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Rules! No Bad language or derogatory remarks Please or we will delete. Anyone sharing our content on Face Book must credit 'Hebburn and our Neighbours'.Re: Hebburn Ferry Landing in WW2
Sea Valour was built by S.P. Austin & Son, Sunderland in 1930 . Became Skoghaug in 1946. On the 24th December 1947 whilst on voyage from Rotterdam to Oslo with a cargo of coal she sank after an explosion in her boiler room. Of the crew of 27 only 1 survived. Crackshot was built by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank in 1924. Became Maria Pompei in 1954 and was broken up at Briton Ferry in 1956.
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