Keith Collins

[Jim Blake]

This may not be new, but it is certainly worth repeating....I found the following listed at

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Many of us engineers will have good memories of Keith Collins from our time at South Shields.

Obituaries Keith Ledingham Collins, IEng, AMIMarE Keith Collins, a lecturer at South Tyneside College, died at Newcastle General Hospital in October 2000 after a short illness. He started his career as an engineering apprentice, under the Alternative Training Scheme, with the BP Tanker Co in September 1955. Completing his cadetship in 1960 he gained an OND prior to sailing on numerous tankers, mainly steam. He served with BP until April 1967 by which time he had gained Class 1 (Steam) certificate. Upon leaving BP, Keith began his career in further education at Bolton Technical College — his hometown. While at Bolton he successfully completed HNC in Engineering in 1969. He stayed at Bolton until his appointment as lecturer at what was then South Shields Marine and Technical College, in November 1970. He started as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Marine and Mechanical Engineering and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in September 1984. During his 30 years of service at South Tyneside Keith taught all of the marine engineering subjects and there can be few engineering cadets who have passed through the College without coming into contact with him. Keith joined the Institute as a Probationer in 1955 and as a Student Member the following year. He was elected an Associate in 1971, a Consociate in 1973 and became an Associate Member in 1977. He will be greatly missed by his brother Michael and family and his many friends.