Dunston Shipyard re visited
MV Loch Linnhe built for Caledonian MacBrayne by Richard Dunston shipyard, Hessle, East Yorkshire, the ro-ro car ferry seen here taking shape on the stocks in 1986. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
UKD Marlin dredges the humber channels
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View from the Walkway
Made this image from the ship to shore passenger walkway after completing a job on the ferry Pride of Rotterdam moored on the River Humber. The picture shows the entry lock to King George and Queen Elisabeth docks. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Navena beached at Scarborough
Here’s a shot I took in the early 1980′s of the J.Marr trawler ‘Navena’ which had run into difficulties off the Yorkshire coast, local fisherman tried to salvage the vessel and it ended up beached on the south shore, Scarbrough. I seem to remember the trawler was successfully re floated, re fitted and returned to [...]
A Youthful Farnella
Here’s a shot from my early archive, the J Marr trawler FARNELLA, seen here in 1984 in Albert dock Hull, she was subsequently converted for survey work. Today known as RV Odyssey Explorer. she saw war service as one of the five TON-manned trawlers that went to the Falklands in 1982. Hasselblad 500/cm, 50mm, Ilford [...]
Down in the Engine Room
This is an image I made in the mid 1980′s onboard a J.Marr ship, a former fishing trawler being re fitted for scientific survey work, from memory the vessel was the Northern Horizon. Shot was made using a Hasselblad CM and 40mm distagon lens, Kodacolor 400 film. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on [...]
Sea Dogs
The John Harrison cup, the final race of the 2009/10 Clipper Race charges past the Hull Marina towards the Humber Bridge. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
The Grimsby Ice Factory
The Grimsby Ice Factory looking very sad in the autumn sunshine, the factory has laid empty for 20 years. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Slipway
Grimsby’s historic slipways still in use today. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Humber Rescue
While waiting on the Humber Bridge for some charity walkers I was treated to a display by the Humber Rescue boat, you get a fantastic view from up their! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Mitch Winehouse
Great performance form Mitch Winehouse at the Hull Clipper and Maritime festival. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
The new Lady Alma
Following on from yesterdays post and 25 years later here’s the latest tug to bear the name Lady Alma, she was re named in 2008 ‘Svitzer Alma’, Seen here early on a December morning bathed in sunlight. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Lady Alma
The United Towing tug Lady Alma seen on a sunny summer evening in 1983, King George Dock Hull Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
Last signs of Life
Here’s a shot of the busy fabrication shop at Richard Dunston shipbuilders in Hessle, East Yorkshire taken in the late 1980’s when the yard had a healthy order book. Dunston’s finally closed in 1993 and was then used as a shipping wharf until recently, with most of the site buildings finding other uses. Business ceased [...]
Winter Winter go away!
Traveling over the Humber Bridge yesterday I noticed that another landmark has disappeared from the Humber bank, the last remaining gantry crane has been dismantled at the former Richard Dunston shipyard (bottom picture). I made a detour and took a few images of the partially demolished fabrication shop which I will post later in the [...]
Wow what a Sky
Two Humber Tugs make their way through the lock at King George dock in Hull to head out to the open water of the river humber. D200 12mm f8 @ 1/6000, ISO 125. B&W conversion Nik Silver Efex Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it
A Sign of the Economic times?
The chartered ferry ‘Norcape’ heads up the river humber bound for Rotterdam on a sunny summer evening in 2007. Since this picture was taken the ferry was ‘laid up’ in early 2009 due to lack of trade. Its also interesting to note the cargos of building bricks stacked on the dockside, UK imports and exports [...]
River Trials
Heres a couple of images of the trawler ‘Hill Cove’ being ushered out of Hull’s Albert Dock by the mooring tug ‘Keelman’ into the river humber. The vessel would have been in the port for refitting and servicing work and as such would undertake a river trial to check its various systems were working correctly [...]
Another one slips past
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Loch Ranza slides down the slipway at RIchard Dunston shipyard in Hessle, East Yorkshire, on a dark wet evening in the late 1980s. I have quite a few of these ship launch photographs in my archive, this ones not as dramatic as the side launch images I blogged a few months ago, [...]
The Firefighter
As regular visitors to this blog are aware I like to post occasional images from my archive, but to me archive means ‘old image’ usually shot on film. We are now into a new decade and that means I’ve been shooting digitally for ten years! Yes thats a surprise to me too. So here’s a [...]
Archive Week Number One: Cut & Shut
Seeing as the current freeze is putting a hold on things I’m going to have a week of posting images from my archive (and maybe a few snow pictures). The shot of the trawler Adenia was taken in the mid 1980s at the Albert dock (dry dock). This area was very busy at the time [...]
The Dry Side
This picture shows the ‘Dry Side’ of the old St Andrews Dock in Hull. Taken around 1990 all of the buildings are now gone (apart from one, any guesses?), including the modern building on the far right, a bowling alley that only lasted about 20 years An earlier post shows the capstan to the right [...]
Salvageman returns to the Humber
22 June 1984, the United Towing tug Salvageman returns from the Falkland Islands to her home port Hull on the river Humber. Despite being in the middle of summer I remember this as a very cold and wet day, but very enjoyable, of course you don’t really realize at the time but your recording a [...]
A tale of Cranes
Opened in 1885 Hull’s Alexandra Dock was at the heart of the ports commercial shipping until being mothballed in 1982. with an upturn in trade and the abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme the dock reopened in 1992. Unfortunately in the interim period many of the dock side cranes were cut up and sold [...]
