PRIMA FORTUNA

1990 / 1999gt owned by Prima Shipping AB, Finland. She was bound from Emden to
Las Palmas when she sheltered in Torbay 29/12/2017.

                                    Picture taken from Torquay Harbour 29/12.

GRAND VEGA

2009 / 59,217gt 6400 cars owned by Cido Shipping, Hong Kong. She was bound from
 Antwerp to Derince,Turkey when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 28/12/2017.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham.

ARAMIS

2003 / 1719gt owned by Baltnautic Shipping, Lithuania.She was enroute from Kiel to
Bermeo when she anchored in Torbay 27/12.

RICHELIEU

2007 / 2545gt owned by Briese, Germany and en route from Frederiksvaerk to Aviles
when she anchored in Torbay 28/12.She moved out into Lyme Bay 29/12.

3 COASTERS SHELTERING IN TORBAY 28/12/17
Pictures all taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham.

FEHN CALEDONIA

2013 / 1934gt managed by Fehn Shipmanagement, Germany.She was en route from Brake
to Bermeo, Spain when she anchored in Torbay 27/12.

KHERRATA

2012 / 9627gt owned by CNAN NORD SPA, Algeria. She is enroute from Antwerp to Lexioes
and came into Torbay to shelter 25/12/2017.

                                     Picture taken from Shoalstone, Brixham 26/12

SIMAR ESPERANCA

2008 / 5275gt Offshore Construction Vessel owned by Subsea 7, UK. She was built as
 Seven Sisters and renamed in 2013. She is en route from The Tyne to Takoradi,Ghana
and came into Torbay to shelter 25/12/2017.

                                   Picture taken from Shoalstone, Brixham 26/12

DEEPSEA METRO II

2011/ 51,283gt Drill Ship. She was owned by Chalfont Shipping but has now been sold to the
 Turkish Petroluem Conpany TPAO. She left Hoylandsbygda,Norway where she has been laid up
and is bound for Istanbul.She landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 18/12/2017 at sunrise.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

MAERSK IDAHO

2000 / 50,698gt 4338 teu owned by Maersk Line Ltd, USA.She was bound from Norfolk
to Antwerp when she boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham 16/12/2017.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.

ATACAMA

2016 / 95,138gt 9,030 teu Owned by NSC Shipping, Germany and is on charter to MOL.
She is operating on THE Alliance FE5 service S.East Asia to N.Europe and is en route from
London Gateway to Vung Tau,Vietnam with calls at Jeddah,Colombo and Singapore.She landed
 her deep sea pilot at Brixham 11/12/2017.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham

2 COASTERS SHELTERING IN TORBAY 10/12/2017
In the foreground,
WILSON ALMERIA 2010 / 2451gt which is en route from Brightlingsea to Bilbao
and came into shelter yesterday evening and sailed tonight at 1820
In the background,
SIEGFRIED LEHMANN  2005 / 3183gt which was en route from Cuxhaven to Sevilla
when she came in and only anchored for 4 hours before resuming her voyage.

                                     Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain, Torquay

SIERRA KING

1989 / 3999gt Ex Holland Klipper owned by Seatrade,Holland. She was en route
 from Ijmuiden to Sousse, Tunisia and came up from the south at 1100 and sailed
 around Lyme Bay at 7 kts until 1500 when she headed south again 10/12/2017.

                                       Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay
                                                      when she was 4 miles out.

OSLO CARRIER 2

2010 / 6668gt From Kiel bound for Bejaia,Algeria sheltering in Lyme Bay 10/12/2017.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay

MIKHAIL DUDIN

1996 / 2319gt From Kiel bound for Ellesmere Port sheltering in Lyme Bay 10/12/2017.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay

F217 BAYERN

Encountering rough seas off  Penlee Point caused by Storm Caroline.

F217 BAYERN

96 / 4490 Tonnes German Brandenburg Class Type 123 Frigate. Leaving Anchor 2 in the Sound
 and proceeding to sea.

L 16 ABSALON

04 / 6,300 tons full load Danish Command and Support ship leaving Plymouth.
She arrived Monday pm and was alongside until today.After training she came back
into the Sound did a boat transfer at 1730 and left for Frederikshavn,Denmark.

2 FOREIGN WARSHIPS GOING SEA TRAINING OFF PLYMOUTH WITH HMS ALBION

Pictures taken from Devil's Point 7/12/2017

L14 ALBION 03 / 19,560 tons full load leaving C buoy in Plymouth Sound with the assistance
of SD Powerful and SD Faithful and proceeding to sea.

