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The 36, 000-ton tanker, Esso Durham after her launch at the Walker Naval shipyard on the River Tyne, Newcastle
The North East paddle tug Eppleton Hall, seen here under restoration at Harrisons Repair Yayd, Bill Quay, before its voyage to the USA. 15th July 1969
The Hellyer Brothers latest trawler Orsino see here leaving Hull for the Icelandic fishing grounds. 7th December 1966
The RMS Olympic sister ship to the Titanic seen here arriving at Southampton docks The RMS Olympic was the first of the three sisters to be completed and was launched in 1911
The hull of the Former Crack liner ship Olympic leaves Jarrow bound for Inverkeithing, where her breaking up will be completed
Tug boards bring in a hug vessel for refitting. Picture taken 17th October 1940
Alexandra Dock, Hull 28th November 1953
Onwards lies The Humber. A tug and a powered barge head for the Humber, while on the right of the picture lighters wait to unload or receive new cargoes
Workman repair the railings on Victoria Dock basin as in the background the new Drypool bridge is lowered for the first time over the River Hull. 21st April 1961
A congested River Hull as the new Drypool bridge, Hull is lowered for the first time. 21st April 1961
Tugs, lighters and barges moored to the staithes awaiting to unload their goods into warehouses along the River Hull. Whilst others wait to continue upstream to the Air Street
The tug Castle guides the stern trawler Boston Lincoln into a misty St Andrews Dock, Hull to land her catch at the Fish Dock 10th March 1978
The SS Great Britain around Horseshoe Bend in the River Avon, 5th July 1970
After providing training for around 70, 000 boys over a period of 27 years, the Sea Training Ship Vindicatrix seen here leaving Sharpness under tow by the tugs Primrose
Cardiff Docks, South Glamorgan, Wales. March 1954
Tugboats of the France, Fenwick company of Tyne and Wear pictured at their moorings off South Shields. Following company tradition
The Crown Prince container ship, built by Swan Hunter at Walker in 1979. The ship entered service with Prince Line in March 79. 8th March, 1979
The Furness Bridge seen here leaving for Teesside as she prepares for her sea trials 19th May 1971
The fourth 167, 000 ton ore - bulk oil carriers Sir John Hunter completed by the Swan Hunter Haverton Hill Shipyard is seen here leaving the Tees for tank testing trials at Hartlepool
The 100, 000 ton Dunstanburgh Castle inches her way down the Tees. Hundreds of sightseers lined the banks as the six tugs nosed the giant ship from the Swan Hunter fitting out basin at Haverton Hill
The cargo ship Fossum seen here leaving Middlesbrough Docks. 6th September 1979
The Shell tanker Zaria seen here being given a helping hand into the River Tees by tugs of the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority. 24th February 1975
The Foudroyant the only surviving Royal Navy frigate from the Napoleonic era being move into her berth after arriving at the former Shell Teesport berth on Goliath Pacific semi submersible barge
The aircraft carrier HMS Vindex arriving at the River Tyne from Rosyth on her way to her moorings at Jarrow. She was to be re-converted into a fast cargo liner and renamed Port Vindex
Small boats which returned from Dunkirk to help with the rescue of stranded BEF forces, pass through London on route to their home towns. 10th June 1940
Burly Alec Stephenson, one of the Tynes select band of 33 foyboatmen. 18th November 1976
RMS Aquitania seen here being towed away from the John Brown shipyard on the River Clyde in Scotland circa 1913. The Aquitania was the longest serving Cunard liner
The cruise ship Vistafjord leaving the Tyne in April 1973 after her sea trials
The second section of the huge Singapore dock leaving Wallsend Slipway in 1928
The 400 foot floating dock for the Nigerian Port Authority left Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardsons Wallsend shipyard for Apapa in 1961
The 13, 000 miles ahead the floating dock built at Wallsend for New Zealand is seen gliding down to Tyne at the start of its record journey in 1931
The huge floating dock built at the Furness Shipbuilding Companys Haverton Hill yard for a Swedish firm, leaving the Tees on the first stage of its long tow to Stockhollm in 1946
This huge floating dock slid almost unnotices into the Tyne. It was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardsons Wallsend in 1961 and will be towed to Apapa in Nigeria in two months time
The first section of the Singapore floating dock leaving Wallsend on the first stage of its long journey to the Far East in 1928
The River Thames and the pool of London seen from the road deck of Tower Bridge August 1939
The Ship Kano Palm on a North East River
The four-masted Barque sailing ship Archibald Russell arrives on the River Tyne
River Tyne built for Tyne owners, The tanker Thamesfield (32, 000-tons) built by Hawthorn Leslie Shipbuilders Limited, Hebburn for Hunting Eden Tankers, Ltd, Newcastle
The first bulk carrier to be built at the Sunderland shipyard of Joseph L Thompson and Sons, the ship Gjendefjell is seen after her launch on the River Wear
The tanker Esso Exeter after being launched from a North East shipyard
The tanker British Builder
The 27, 000-ton motor liner ship the Dominion Monarch entering the River Tyne
The ship Hyalina makes her past the two piers at the mouth of the River Tyne after leaving Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson shipyard, Wallsend
Ship, the Orient liner Orsova being towed up the River Tyne, stern first, to Vickers-Armstrong naval yard at Walker, where she is to undergo a 10-week refit
250, 000 ton tanker. The S. S. iEsso NorthumbriaI a 250, 000 ton tanker built on the Tyne at250, 000 ton tanker. The S.S. iEsso NorthumbriaI a 250, 000 ton tanker built on the Tyne at Swan Hunters Walsend leaves for her trials and handing over to the Esso Company at Lisbon, Portugal
The Wellington Floating Dock seen passing through the Tynes piers, on its way to New Zealand, a journey that will take seven months in 1931
This strange craft in the Tyne is a floating platform (Barca 152) which was launched at the yard of Clelands (Successors), Willington Quay in 1960
