MY FAVOURITE BRIDGE
The famous Teesside landmark, the Transporter Bridge (built 1911) across the River Tees between Middlesbrough and Port Clarence.

Last Revised 05 September 2008
TEESSHIPS
[covering the North-East coast ports of England - and elsewhere!]
welcomes all ship enthusiasts
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Sea Fever by John Masefield
I MUST down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life.
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

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Search TEESSHIPS:
19.04.08 = 286 pages

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Awarded 10.05.05

I do like and greatly appreciate the write-up given about TEESSHIPS:
This website could be described as a "maritime anthology", or a "pot-pourri" or simply "a darned good maritime website !", but Ron Mapplebeck has created an absorbing stroll through his years of passion with ships. Great photos, stories, facts and information that will be enjoyed by anyone who is at all interested in ships. Regularly updated with more material, this is a site worth visiting often as you can quickly see what new things have been added (including his Maritime Award !)
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Please send any items concerning TEESSHIPS to: ron.mapplebeck1@virgin.net
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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 15.04.08

SHIPBUILDING ON THE RIVER TEES 

A new site has begun the work of providing an internet archive of ships built on the Tees and at Hartlepool. We hope that TEESSHIPS viewers will be able to help to develop this site. Have a look on TEES-BUILT

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On Board TEESSHIPS you will find:

See below for permanent features

Recent/Updated items:
(last revised 05.09.08) PERSONAL SIGHTINGS
(revised 24.08.08) SMITH'S DOCKS TUGS
(last revised 24.08.08) LINKS
(last revised 14.07.08) FAVOURITE SHIPS
(revised 14.07.08) For the nosey among you!!!  

Other Continuing items:
(revised 07.05.08) 40+ YEARS OF BAD ROAD!
(new 24.03.08) INBOX!!
(new selection 07.07.07) A BIT MORE WELLER
( Part 2 revised 24.06.07) OMEGA, PSI, CHI ... (ORIGINAL Part 1)
(revised 18.06.07) IN THE BEGINNING!
(new 12.06.07) MY FAVOURITE BRIDGE
(revised 11.06.07) TEESSIDE SHIP SOCIETY/TEESSIDE BRANCH WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
(new 03.02.07) 100 YEARS' AGO - LOSS OF THE CLAVERING
(revised 05.07.05) PUBLICATIONS
 (last revised 31.03.04) LOCAL VESSELS

Permanent features:
(linked from other sites for research/reference purposes)
(last revised 03.02.07) BEREZINA and EFORIE (last revised 24.03.08)
(last revised 10.12.05) The FLYING ENTERPRISE Saga
(new 09.04.04) HARTLEPOOL RESERVE (MOTHBALL) FLEET
(revised 20.05.06) JOHN H. AMOS 
(new 12.06.07) MY FAVOURITE BRIDGE
(new 06.08.05) OM SHIPS INTERNATIONAL
(revised 24.08.08) SMITH'S DOCKS TUGS
(last revised 11.01.03) SPRINGBOK LINE 
(Purely for interest!)
(revised 14.07.08) For the nosey among you!!!  [including MY FIRST SHIP (revised and reintroduced 19.11.05), MY FIRST WEEK OF SHIPS; (with photos!); and How it began! (revised 10.12.05)

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NEW TEES WEBSITE
I am delighted to announce that there is another website dealing with ship sightings on the Tees. SHIPPING-ONTHE-TEES was started around September 2007 by 15-year old Nathan Hobday of Redcar (so like others who started their ship observing as 15 year olds - and younger - at Redcar .. and elsewhere on Teesside .. I hope he is still going strong in getting on for 50 years' time!)
See: http://www.shipping-onthe-tees.piczo.com/?cr=6

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Current and historic ship photos of interest to our North-East region are often shown on George Robinson's RIVERSEA INTERNATIONAL
Includes recent photos from the Tees by Michael Green at:  
http://www.riverseainternational.co.uk/homewaters/shiplist.htm
Similarly, Mick along with Harry Appleyard regularly have some of their oldies on display at:  http://www.riverseainternational.co.uk/memories/cards.htm
Also visit Barry Hayton's Hartlepool Tramp: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.hayton/th01.html 
and Nathan Hobday's Tees site at: http://www.shipping-onthe-tees.piczo.com/?cr=6
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Further cargo will be taken AS INDUCEMENT OFFERS
- AND IF SPACE ALLOWS!!
..... and, as and when, I get a round tuit!!!!
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LOOK ROUND TEESSHIPS, PLEASE!
THERE'S LOTS TO SEE!!

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Many thanks to all regular visitors to TEESSHIPS
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TEESSHIPS
A word (or two) about photos on my TEESSHIPS website. To maximise the amount of material I can show on the site, within the confines of space I deliberately optimise, i.e. condense, the size of the photos in uploading them to show on my site. To me, these are OK for us all to look at on our PCs, and to save in our Photo Library and look at later. What they are not good for is being printed off - they will come out very small!; or for more "professional" use (with my permission, of course!). If anyone ever needs/wants a larger dimension scan please just ask me. (Email address as shown below.) I will try to oblige (providing I can still find the original print!!!!!)
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COPYRIGHT: You are welcome to download for your own interest, or to feature on your own website (with acknowledgement, please), any of my own photographs shown in TEESSHIPS, providing they are not used for commercial gain. I assume most other webmasters operate on a similar basis and I include material from other sites when such seems appropriate. However, if anyone is unhappy about such use of their original material please let me know so that I can rectify the situation to their satisfaction.
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All information included in my site is given in good faith, but the accuracy of information received from other sources cannot be guaranteed by myself. I will always be happy to amend inaccurate or misleading data.
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Please send any items concerning TEESSHIPS to: ron.mapplebeck1@virgin.net

Member of:

TEESSIDE SHIP SOCIETY/
TEESSIDE BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
(Society formed 1956, WSS Branch from 1971)

Life Member (through subscription) of:

THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY

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