DOLLY C

1972 / 625gt ro-ro ferry 100 pass 24 cars.She was called SALANGEN owned by Torghatten
Nord AS of Tromso, Norway and sometime since 11/10/2017 has been renamed by unknown owners and is on a delivery voyage from Bodoe, Norway to St Georges, Grenada. She came up from the south this morning as far as east of Teignmouth then sailed south again.This picture was taken when she was 3.5 miles east of Berry Head, Brixham.She has come back up this evening and is now anchored 5 miles east of Teignmouth.

                                                            Berry Head 25/11/17

FRISIAN RIVER

07 /1800gt managed by Boomsma, Holland. She arrived at Teignmouth with a cargo of road salt
from Belfast and sailed light to Briton Ferry.

2 SHIPS LEAVING TEIGNMOUTH 13/11/2017 PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE TEIGNMOUTH PILOT BOAT SYD HOOK.

RONEZ
82 / 870 gt cement carrier owned by Sigmagsy Ltd, Guernsey and registered in Exeter. She had come to Teignmouth for her 1st ever visit with a cargo of blast furnace slag from Port Talbot and sailed back to Port Talbot for a 2nd cargo due here Friday.

OLYMPIAN HIGHWAY

2017 / 76,387gt 7500 cars owned by K Line, Japan .She is their newest vc and is returning
from her maiden voyage to N.Europe. She was bound from Bremerhaven to Japan via Singapore
when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 7/11/2017.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

KINGCUP

2011 / 20,973gt managed by Freese Shipping, Germany.She is en route from Emden to Suez
and came to anchor in Lyme Bay to shelter 6/11/2017.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 6/11.

MAINE TRADER

04 / 57,271gt 4367 teu owned by Lomar Shipping, UK. She was en route from Bremerhaven
to New York when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 29/10/2017.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham

BROOKLANDS

2017 / 72,700gt 7429 cars managed by Zodiac Maritime UK.She was bound from Antwerp
to Livorno when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 29/10/2017.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head Brixham.

MANDRAGA

The pilot boat passing her as she left Torbay 22/10 bound for Newport.

CAPE TOWN HIGHWAY

11 / 58,535 gt 6250 cars owned by K Line, Japan.She is en route from Southampton to
Baltimore and landed an overcarried Southampton port pilot today off Brixham 22/10.

MOL GLIDE

11 / 59,503gt 5600 teu chartered from Schulte, Germany to MOL. She is bound from
Bremerhaven to New York and landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 20/10.

MTS PILOTED 3 SHIPS IN HALF AN HOUR AT DAWN TODAY
The pictures are all taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

LINAH
13 /153,148gt 15,000 teu owned by United Arab Shipping Co,Kuwait.She is en route from
Southampton to Shekou,China and called at Brixham today 22/10 to landed an overcarried
Southampton port pilot. This is the first time a UASC ultra large containership has called
 at Brixham.

AMOENITAS

2010 / 11,473gt heavylift carrier owned by Harren &Partner,Germany.She is a sistership of
Palembang and arrived in Torbay 20/10/2017 to shelter shortly after her. She is en route from Rotterdam to Ortona, Italy and was almost to Ushant when she turned back. Her deck cargo is a Liebherr mobile harbour crane and an accomodation block.

                                 Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham 21/10

MANDRAGA

09/3845gt managed by Strahlmann, Germany.She is bound from Laboe,Germany to Newport
and came into Torbay to shelter 20/10/17.

                                    Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain, Torquay.

2 SHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY FROM STORM BRIAN

PALEMBANG
2010/11,473gt A heavylift carrier owned by Harren & Partner, Germany with 2 x 450 tonne
cranes and capacity for 596 teu. She is en route from the Tyne to Las Palmas.and came into
 Torbay 20/10/17 to shelter.

                                    Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain,Torquay
                                               as she was coming to anchor

ROTRA VENTE
2009 / 6564gt a roll on / roll off heavy load carrier converted from the feeder containership Flintercoral and entered service Dec 2016. She is owned by Amasus Shipping BV and is operated
 by Siemens Wind Power to transport wind turbine parts.She was enroute from Esbjerg
to Bilbao when she arrived at 2330 15/10/2017 in Lyme Bay to shelter off Teignmouth and left at
2200 16/10.

                                      Picture taken from Labrador Bay 16/10

TWO SHIPS SHELTERING FROM STORM OPHELIA

ATLANTIC COMET

 1995/ 3999gt 508 teu owned by Oost Atlantic Lijn BV. She was enroute from Antwerp to Dublin
when she came into Torbay to shelter 15/10/2017 and left this evening 16/10.

