Suez
6/1979
Note the wreck of the tanker to the left.
Taken while on my way to Bristol on MV Tourcoing.
Built as City of Lichfield for Ellerman
1978 sold and renamed Leeds
1980 renamed City of Leeds
1980 damaged and Abandoned by owners 1981 and sold at auction.
1983 arrived Aliaga, and broken up
City Of Lichfield 4976 tons gross, Built by Wm. Denny Bros. Ltd, Dunbarton 1961. Owned by Ellerman Lines Ltd. Liverpool.
Seen at Avonmouth 5 August 1963
I took this at Bristol/Avonmouth docks
in 1964.
Was the tug Primrose that owned by
British Waterways built 1906..Steam
in 1960 but rebuilt by 1964 ?
Riddle solved here =
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=366736