Lady Sybil with Lady Theresa c1960.

From an original, medium format negative.

Steam tugs in the Royal Dock with MV ‘Lagnö’ behind.

‘Lady Sybil’ was built in 1912/13 by Hepple & Co, South Shields. She spent much of her life working in the London area until she was acquired by J. H. Piggott & Son Ltd., Grimsby in 1954. She was scrapped in 1964.

‘Lady Theresa’ was built in 1928 by King’s Lynn Slipway Co. Ltd., King’s Lynn. She spent much of her life working in the London area until she was acquired by J. H. Piggott & Son Ltd., Grimsby in 1953. She was scrapped in 1963. (In 1962, ‘Lady Theresa’ was renamed ‘Lady Biddy’ to release the name.)

MV ‘Lagnö’ was built in 1953 by Oskarshamns Varv A/B Oskarshamn Sweden as a general cargo ship. In 1961, she was sold to a Norwegian company and renamed MV ‘Lagnø’. In 1965, she was renamed MV ‘Recknitz’. Scrapped in Greece in 1982.

The vessel on the far left of the picture is ‘Hackney’.