Freda Cunningham 1972

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	FREDA CUNNINGHAM
Type:	Passenger Ferry
Launched:
Completed:	1972
Builder:	Ryton Marine Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
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Construction:	Steel
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History:
1972	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
1993	Tyne Towage Ltd, Newcastle; renamed ANYA DEV
	Unknown owner; LADY LAURA
2006	Vincent O'Driscoll (t/a Sherkin Island Ferry); renamed MYSTIC WATERS

Comments:	1971: Most of the steel hull was constructed at associate Ryton Engineering
	& then transported by road to North-Eastern Engineering Ltd at Wallsend.
	It was then lifted into the river by their large hammerhead crane.
	The hull was then towed to Ryton Marine and hauled up its slipway in a cradle.
	The completed hull was then re-launched in 1972.
	2013: Still in services

Above: FREDA CUNNINGHAM on the berth, copyright of the Wallsend News, courtesy of John Dobson

Above photo as FREDA CUNNINGHAM copyright of Albert Weller

Above photo as FREDA CUNNINGHAM copyright of Hilton Davis