Boats / Ships with Local Names

BIDDICK

River Wear Tug: BIDDICK
Built in 1944.  Owned by the River Wear Commissioners.

River Wear Tug: BIDDICK

Boats / Ships with Local Names

USWORTH

Steam Ship: USWORTH
SS Usworth:  3,535 tons; built in Hull, 1926.  Sank in 1934 with the loss of 14 lives.
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Boats / Ships with Local Names

WASHINGTON

Paddle Tug: WASHINGTON
The River Tyne
[ Thanks to www.tynetugs.co.uk and Stephen Swinhoe ]

Paddle Tug: WASHINGTON
Looking across the River Tyne from South Shields, early 1900s.
WASHINGTON assisted at the launch of Battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary at Palmers Shipyard in 1912.
( The Queen Mary was lost during the Battle of Jutland. )

WASHINGTON
NO. SHIELDS
Launched 1870 at Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields.
[ Thanks to www.tynetugs.co.uk and Robert Amess ]

Washington's Adopted WWII Warship

HMS SARABANDE

HMS Sarabande Plaque
[ Photographed by James Gill, courtesy of Washington Galleries Library - 16 June 2015 ]

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