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TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:44 pm
by teesships
TIDEREACH (5361021), The Admiralty, 13516gt,
completed Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, 8-1955
BU Bilbao 20.3.79, work began 8.81
See also: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3982
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ATHELFOAM, Athel Line Ltd, 7486gt,
completed Smith's Dock Co, South Bank, Middlesbrough, 10-1951
BU Osaka 15.7.63 [C.Itoh & Co] - not even 12 years' old!
See also: http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/view.ph ... =ATHELFOAM
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Recorded by Albert Weller on the Tyne:
3tidereach-athelfoamxawneg.jpg
Ron

Re: TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:06 pm
by E28
These 2 are in respects similar being tankers but their employment was miles apart.

Date of image would be most revealing as RFA Tidreach inboard now has a pussers grey hull and still no pendant number, A96 which she did not carry as built when she also had a black hull. The staging over the quarters is for the four larger roller fairleads needed for astern refuelling.

Athelfoam outboard did have a fairly brief career as did a couple of her compatriots in the Athel fleet. Tate and Lyle may have been responsible for this, others here in this forum will know better than i.

The previous Athelfoam was also an Athel tanker from C Laird, y972, l 26-8-1930, on 162327 and sunk in the North Atlantic 15-3-1941 by the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst with only 2 fatalities which is remarkable in the circumstances.

( I will also mention the 2 links do not. If corrected i will not edit this sentence. )

Re: TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:21 pm
by teesships
Sean,

Links now updated. Thanks for pointing them out.

As far as I could ascertain I believe Albert Weller took his photo probably during 1960 - or 1959 at the earliest.

Ron

Re: TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:18 pm
by buggins
Tidereach was in the river August-October 1959, July-August 1960 and September-December 1961.

Re: TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:40 pm
by teesships
From these dates I'm inclined to go for the middle one - July-August 1960, mainly because the EMPRESS OF CANADA and the Indian frigate BETWA were both in the water fitting-out by that period, and I suspect Albert recorded all three views during the same river trip.

Ron

Re: TIDEREACH and ATHELFOAM

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:38 pm
by E28
Thanks Ron and Buggins for pinpointing the time frame for the original image in 1st post.
Remarkable the information held by individuals in this forum and their willingness to share their knowledge and the late Albert Weller with his photographic record and archive.
Sean.