Taken around 1954, this is Alice on B jetty Middleton Road in the Union Dock. The mothball fleet vessel in the background is M383 Tanganyika, an Algerine type minesweeper and next to her probably a similar vessel Albacore of the same class.
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Creator : NDM
Location
Royal Navy ships laid-up at Hartlepool after WW2, prior to their disposal, and referred to locally as the 'Mothball Fleet'.
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