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Frem P.D. - SN5


Frem P.D. - SN5

Frem P.D. - SN5 inbound to the Port of Tyne, North East England on 27th January 2010 - passing the former Lloyds Hailing Station walkway.

Former:
SH279      ADELLA
SH279      JODAN C
DE128      TAMARALYN

#  Main Gear type :   OTB  - Bottom otter trawls
# Secondary Gear type :  NO  - No gear
# Hull material code :  2 - Metal
# Year of Construction :  1997
# Place of Construction :  WIGTOWNSHIRE
# LOA :  9.34
# Tonnage GT :  10.43 T
# Engine : Doosan



    How did you get the birds lined up like that Steve?
    I 'gannet' tell you how I did it - its top secret  ???

    Regards

    Steve E.
    Oh no, is that the best u can do?   ???
    Yes, a cheap reply - how it works is to use plenty of super glue, once they land, the little beggars cannot shift  ???

    Regards

    Steve E.
    Steve tell us more about the Hailing Station?
    The wooden timbers are all that is left of the walkway that used to go to the Lloyds Hailing Station, which itself was no more than a wooden shed. Built in 1899 on what was then called the Northern Wave Trap it lasted right up until 1969.

    The Hailing Station was one of many that Lloyds had set up all over the World to track Ships, remember that this was in the days before modern day electronic communications.  Lloyds then published lists of movements on a weekly basis. The idea was that the employee of Lloyds would hail the passing Ship and ask where they had been and were going, this would then be recorded and correlated on a national basis.

    Jim Scott has a photograph of the Station @ http://www.jimscot.m...oyds_jetty.html
    He must have used the same glue as you Steve!
    (not the same birds I hope)