Hi John,
Nice to see this shot of the 80s, rather different from the current vessels but very interesting to see the info. on her
Regards Ken

Owned by Ramon de soto , a big Basque nationalist whom for years , until Franco died , lived and ran his company from Biarritz. All his ships were registered in Liberia. He did like his British built ships as remember going aboard his "SOKORRI" ex West Hartlepool S.N., vessel in the early 60's., He also bought from Hungry Hogarths two of their old "Baron" tgweendeckers and the "CLARKSPEY" (from memory) from H. Clarkson. All crews were from the Basque region and the food was good aboard :-D Finally his house flag was , of course, the Basque National flag :lol:

Thanks Derek,
Thames Refinery has always produced sweet ( 8-) ) ships, and still does as witnessed by Ken's postings.
regards
John J.

What a gem John great stuff!
regards
Derek

Hello John,
Bibby line is correct, but not Warwickshire.
It is Worcestershire, renamed Bordagain in 1976 and Katrinamar in 1982, broken up at 1. August 1985, only 20 years old.
Regards
Gerolf