Was looking at old newspapers, saw this and remembered your post.
Have tried searching but can't find anything that says they were recovered. Though if they were, I assume they would have been legitimately auctioned off by the receivers :-)
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 07 Oct 1994
page 12 col 2
Cheeky pair pose as men from the recievers to escape with two valuable vessels
Thieves steal models
Thieves posed as receivers from striken Swan Hunter - to steal a pair of valuable models of ships built at the Wallsend yard.
The models of the cargo vessel Trewidden and the SS Wentworth were on loan from Swan Hunter at the Tyne and Wear Chamber of Commerce offices on Newcastle Quayside.
But a man claiming to be from Swans receivers rang and said he would be collecting them to sell off at an auction.
He arrived several days later with an accomplice and took the two models worth £5,500 from unsuspecting staff.
It was only when the receivers later called at the office that the theft was discovered, said police who appealed for help in finding the models.
The model of the Trewidden is 61ins long and is in a brass display case, while the Wentworth is 51ins long, housed in a mahogany case.
Boo
