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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Sunken tales of Newcastle port's trusty servants

SS Ajax on Newcastle harbour, and the likely location of the lost hulk based on an 1897 survey map. Picture supplied by Mike Scanlon

SOMETHING always survives.

I think of this phrase almost every time I travel over the sweeping arch of the Stockton bridge heading towards Port Stephens.

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