                                        Picture taken from Preston Seafront 16/10

TERRA MARIQUE

2004 / 2786gt heavy load barge owned by Robert Wynn & Sons,UK. She is being towed by
MTS Indus from Barry to Rotterdam. MTS Indus came into Brixham to refuel and MTS
Vulcan 2 took over the tow while she was away for 2 hrs.

                                    MTS Vulcan 2 turning near Berry Head 14/10/2017

AWTAD

2011 / 160,493gt 317,660 dwt Ex Hanjin Ras Tanura  2016 owned by Bahri, Saudi Arabia.She was
 en route from Rotterdam to Sidi Kerir 13/10/2017 when she landed her deep sea pilot,a trainee
and 2 crew members.This was the first time she had been to N.Europe and is a new ship on this shuttle service.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

COSCO ENGLAND

2013 / 155,366gt 13,350 teu, She was bound from Antwerp to Suez when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 13/10/2017.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

LEVANA

2009 / 8816gt Chemical / Oil tanker owned by Carl Buttner, Germany. She is arriving from
Ijmuiden to berth at Cattedown and has Cannis which came up from Fowey as a stern tug.

                                         Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.

F264 LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN

2013 / 1840 Tons German Braunschweig Class Corvette.She is the last in a batch of 5.
Arriving from Kiel for FOST.

                                          Picture taken from Rusty Anchor.

KEIT

2005 / 3183gt Managed by Hansa Shipping Ltd, Malta. She was outbound from Cattedown
to Sondertalje

                                           Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.

PONT AVEN

Arriving from Roscoff.

                                            Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.

AN HOUR OF SHIP MOVEMENTS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND 5/10/2017

F262 ERFURT the German Braunschweig Class Corvette.At anchor doing a FOST boat transfer with Tamar Spirit ,when this was finished at 1700 she left for Germany.

                                        Picture taken from Plymouth Hoe.

A136 TIDESPRING

2017 / 37,000  tons full load. She is the 1st of 4 Royal Navy Tide Class Tankers built by
Daewoo, and recently had extra equipment fitted at Falmouth. This is her first visit into
 Devonport.

                                  Picture taken from Devil's Point, Plymouth 30/9/2017.

EUROPA

1999 / 28,437gt 468 pass 285 crew owned by Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Germany. She is on a 15 day
cruise around Britain from Kiel to Hamburg. She called at Milford Haven yesterday and Dartmouth this morning 22/9/2017 where she disembarked passengers but conditions were too rough to embark them so she sailed into Torbay to do so.She leaves for Greenwich this evening.

                                         Picture taken from Paignton Seafront.

LLOYD DON PASCUALE

2007 / 91,649gt 8200 teu owned by E.R. Schiffahrts, Germany and chartered to NYK.
As Ocean Majesty left Torbay 18/9/2017 so this ship arrived from London Gateway to
 land her deep sea pilot en route to Jeddah.She has been on charter to NYK since March
 and this is the 3rd time she has called here outbound.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

OCEAN MAJESTY

1966 / 10,417gt 535 pass 257 crew owned by Majestic International Cruises Inc.Greece and chartered to Hansa Touristik, Germany .She is on an 11 day Round Britain Cruise from Bremerhaven.She came from Falmouth to Torquay arriving at 0200 18/9/2017 and sailed at 1500 for London.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat as she left Torbay

SHEARWATER

1968 / 342gt Grab dredger owned by Shearwater Dredging Ltd, Edinburgh  arrived in Torquay from Southampton.She is heeled to starboard to have a welding repair done.Destination Scotland?

                                        Picture taken in Torquay Harbour 15/9/2017

RIO BLANCO

2009 / 73,899gt 5905 teu owned by Hamburg Sud, Germany.She was bound from Hamburg
to Tangermed when she landed her overcarried Hamburg port pilot at Brixham 15/9/2017.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.

SORLANDET

1927 / 499gt. This Norwegian tall ship is the oldest operating fully rigged ship in the world
and was bound from Kristiansand to Porto when she came into Torbay to shelter 10/9/2017.
She left 13/9.

                                               Picture taken from Brixham 10/9.

LEMONIA

2009 / 8652gt Chemical Tanker owned by Buttner of Germany arrived from Rotterdam and anchored South of Plymouth Breakwater awaiting a berth at Cattedown 4/9/2017.

                                      Picture taken from Devil's Point