<![CDATA[The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.]]>The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.

📷 The amazing photo was by Harriet Berney:
https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/essohibernia1970.html

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I remember as a kid being taken to see Esso Northumbria leave the river in 1970 was a party atmosphere. Seems like a different world now

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/Sc0tty/statuses/116543624529276011https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/Sc0tty/statuses/116543624529276011Sat, 09 May 2026 08:16:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:14:46 GMT]]>@RolloTreadway @Natasha_Jay that second Pic gave me the chills, Don't vote, prepare for revolution!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MamaLake/statuses/116543618163804202https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MamaLake/statuses/116543618163804202Sat, 09 May 2026 08:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:13:44 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

An amazing photo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jonlord/statuses/116543614131283519https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jonlord/statuses/116543614131283519Sat, 09 May 2026 08:13:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:09:02 GMT]]>@RolloTreadway @Natasha_Jay There's a permanent exhibition at the Laing Gallery of Chris Killip's photographs of ships built on the Tyne, and the workers and their communities - many with the ships looming over the houses, dwarfing the people. He donated them back in 2019. I always pop into that when I go to the Laing.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/jaycee/statuses/116543592858872429https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/jaycee/statuses/116543592858872429Sat, 09 May 2026 08:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:03:31 GMT]]>@RolloTreadway
Six years? 😢

I knew it collapsed there soon after.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116543573971524285https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116543573971524285Sat, 09 May 2026 08:03:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:58:18 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.

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