Nightmare of a ship to sail and work on! Built in 1970 and scrapped in 1983. Always troublesome and Esso happy to get rid of it, along with Esso Northumbria!
My Father had a photograph of the Northumbria & another supertanker under the desk glass in his office on the Oriental Ambassador.- a large container vessel off which he was Captain. In earlier years, he had been a tanker Master & would have been qualified to Master one of these behemoths. At neatly 40,000 tons, the Ambassador was large enough.when I was in my teens he was Captain of a rather ageing tanker called The Hamilton Sleigh - which was a )!three island ‘ design, still having accommodation amidships.
el glorioso regreso de fury :) hace mucho no subias videos. ah por cierto me encanto
Nightmare of a ship to sail and work on! Built in 1970 and scrapped in 1983. Always troublesome and Esso happy to get rid of it, along with Esso Northumbria!
My Father had a photograph of the Northumbria & another supertanker under the desk glass in his office on the Oriental Ambassador.- a large container vessel off which he was Captain. In earlier years, he had been a tanker Master & would have been qualified to Master one of these behemoths. At neatly 40,000 tons, the Ambassador was large enough.when I was in my teens he was Captain of a rather ageing tanker called The Hamilton Sleigh - which was a )!three island ‘ design, still having accommodation amidships.
My Grandpa was a 2nd engineer and went on sea trails with her to Lisbon
I was on this at the launch
As seen in the background of the Wallsend Ferry gunfight scene in Get Carter.
Ship gone like all the once famous shipping companies and the proud men & women who sailed on them 😢😢😢