Austin & Pickersgill
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Austin & Pickersgill is a shipbuilding company formed in Sunderland in 1954.
Southwick Yard, 1961
Launch of the SD14 Syrie from the Southwick shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd, 14 February 1968.
SD14 cargo ship Catharina Oldendorff ready for launch, 20 August 1974.
An SD14 off Hong Kong.
River Wear
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The River Wear in Northern England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At 60 mi long, it is one of the region's longest
The Wear at its mouth in the North Sea in Sunderland
The wooded riverbanks of the Wear as it flows from Stanhope to Frosterley
The wooded riverbanks of the Wear as it flows through Durham.
Finchale Priory on the banks of the River Wear between Durham and Chester-le-Street.