Monty-Wonder-Marty

[Tynesider]

Picture of Ridleys tugs Monty,Wonder and Marty at broads landing buoys, for those that don't know that's Brigham & Cowens yard behind.

Mike

Sorry I do not know whose pictures these are, as many have been sent to me over the years and many collected/bought from South Shields Market postcards, I do have permission to show others from Norman Dunn's collection.

Monty

This is looking down on broads landing with Brigham and Cowen in the foreground.

[northeast]

Fine views.
In the upper one, FORT GLOUCESTER in background would put this post-war up to 1950, she carried the name 1943-1950 then became BEDFORD PRINCE.
Can't quite read the one behind her.

[E28]

As George states, top image shows fwd part of Fort Gloucester and may be the only record of her as such.
Can a date be established, or could it be...
Arrived on the Tyne 20 June 1945 for continuation of repairs sustained 18 Aug 1944 when torpedoed by German S-Boote mid Channel from the Seine in ballast. Thereafter beached 8 Sept, refloated with initial repairs at Tilbury 20 Feb 1945, thence to the Tyne.
Anyone with a date for completion of this work. Came close to being a constructive total loss, which came later on 14 June 1953.

Images of the Fort class ships seem very scarce, as built, with their original names.