181. ROCHESTER CASTLE in the River Blackwater. She was laid up in the River at least 7 times in the 1960s. Date: c1964 Image ID IA002610 |
182. MARIA DE LARRINAGA in the River Blackwater. The ship on the left is the OKEANIS. Date: c1958 Image ID IA002690 |
183. Shell tanker GLESSULA, probably in the River Blackwater. Date: c1962 Image ID IA003110 |
184. View from beach, West Mersea. Shipping is laid up in the Blackwater after WW2. The vessel on th right is the former Blue Funnel vessel PHILOCTETES, which had ... Date: c1947 Image ID IA003420 |
185. Tanker BEDFORD laid up in the River Blackwater. Date: cJuly 1960 Image ID IA003650 |
186. IMPERIAL PRINCE laid up in the River Blackwater. Tollesbury Pier in the background. She had previously been laid up in the River in 1926 as LONDON MARINER Image ID IA003760 |
187. The Liberty Ship SAMLONG in the River Blackwater, taken from Mell Creek, Tollesbury. Part of a postcard - see ... Date: c1948 Image ID IA003870 |
188. Shell tanker HYALINA laid up in the River Blackwater. The goliath crane at Bradwell Power Station is behind her stern.
HYALINA was in the river 20 Jan 1958 to ... Date: c1959 Image ID IA003880_001 |
189. Motor Barge GOTHIC, owned by E.J. & W. Goldsmith. Built as sailing barge 1904 and converted to motor barge 1933. Lost when she capsized off Dover in December ... Image ID IA003991 |
190. PORT CURTIS laid up, believed to be in the River Blackwater. Built 1920, Official No. 144533. In a seasonal trade, she was laid up 5 times between February 1931 ... Date: cAugust 1931 Image ID IA004621 |
191. IMPERIAL PRINCE, thought to be whilst laid up in the River Blackwater in the early 1930s. Official No. 146553. She had previously been laid up in the River in ... Date: c1932 Image ID IA004631 |
192. Blue Star Line GAELIC STAR Official No. 140302 in the River Blackwater.
Tony Atkinson gives her history from arrival in River ... Date: 25 June 1949 Image ID IA004661 |
193. Cunard Line ALBANIA in the River Blackwater off Bradwell. She was in the river 1925 to 1930. Date: c1930 Image ID IA004871 |
194. Unidentified vessel laid up in River Blackwater off Bradwell and thought to be the ORONTES - a passenger ship built for Orient Line in 1902 and eventually ... Date: c1925 Image ID IA004881 |
195. TARGET. Designed ad built by The Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd., Shipbuilders and Engineers. Colchester.
Ship No. 526. 1936.
Builder's name plate from ... Date: 1936 Image ID IA01_021 |
196. Gas turbine powered Shell tanker AURIS at sea - date unknown.
Notes from the back of the photograph:
AURIS Shell Tankers 8,221/1948 12 kts appearance ... Date: c1960 Image ID IA01_211 |
197. Tanker SUHAIL laid up in River Blackwater. She was in the river 28 June 1960 to 17 December 1963 with a visit to London for dry docking 4-9 November 1962. Date: 16 September 1962 Image ID IA01_471 |
198. THE BOUNTY ex ALASTOR at Ramsgate. She was towed to Ramsgate in 1946 and left March 1951. Postcard 1044. Date: c1948 Image ID IA01_671 |
199. Dutch coasters BARRACUDA and ALBERT D at the Moler Works at Colchester Hythe. The works manufactured fire bricks and a number of Dutch coasters were regular ... Date: 1950 Image ID IA01_861 |
200. CAPTAIN JOHN laid up in River Blackwater Date: 8 May 1984 Image ID IA01_863 |
201. CANONESA off Tollesbury. She arrived from London to lay up 29 June 1934. Date: After 29 June 1934 Image ID IA01_SHP_007 |
202. S.S. VASARI at New York. Lamport & Holt Line between New York, Brazil and River Plate.
VASARI was laid up in the River Blackwater 7 Feb 1928 to 12 March ... Image ID IA01_SHP_011 |
203. Fish factory ship ARCTIC QUEEN owned by Hellyer Bros. of Hull. She was formerly Lamport & Holt VASARI. Later sold to Russia, she was not broken up until ... Image ID IA01_SHP_013 |
204. CAPTAIN JOHN 9,163 g.t. built 1960 in Japan.
Owner: Astro Carisma Armadora S.A., Panama.
ex: Captain George, Igaharu Maru-74.
Seen laid up in the River ... Date: 9 September 1984 Image ID IA01_SHP_430 |
205. RED COMMODORE at Clacton Pier. A screen shot from "Five Minutes by the sea at Clacton" film from 1950, available online at ... Date: c1950 Image ID IA03_061 |
206. WMYC launch in River Blackwater. She was built 1952 by Harry King & Son, Pin Mill.
and was sold 2024 by WMYC through David Morris Yacht Brokers. The photo is ... Date: cJune 1967 Image ID IA04_371 |
207. The River Blackwater from Bradwell waterfront. Laid up ships in the distance - the centre and right ships are Royal Mail Lines' DESEADO and DARRO respectively. ... Date: c1965 Image ID IC010050 |
208. BASIL, probably while she was laid up in the River Blackwater c1962.
Photograph from A. Duncan, Gravesend. Date: c1962 Image ID IC090002 |
209. BEECH HILL, believed to be in the River Blackwater, with MALDEN HILL behind her bow and Bradwell power station being constructed behind her stern. Date: cFebruary 1958 Image ID IC090005 |
210. PUNTARENAS, thought to be whilst laid up in the River Blackwater. She was in the river from 24 November 1957 and arrived Aviles, Spain for breaking up 5 ... Date: c1958 Image ID IC090011 |