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Swan's was the biggest working yard on the river for some years. At one period all the yards from Wallsend to Walker belonged to Swan Hunter. Finally the Wallsend Yard which was all that was left. It closed once in 1993 and in 2007 it closed once more. 
Swan Hunter Ship Inn Red Cranes Entrance   Segadunum view Cranes coming down
1993 Ship Inn Red Cranes Entrance  Segadunum Dismantling
Reds Work starts  Jib down Jib gone House down Red 2 jib off
Last look at the
Red cranes
Work begins One down Jib off Housing off 2nd Red loses
its jib
Red 2 with Titan  Titan and cranes All aboard More    
Titan in dock From
the South
All aboard? Not yet!