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Name: UNNAMED
Type: Dock Gate
Launched: 15/04/1961
Completed: 08/1952
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 525
Dimensions: 640disp, 145.0 x 4.5 x 45.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1961 Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle
No later history known
Comments: For the new No 2 Dry Dock at Hebburn
Vickers-Armstrongs owned this drydock complex at Hebburn
Dock gate was designed to open by pivoting flat on to the river bed


Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Above photo is copyright of Patsy Trotter

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, 12/04/1961