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Name: FAO-AMAYA JETTY
Type: Work Barge / Jetty
Launched: 21/07/1959
Completed: 1959
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1915
Dimensions: 220.0 x 80.0 x 9.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1959 Raymond-Costain de Long, London
No further details known
Comments: Used to construct a jetty in the Persian Gulf, of which she then became a part
The 50.0ft long legs were delivered by barges two months later


Photo is courtesy of the Shields Gazette

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 02/06/1959