Maximus

[Tynesider]

Saw this picture on line of 'Maximus' but not sure where as she was scrapped in 2011
Plus a mast missing
Note on the front of the bridge it shows SMS ??

[northeast]

Presumably with Paul Magnus Group at Ipswich
http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/maximus1956.html

[Tynesider]

I have a funny feeling she went to Ireland after Ipswich and never seen her with a green funnel but SMS ??

[magoonigal]

Interesting to look at Alf Turner's pictures of MAXIMUS at Blyth on the above link and see how much of Blyth Quayside has changed. Stephenson Clarke's Office is very much in your face! To the right is the entrance to the "Marble Arch" alley which went along the outside of the shipyard wall. It was called the Marble Arch because part of it was lined with tiles. Went SC Office was pulled down you could get on top of the wall and get some "different" shots of ships on the Quay.

[magoonigal]

PS Agree with George that the pictures were taken at Ipswich.

[Hornbeam]

The Power Pylon in the first picture looks very French

[northeast]

I didn't say she was at Ipswich ... just the Ipswich owner.
She's passing a marina next to a Bell Line container terminal.
Over to you ....

[northeast]

Bell Line collapsed in 1997 so current views on Google Earth may not show how things were before that year ... but if the Bell terminal at Ipswich was at the downstream end of the port (left side as coming in) then there is still a boatyard just below that area. Other terminals included Tees, Waterford, Victoria DW later Parkeston Quay, Newport (former drydock), Radicatel on the Seine, Rozenburg.

[Hornbeam]

Having never been To Ireland either North or South always considered it a bit dangerous during the 'Troubles' and not a fan of the Black Stuff, I suppose the pylon could be Irish looking at the Tugs history.

[magoonigal]

It is Ipswich. Its the big pylon just by the Orwell Bridge. Its got a mate on the other side.