Sailing Ship 'Statsraad Lehmkuhl' at ther Victoria Quay, Hartlepool. Hired by Phillips Petroleum to celebrate 20 years of the Ekofisk Oilfield production.
Date (of image) : 1989
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Creator : W. Turner
Part of the "Elsdon Collection" collection
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Sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl being guided past a buoy by tugs. Tug Stranton is to the front
More detail »Three masted sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl previously Grossherzog Friedrich August built in 1914 as a training ship for the German Merchant Marine. Here she is in the River Tees having been escorted by the Hartlepool tug Stranton.
More detail »Victoria Dock at Hartlepool was opened in December 1840. The brig Thomas Rowell was the first ship to enter and load in the new dock. The amount of tonnage shipped in this year was almost double that handled in Hartlepool the previous year. By 1851 the dock had sixteen coal drops and three steam operated ballast cranes.
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