The 1905-built SS Streatley seen steaming through Windsor on 29 June. Streatley was built for service on the River Thames between Oxford and London and still operates on the lower reaches around Windsor. She has a McEwan Scotch boiler and Sissons coal fired and triple expansion engine.
Photo: Mike Deegan FIH, Secretary, the Maritime Skills Alliance.
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85 years ago today, the SCHELDE returned to the port of Antwerp after departing Maassluis at 6 a.m. on July 10, 1945, after a stay of barely 10 days. She had to wait until July 14 before any towing was required. Outside the Royers Lock, three Camels were moored, bound for Portsmouth. These were large submersible cylinders used to refloat sunken ships. Around midnight, the SCHELDE anchored near Terneuzen, awaiting final orders, and the clock was set back one hour. The next day, around noon, she weighed anchor in the English Channel. Due to an approaching southwesterly storm with high seas, she diverted course to the Margate roadstead on July 16 to seek shelter. The tide calmed somewhat in the evening, and the next morning, the SCHELDE was able to continue her tow. Around noon on the 18th, the SCHELDE arrived at Portsmouth and was shortened within half an hour.
Excerpt from the Schelde Journal, Wednesday, July 18, 1945.
The Camels are then picked up by two TID tugs, and the SCHELDE can find its assigned berth in the Empress Dock. This turns out to be alongside the HUDSON. The HUDSON’s crew will then have to wait another three months before mooring in Maassluis, but they are undoubtedly happy with the fresh news from home.
This is part 2 in the series about the mini-exhibition on board the Hudson, chronicling the homecoming of tugs after World War II in the latter half of 1945. The Hudson is moored in Maassluis and is open on Saturday afternoons from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
Uitsnede uit Journaal Schelde woensdag 18 juli 1945
Source: Maasmond Newsclippings 192-2025
(Google translation from Dutch original)