New 30 July 2006
TEESSHIPS
40+ YEARS OF BAD ROAD!
with acknowledgement to Duane Eddy's 1959 hit "Forty Miles of Bad Road"

G2

GLENARTNEY, Middlesbrough Dock, 24 September 1964
GLENARTNEY, Glen Line Ltd., Liverpool, 8992gt, built 1940 by Caledon S.B. & E. Co. Ltd. 1967 broken up.

ROTHESAY CASTLE alongside

GLENBRIDE, Liverpool, 7 September 1965
GLENBRIDE (5420152), Alliance & Dublin Consumers Gas Co., Dublin, Irish Republic, 370gt, completed 4-1952 by Philip & Son Ltd., Dartmouth, ex Lady Sylvia-63. 1969 ALDERNEY TRADER (Irish Republic), 1969 (British), 1973 MEMI (Cyprus), 1978 converted for use as a pontoon.

GLENLYON, Middlesbrough Dock, 9 March 1963
GLENLYON (5132028), Glen Line Ltd., London, 11918gt, completed Amsterdam 10-1962. 1978 EMERALD EXPRESS (Singapore), 1979 broken up (lasted for only 17 years)

Ah, well!! GLENOGLE, Middlesbrough Dock, 7 October 1962. One of my school darkroom disasters!
GLENOGLE (5132078), Glen Line Ltd., London, 11918gt, completed 9-1962 by Fairfield S.B. & E. Co. Ltd., Glasgow. 1977 HARVEST (British), 1979 YANG CHENG (Republic of China), ...

Happy Christmas! GORJISTAN, Middlesbrough Dock, 25 December 1962
GORJISTAN (5133785), Strick Line Ltd., London, 9758gt, completed 11-1961 by J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields. 1975 STRATHATLOW (British), 1978 NILE U (Egypt), 1983 broken up.

GOVERNOR, Middlesbrough Dock, 7 October 1964
GOVERNOR (5134210), Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. (T.& J. Harrison Ltd.), Liverpool, 8202gt, completed 12-1952 by Wm. Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland. 1972 DIAMANDO (Cyprus), 1975 (Panama), 1979 broken up.

GRANADA, Deep Water Berth, Hartlepool Docks (staithes still in situ), 8 September 1966
GRANADA (5134777), Liberia, 10180gt, built Kobe 1956. 1977 broken up.

GRASSGARTH, off Birkenhead, 12 September 1965
GRASSGARTH (5135197), Rea Towing Co. Ltd., Liverpool, 231gt, completed 2-1953 by A. Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. 1972 broken up.