CEMBAY 18 / 3012 gt Cement Carrier.She unloaded a cargo of cement from Santander

at Corporation Wharf and is leaving Plymouth to load again at Santander.

                                            Picture taken from Jennycliff 18/4.
 

 

 K6O RFA PROTEUS

2019 / 6133gt She was originally the offshore support ship Topaz Tangaroa and sold to

the Royal Navy in 2023 and converted into a multi- role ocean surveillance ship.She entered 

service in Oct 2023 and is undergoing FOST at Plymouth.

                                         Pictures taken from Jennycliff as

                                             she passed through the Sound 18/4

 FUGRO MERCATOR

03 / 360gt Research / Survey vessel managed by Fugro Marine Services BV, Netherlands.

She was bound from Great Yarmouth to Fiumicino,Italy when she anchored at 0740 today

 in Babbacombe Bay to shelter.

                                           Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs

                                             Picture taken form Marine Drive.

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 TANGGUH PALUNG

09 / 97,897gt 155,000 cu m She is owned by K Line,Japan and was bound from

Ras Laffan to Zeebrugge when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this

 afternoon.

                                            Picture taken from Waterside 

                                          when she was 6 miles distant.

 GTM DENMARK

11 / 7697gt managed by South End Tanker Management,Netherlands.She arrived at Cattedown

from Rotterdam.

                                             Picture taken fron Mountbatten.

 TODAY WAS ALL GLOOM IN PLYMOUTH SOUND.

AMBITION

99 / 48,123gt 1667 pass.She was built as Mistral for Festival Cruises and renamed Grand Mistral

 in 05,Costa neoRiviera 13 Aidamira 19 and given her present name 22.She is managed by 

Ambassador Cruise Line Ltd a new british company.and started cruising in May 2023.Now 

she is on a 6 day one way cruise from Tilbury-Honfleur-Guernsey-Plymouth -Bristol.

                                               Picture taken from Mountbatten.

 SM BLUEBIRD

22 / 114,221gt 174,000 cu m.She is owned by SM Korea Line Corp,S.Korea and is

chartered to Shell Tankers,Singapore for 17 years.She was bound from Eemshaven

to Sabine Pass when she landed her deepsea pilot in the gloom at Brixham this

 evening.

 

                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head 7/4.