Amended 09 March 2006
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TEESSHIPS
A FAVOURITE
SHIP
SPIDOLA
This is another one I have shown before, under a different category (she should have been transferred to FAVOURITES long ago!), back in April 2001, when I said:
One of my better photographic efforts! Part of the SPIDOLA in Middlesbrough Dock on 7 March 1969. She was a "must see" ship as she was by then 36 years old (built Glasgow 1933). Honest, I had my back pressed up against the Dock Office (yellow submarine) wall; but I could not get her all in!
She was Nicaragua flag, 4105 gross tons, and was broken up in 1970. She was ..... anyone know ......?
..... the BARON ELGIN until 1958. (Photo by Alex Duncan)
More recently, George Robinson has shown the following photo from the Richard Cox collection on his RIVERSEA INTERNATIONAL website:
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There is also a small colour photo of the SPIDOLA at: http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=5562
09.03.06:
A nice shot of the SPIDOLA at Newport (note their Transporter Bridge in
background to right):
