A set of striking photographs from 50 years ago recall the lost world of River Tyne shipbuilding and a Tyneside industrial town in a state of transition. What makes the pictures especially ...

Lady West, wife of First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West, did the honours at the rejuvenated Swan Hunter shipyard by cracking a bottle of champagne against the hull of the 22,000-tonne Royal Fleet ...

The images were captured by shipyard photographer Stan Forster in 1973. Stan held the prestigious position at Hawthorn Leslie (and later at Swan Hunter) for many years, capturing countless iconic ...