Tag Archives: Ship repairing

The Berengaria visits the River Tyne

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Posted by administrator on April 17, 2014     Permalink     Comments (2)

Over the past couple of months, work has been progressing steadily on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project. I’ve been working through the large quantity of unlisted material in the Vickers Armstrong collection and there have been lots of interesting… Read more

HMS Kelly: Commemorating the men who built her and served on her

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Posted by administrator on August 30, 2013     Permalink     Comments (100)

My last two blogs looked at the First World War experiences of George Cuthbertson, a marine engineer from South Shields and Annie Hamilton, a nurse. This blog looks at the Second World War and in particular the story of a… Read more

First World War stories: Saving the ‘Sunik’

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Posted by administrator on July 29, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

2014 will see the Centenary of the start of the First World War. The Archives holds many fascinating records, showing how the War impacted on the Tyne & Wear area. Over the next few years we will be sharing some… Read more

A repossession and other discoveries from the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives project

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Posted by administrator on March 27, 2012     Permalink     Comments (13)

Work on the project has been progressing smoothly for the past month. Colin has now completed the cataloguing of the Bartram & Sons ships plans we hold and has started work on the plans of the Sunderland shipbuilding firm of… Read more