WONDER, Seaham Harbour Co., 169gt,
built Bordeaux 1921
1921 REMORQUEUR NO 5 - 19?? BACALAN (1921 completed as BACALAN, per John Proud 150 YEARS OF THE MALTESE CROSS) - 1935 WONDER - 11-1964 Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston
See:
http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/remorqueurno51921.html*****
RELIANT (5292658), Seaham Harbour Co., 156gt,
completed J.T.Eltringham & Co, South Shields, 10-1907
1907 OLD TRAFFORD - 1951 RELIANT
1969 sold to National Maritime Museum for preservation, but broken up 1996 - main engines preserved
See also:
http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/oldtrafford1907.html*****
Nice bow shot by Albert Weller of the WONDER at Seaham:
And the RELIANT enlarges quite well from another of his negatives:
In the full view from the same negative part of the WONDER shows extreme left, but it is that tug in the middle that is bugging me! I can't find her identity because all other Seaham Harbour Co. tugs I have so far found mentioned (on the internet, by John Proud, ABC booklets, etc.) are paddle tugs, which she isn't. Maybe I will find her by closer checking Tyne Tugs or John's book, but I'm hoping a Forumite can save me that bother! (Not the CHIPCHASE, which was bigger and did not arrive at Seaham until around 1967.)
Ron
