Tuesday 30 April 2019

HAVEN SEARISER 4

A Jack Up Barge owned by Red 7 Marine of Ipswich is being used in the building
of the new Northern Arm Breakwater in Brixham Harbour.

                                       Picture taken from the pilotboat 30/4/19.

CSCL MARS

11 / 150,853gt 14,300 teu owned by Cosco Shipping.She was bound from Zeebrugge to
Piraeus when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixhan today 30/4/19. She is the only one
 of this class now operating on a China to N.Europe service.

                                   Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

Saturday 27 April 2019

6233 DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND

She is a LMS Princess Coronation Class 8P 4-6-2 built in1938 and is now kept at the
 Midland Railway. She was hauling the Great Britain XI on Day 1 from Paddington to
Plymouth and is seen here at the top of the Dainton Bank 27/4/19.


LINK STAR

89 / 5627gt Ro Ro / Sideloader owned by Godby Shipping AB, Finland and she is
on charter to UPM Kymmene,Finland a forestry products company and operates
on their Rauma to Santander service. She was bound from Rauma and slow steamed
around the Lyme Bay coast last night and resumed her voyage at Midday today.

                              Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay this morning 27/4/19.

Friday 26 April 2019

HURST POINT

02 / 23,225gt owned by Foreland Shipping,UK. She has been at Salt Mead Anchorage for
a week after leaving Marchwood and anchored at 15.50 today in the Deepwater Anchorage
 off Torquay to await orders.This is the 3rd time she has awaited orders here this year.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay
                                                       as she anchored.

MELEQ

17 / 32,770gt 280 trailers owned by Alternative Transport,Turkey and since January has been
on charter to Cobelfret.She is operating on their Rotterdam to Leixoes Service and came from Rotterdam and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay at 10.40 today.


BRILLIANT ACE

11 / 59,022gt 6400 cars.She was en route from Zeebrugge to Santos when she landed her deepsea
pilot at Brixham and then anchored in Babbacombe Bay at 13.12 today.


THREE SHIPS SHELTERING FROM THE FORTHCOMING STORM HANNAH.
Pictures are all taken from Marine Drive,Torquay this afternoon 26/4/2019.

FRI ST

95 / 2051gt managed by Kamer Marine Shipping, Turkey. Ex Fri Stream March 2019.
She was bound from Dunkirk East to Temryuk,Ukraine when she anchored in Babbacombe
Bay yesterday.


Thursday 18 April 2019

S186 U36

16/ 1524 Tonnes Type 212A German Submarine.She was laid down 8/2008 launched 2/2013
and commissioned 10/2016. She has been up in Scotland on Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1
and arrived at Plymouth today for FOST.

                                  Picture taken from Devil's Point,Plymouth 18/4/19.

Tuesday 16 April 2019

NYK WREN

18 / 142,251gt 14,000 teu.She is on the FE5 service which has Southampton as the last
port of call but she skipped the port and came from Antwerp and landed her deepsea pilot
 at Brixham this afternoon en route to Jeddah.She called here once before in the dark in
 November 2018 on the FE3 service.

                                Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 16/4/2019.

Friday 12 April 2019

SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

6340 with 4 auto coaches 232,233,163 and 178 passing Dartington with the 12.10 from Totnes to Buckfastleigh.The first train on the newly opened preserved line in 1969 was 4 auto coaches with 6412 and this set up hasn't been seen on the line since the early 1970's.

                                                       Picture taken 12/4/2019.

Tuesday 9 April 2019

COSCO SHIPPING ANDES

18 / 154,369gt 15,568 teu. 20 minutes after OOCL Germany piloted we landed the deepsea pilot
from Cosco Shipping Andes which was bound from Zeebrugge to Piraeus.

                                  Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 9/4/2019.

OOCL GERMANY

17 / 210,890 gt 21,413 teu. The 2nd of 6 G Class ships, the largest in the world.
She was en route from Singapore to Felixstowe but had to call at Brixham to board
 her Felixstowe port pilot because of the sea conditions at the Sunk Pilot Station.

                               Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 9/4/2019.


Monday 8 April 2019

CITY OF AMSTERDAM

99 / 9950gt 750 cars owned by Manx Car Carriers and chartered to EML,Belgium.She was
bound from Zeebrugge to Piraeus when she anchored in Babbacome Bay 6/4/19 the reason
 unknown and is still there today.She sheltered here 19/12/18. 3 hrs after the picture was taken
she sailed.

                                     Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs 8/4.