Name: | PRIDE OF THE TYNE |
Type: | Passenger Ferry |
Launched: | 02/06/1993 |
Completed: | 07/1993 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 140 |
Dimensions: | 222grt, 100nrt, 46dwt, 25.5 x 9.0 x 1.9(draft) metres |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 6cyl (130 x 159mm), 299bhp |
Engines by: | L Gardner & Sons Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Voith Schneider Screws |
Reg Number: | 722403; (IMO: 9062166) |
History: | |
07/1993 | Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive, North Shields |
Comments: | 2018: Still in service with above owners |
Above: Being placed on the launch ways 09/05/1993. Photo is copyright of Bob Thompson
Above photo is copyright of Bob Thompson
Above photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above: Outfitting at Neptune Yard 13/06/1993. Photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo, dated 30/06/1995, is copyright of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of Hilton Davis
Above photo is copyright of Hilton Davis
Above photo, dated 03/05/1996, is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo, dated 29/03/2018, is copyright of Kevin Blair