New 06 May 2008

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

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MARIA ALTHOFF, River Tees (Cargo Fleet), 15 June 1965
MARIA ALTHOFF (5222407), West Germany, 999gt, built Lubeck 1957. 1967 AUSTVIK (Norway), 1980 RAMSLI (Norway), 2000 deleted - existence in doubt.

MARIA DOLORES TARTIERE, Tyne-Tees & Dent's Wharves, 4 March 1965
MARIA DOLORES TARTIERE (6417700), Spain, 992gt, completed Bilbao 12-1964. 1977 ZEBRAS FORTUNE (Cyprus), 1979 ANDROS (Greece), 1981 NIKOLAS (Greece), 1984 KOMNINOS S (?), 1991 TUTTI FRUTI I (?), 1993 KAPTAN DURSUN AKBAS (Turkey), 2004 (Cambodia), still in service (2008), albeit there are references on internet to her stranding in October 2006 (then salved)

MARKHOR, Middlesbrough Dock, 21 August 1964

MARKHOR, Middlesbrough Dock, 15 May 1965
MARKHOR (5406962), Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, 6867gt, completed A. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow, 1-1963. 1982 KARA UNICORN (Panama), 1984 broken up.

MARON, Liverpool, 6 September 1965
MARON (5226142), Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool, 8531gt, completed Caledon S.B. & E. Co. Ltd., dundee, 7-1960. 1975 RHEXENOR (British), 1977 OPOBO (British), 1978 EUROPE II (Greece), 1987 broken up (Miramar and other sources record her also bearing the name ELFORTUNE in 1978 before becoming the EUROPE II.)
(tucked in between the PATROCLUS and the CALCHAS - although I cannot now tell you which is which!)

MARTAND, Middlesbrough Dock, 23 August 1962
MARTAND, Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, 8055gt, completed Wm. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, 6-1939. Wrecked May 1964.

MARTON CROSS, Middlesbrough Dock, 7 October 1964
(bow tug for CITY OF RIPON sailing)

MARTON CROSS, Middlesbrough Dock, 12 October 1965
(again, bow tug for the CLAN MACDONALD sailing)
MARTON CROSS (5416577), Tees Towing Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, 133gt, completed R. Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle, 4-1963. 1981 WAASLAND (Netherlands), still in service (2008)

MARWICK HEAD, Sunderland, 8 September 1966
MARWICK HEAD (5227378), A. F. Henry & Macgregor Ltd., Leith, 1786gt, completed Henry Robb Ltd., Leith, 11-1952. 1969 SAN DENIS (Greece), 1985 SAN NIKOLAS (?), 1985 broken up.

MASCOTTE, Tyne-Tees & Dent's Wharves, 10 September 1964
MASCOTTE (5228138), Netherlands, 399gt, completed Foxhol 9-1950. 1969 PROCYON (Netherlands), 1978 LETIMERY (Netherlands), 1981 TRESIFAT (Netherlands), 1985 broken up.

MATHURA, Middlesbrough Dock, 21 August 1962
MATHURA (5229039) Thos & Jno Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, 8782gt, completed Wm. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, 1-1960. 1972 EURYTION (Greece), 1977ALWAHA (Kuwait), (in port damaged by fire 9-1977), 1979 broken up.
(compare quality of old camera at: http://www.teesships.freeuk.com/070609beginningx7.htm!)

MATRA, Liverpool, 14 September 1965
MATRA (5229194), Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, 8954gt, completed Wm. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, 5-1949. 1971 AEGIS SAVE I (Greece), 1972 broken up.