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Yesterday the iconic red Swan Hunters cranes were being prepared for transportation to India (where they still build ships) - a sad end to ship building on the Tyne



A couple of images taken at the disused yards, first when the cranes were being dismantled, (deliberately processed to be dark and moody)



Second one of the disused boat pens/docks



Best wishes

Murph

My grandfather was a platemarker on Clydeside, then moved to Redcar after WW1, then back to Clydeside. Shipbuilding survive the depression but not the purchase of Britain's steel industry by India...

David

This change is indeed sad Paul.
It's always hard giving up on some industry that the country and nation take pride in.
I suppose the land will be opened to renovation projects sooner or later which probably have nothing to do with shipbuilding. Living in Istanbul, a city with similar landmarks, I know how these cranes and the industry they pertain to mean to us and to the city skyline as a whole.

Does this removal partly mean that your new ships will, at least in part, be built in India and shipped back over to the ports of United Kingdom?

Yildiz

Very interesting, historical shots Murph. #2 is my favourite with the dramatic back light. I can't believe that the UK, a group of islands, is losing its ship building industry and heritage. I expect it may come back one day, but perhaps none of us will be here to see it. (Is it me, or is the horizon a bit skew in the last one?)