‘Iron Barque’ (Newcastle) in dry dock at Immingham 1967.

From the original colour slide. Photo taken by a local, professional photographer.

‘Iron Barque’ was an ore carrier built in 1960 by Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland for Vallum Shipping Co. Ltd. of Newcastle (owned by Common Bros. Ltd. and Jardine Matheson Ltd.). She was sold to a Singapore-based company in 1970 and renamed ‘Mahinda’. Broken up in India in 1987.