PHOTINIA
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Re: PHOTINIA
by magoonigal » Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:14 pm
Stag Line Ltd. North Shields.
Readheads, South Shields, Yard Number 607.
Launched 17th November 1960. Completed March 1961.
7,676 Gross. 10,340 Dwt.
Doxford 4 Cy 670 x 2320 mm by North East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend.
Converted to a cable layer in 1962 and back to a Bulk Carrier 1965.
Wrecked Milwaukee 12th May 1978.
Broken Up Kewaunee 15th November 1979.
Readheads, South Shields, Yard Number 607.
Launched 17th November 1960. Completed March 1961.
7,676 Gross. 10,340 Dwt.
Doxford 4 Cy 670 x 2320 mm by North East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend.
Converted to a cable layer in 1962 and back to a Bulk Carrier 1965.
Wrecked Milwaukee 12th May 1978.
Broken Up Kewaunee 15th November 1979.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.
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Re: PHOTINIA
by teesships » Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:59 pm
Albert Weller slides, Manchester Ship Canal, 6 July 1974:
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Re: PHOTINIA
by Dennis Maccoy » Thu May 08, 2014 8:31 pm
Photinia alongside at Readhead’s on 26 February 1977 on what was, presumably, her last outing as a cable layer. She sailed on 4 March for New Zealand to repair the inter-island cable that she'd laid 13 years earlier.
Regards, Dennis.
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