colin9007:
Tyne tugs 'Ashbrooke' and 'Maximus' escorting SS 'Northern Star' on her way to sea trials in 1962
colin9007:
North Shields c.1960, with tug MAXIMUS guiding DFDS steamer PARKESTON out to the North Sea, probably en route to Denmark
colin9007:
The 250,000 ton 'Supertanker' Esso Northumbria leaves the Tyne on her maiden voyage in 1969. She was the first of several such ships built at Swan Hunter, Wallsend. I think that may be sister ship Esso Hibernia on the slipway right background.