South Tyneside History
| Title | H.M.S. Cavalier Mess Room |
|---|---|
| Reference Number | STH0006544 |
| Photographer | Bardwell Keith |
| Town or Village | Hebburn |
| Date | 1987 |
| Original Format | Colour photograph |
| Period | The 1980s |
| Copyright | South Tyneside Libraries |
| Further Information | HMS Cavalier, the last destroyer from the 2nd World War, was bought by South Tyneside Coucil for £91.000 in 1987. Here she is in what was the dry dock at Hawthorn Leslie's yard in Hebburn. It was hoped that she would be the centre piece of a Maritime History Centre based at the yard. However the centre did not materialise and after eleven years she was sold to The Historic Dock Yard, Chatham, Kent. |
