New 01 March 2005
TEESSHIPS
40 YEARS OF BAD ROAD!
with acknowledgement to Duane Eddy's 1959 hit "Forty Miles of Bad Road"

B1

BALLYHAFT, Liverpool, 9 September 1965
(5034783) John Kelly Ltd., Belfast, 991gt, completed 11-1952 by G. Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd., Greenock. 1970 broken up.

BALLYLAGAN, Garston, 13 September 1965
(5034848) John Kelly Ltd., Belfast, 1307gt, completed 1-1955 by Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland. 1970 DYNABULKER (British, then Irish Republic), 1971 NABULK (Panama), 1975 THALASSITRA (Greece), 1980 broken up. New engine made 1961, fitted 1975, ... wait for it .... made by Skoda, Prague!

BALTIC ARROW, Tyne-Tees/Dent's Wharves, 4 March 1965
(5035074) United Baltic Corporation Ltd., London, 1385gt, completed at Hamburg 12-1956. 1978 DORIC ARROW (Cayman Islands, British), 1979 DELDONA (Cayman Islands, British), 1981 YOLI (Cayman Islands, British), 1982 SEA PACIFIC (Panama), ....

BALUCHISTAN, Middlesbrough Dock, 20 July 1964
(5035359) Strick Line Ltd., London, 8370gt, completed 5-1956 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields. 1975 STRATHAIRLIE (British), 1977 broken up.

BANBURY CROSS, Middlesbrough Dock, 12 October 1965
(5035543) Tees Towing Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, 106gt, completed 5-1958 by Philip & Son Ltd., Dartmouth. 1971 GATTO (Italy), 1974 no longer sea-going, deleted from Lloyd's Register.
(My notebook indicates that will be Royal Mail's THESSALY in the background.)

BANGARTH, Liverpool, 6 September 1965
(5035701) Rea Towing Co. Ltd., Liverpool, 231gt, completed 12-1951 by A. Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. Foundered October 1969.

BARKENTINE, River Mersey, 5 September 1965
(5401479) Liberia, 10406gt, completed at Odense 6-1953, ex Sofie Maersk-63, launched as Sally Maersk. 1968 CAYBER (British), 1969 (Liberia), 1972 broken up.

BARRISTER, Birkenhead, 10 September 1965
(5037371) Charente S.S. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, 8366gt, completed 9-1954 by Wm. Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland. 1974 GEORGE (Liberia), 1976 GEORGY (Cyprus), 1984 broken up.

BASEL, Tyne-Tees/Dent's Wharves, 13 July 1964
(5037565) Norway, 298gt, built El Ferrol 1962. 1970 MEVI (Norway), 1976 ROSELLE (Norway), ....