Baltic Ace entering the River Tyne, 15th. August 2012

Ro-ro passenger ship Baltic Ace

On 5th. December 2012 Baltic Ace sank after a collision in the North Sea with the container ship Corvus J, with the loss of 11 lives.
Details here.

River Humber shipping 8th.-9th. September 2012

HMS York, Type 42 destroyer, visiting the River Tyne on 21st. July 2007

HMS York, a Type 42 destroyer built in the river Tyne by Swan Hunter at Wallsend and launched in 1982, paying a  visit to her home river on 21st. July 2007. She's tied up at Spillers Quay. Details of her eventful career are here.

HM submarine Walrus in the scrapyard

HMS Walrus, a Porpoise class submarine launched in 1959, being broken up in a scrapyard in Grimsby. Photos taken late summer 1991.

Replica Viking longboat Gaia visiting Newcastle and Gateshead

Union Quay North Shields: evangelical ministry sailing yacht Next Wave and replica Viking longboat Gaia

Replica Viking longboat Gaia. Click here for more informiation.

Sailing yacht Next Wave. Click here for details.

Shipping in the River Wear at Sunderland 17th. July 2012

The Dutch tug Norne

Multi-purpose offshore vessel North Truck

Wear pilot cutter Wearmouth