BALTIC JET

[TEESMAN]

BALTIC JET with TIDEWATER 60 alongside in Alex 10.08.76

Photo Michael Green

Photo Michael Green

[Whickham]

That crane looks to be a sister of the Tees Floating Crane

[northeast]

Nice memento of UBC and the Finnish service from 1/2 Sheds, Alexandra Dock.
For the crane, being a dumb craft I have only built 1943 and ON.168856. Broken up 11/1979.
Must have been from a war-built series.

[Whickham]

Looks very much like a product of Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd. Would be nice to know her MOWT number.

[northeast]

From Palmers, I have MOWT 4 becoming the Tees Floating Crane with a yard no. 306/4 so maybe one of a bigger series?

MOWT 11-14 were self-propelled and completed by J.Russell, London

Maybe Paul can find her in his MNL's, she does not seem to show up in the Clip website.

[Whickham]

Strange yard number? I Don't suppose they built 4 of them under the same 306 number MOWT 1-4? Didn't realise that the later ones were both larger and self propelled. Was TIDEWATER 60 self propelled?

[northeast]

Sorry, I had them all as assumed self-propelled but as the Tees crane and TIDEWATER 60 were dumb, presumably 11-14 were as well.

[teesships]

Unfortunately, M.O.W.T. floating cranes do not seem to be very well documented!

EMPIRE SHIPS lists 14 of them and gives their managers during the war, but no subsequent history.
MOWT 1-6 were fabricated by Fairfield SB & E Co. Ltd., Chepstow and Newport, completed Palmers (Hebburn). Their yard nos are given as 306/1 to 306/6.
MOWT 7-10 were completed by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley, and all had their own separate yard no.
MOWT 11-14, fabricated by Palmers (Hebburn) were completed by J. Russell & Co. Ltd., London, but no yard nos shown.

Miramar lists only four of them: M.O.W.T. 7 became the BIRKET from 1946; M.O.W.T. 10 was later renamed NEWSHOT then IONA-B; no subsequent history is given for M.O.W.T. 8; M.O.W.T. 9 became the LONDON TITAN in 1947.

From Dave's http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/index.html we know M.O.W.T. 4 was later the TEES FLOATING CRANE from 1948 (viewtopic.php?f=139&t=443) but he does not have any further information about M.O.W.T. 11.

MOWT 10 is listed on Clydesite, along with MOWT 7 which became the BEVERLEY then LONG ROCK after being the BIRKET, and broken up 2006; and also MOWT 9/LONDON TITAN.

I don't recall ever seeing the TIDEWATER 60 (so how long was she based at Hull?) and, for now, it seems her history may remain a mystery?!

Ron

[Whickham]

Thanks Ron

A wild guess comes up trumps with 306/1-6. Brilliant. Thank you.

Also good information about others of the series. I feel sure that TIDEWATER 60 was one of the 306 contract.