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Location: River Tyne (Between South Shields and Newcastle & Gateshead Quays)
Hebburn Yard
Technical Spec: Lenght 152metres, Breadth 23.1Metres,Gross Tonnage 16071, registerd in Malta, Main Engine 6.B&W 3120 KWs each, Crew Capacity 480 berths.
Built: 1980 in Denmark as a Rail Ferry
Comment: Medical Hospital ship undergoing a refit on the tyne at the former Cammell Laird yard Hebburn.
It was renamed Africa Mercy by Dame Norma Major ex Prime Ministers Wife.
It will have six operating rooms and an 80 bed ward when it is finished.
Date: 4 September 2005
Photographer: John Grant
Photographer Camera: Fuji E500
Photographer Web Site: Water Craft Large and Small