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07.02.80 Photo Michael Green
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04.03.80 Photo Michael Green
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02.11.85 Photo Michael Green
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At Hartlepool breakers 06.07.85 Photo Michael Green

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:46 am
by TEESMAN
More views at the breakers
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17.11.85 Photo Michael Green
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23.03.86 Photo Michael Green
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20.04.86 Photo Michael Green

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:57 pm
by northeast
Seems odd that she did not find a buyer at her age, maybe she had some terminal engine problem?

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:52 pm
by teesships
Albert Weller slide dated circa October 1968:
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Ron

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:17 pm
by teesships
AYTON CROSS (6710877), Tees Towing, 214gt,
completed Dunston, Hessle, 6-1967
BU Hartlepool 25.6.85

More photos while being broken up at Hartlepool:
28 August 1985:
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ayton-cross280585x2.jpg

10 November 1985:
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Ron

Re: AYTON CROSS (1967)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:52 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

Tug Station - 25 July 1967:
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The reason for taking a somewhat distant shot of her was because this was my very first sighting of her!
The full image showed:
ayton-cross250767full.jpg
Ron