MAGNI R

96 / 1414gt Hopper Dredger owned by Rohde Nielsen A/S,Denmark.She came from 

Frederikshavn bound for Workington and sheltered in Torbay.

                                                  Picture taken from Battery Gardens

                                                    Picture taken from Waterside

 POLA VARVARA IS STILL IN TORBAY  with P 282 HMS SEVERN

                                                   Picture taken from Battery Gardens

 BY SATURDAY 31/10 ONLY 3 CRUISE SHIPS ARE AT ANCHOR HERE.

                                                 NIEUW STATENDAM in Torbay.

                      EMERALD PRINCESS in Torbay - VENTURA in Babbacombe Bay

                                            Pictures taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham

 2 COBELFRETS SHELTERING OFF TEIGNMOUTH

VESPERINE 10 / 25,593gt 270 trailers.From Rotterdam to Leixoes.

PEREGRINE 10 / 25,593gt 180 trailers From Rotterdam to Dublin

 NAJA

97 / 2528gt managed by Strahlmann,Germany.She came from Ipswich light to Teignmouth

to load clay for Gaeta.

 HMM LE HAVRE

2020 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu.She is the penultimate of the series and was built by Daewoo.

She was bound from London Gateway to Jebel Ali on the FE3 Service when she landed

 her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning in murky conditions.

                                                  Picture taken from Berry Head 29/11.

 BYLGIA

 13 / 3488gt Anchor Handling Tug managed by Heerema Marine Contractors,Netherlands.

She came from Rotterdam and sheltered in Babbacombe Bay.

                                                Picture taken from Marine Drive 28/10.

 QUEEN VICTORIA

She anchored off Teignmouth this morning.

                                               Picture taken from Marine Drive 28/10.

 BEAUMOTION

03 / 2545gt owned by Vertom ULS Beaumotion BV, Netherlands.She was bound from

Terneuzen to Gemlik when she came into Torbay to shelter.

                                              Picture taken from Battery Gardens 28/10

 POLA VARVARA

From Battery Gardens today 28/10

 D34 HMS DIAMOND

She is anchored in Babbacombe Bay.

                                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive

 BERGE DAISETSU

15 / 21,530gt managed by Berge Bulk Maritime PTE,Singapore.She was bound from

Riga to Cristobal when she sheltered in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive 27/10.

 POLA VARVARA

2020 / 6305gt 8144 dwt 140m long Project RSD59 Volgo - Don Max  Class river/ sea ship.

She was built by Krasnoye Sormovo and is owned by State Transport Leasing Co,Russia.

She was bound from Gdynia to Seville when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                               Picture taken from Roundham Head 27/10.

9 CRUISE SHIPS LAID UP OFF S.DEVON COAST 23/10/20

5 IN TORBAY                               Picture taken from Corbyn Head.

4 IN BABBACOMBE BAY           Picture taken from Marine Drive

 

 MOL GLIDE

11 / 59,307gt 5605 teu owned by The Schulte Group,Germany and chartered to MOL.

She was bound from Le Havre to New York on the AL2 Service when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham today.MTS PATHFINDER is heading back in.

                                                    Picture taken from Waterside Cove.

THE FIRST TIME 5 CRUISE SHIPS HAVE BEEN IN TORBAY.

                                     

L to R ZAANDAM,EMERALD PRINCESS,VOLENDAM, WESTERDAM,NIEUW STATENDAM
                                                     Picture taken from Waterside Cove.

 EMERALD PRINCESS

                                                        From Battery Gardens,Brixham.

 

                                                            From Waterside Cove.

 A SUNNY DAY, SO HERE'S SOME BETTER PICTURES THAN YESTERDAYS.

ARCADIA

From Marine Drive.

 EMERALD PRINCESS

This picture was taken from Meadfoot Beach this evening.

 EMERALD PRINCESS

07 / 113,561 gt 3599 pass owned by Princess Cruises Inc,USA.She was laid up at 

Scheveningen Anchorage with 3 of the Holland America ships and has now rejoined

them in Torbay.She  arrived this morning from Portland.

 

Picture taken from Paignton

 ARCADIA

 05 / 83,781gt  2556 pass owned by P&O Cruises.She arrived in Babbacombe Bay

yesterday from Portland.The picture was taken in murky conditions this evening.

21/10 from Marine Drive.

 

 

 CELTIC MARINER

01 / 2446gt 3676 dwt owned by Charles M Willie & Co Shipping Ltd,UK.She arrived at Teignmouth

this morning in ballast from Moerdijk and is loading clay for Casablanca.

 ARKLOW VENTURE

17 / 2999gt 5164 dwt owned by Arklow Shipping ULC,Ireland.She arrived at Teignmouth on Friday

 from Norrkoping,Sweden with a cargo of Wheat Distilled Dried Grain pellets.

 

 GLAD TO BE GOING BACK

 THE TENDER WEDM RB 1 FROM WESTERDAM COLLECTING BOXES OF STORES

 FROM NIEUW STATENDAM THIS AFTERNOON.

                           THEY DIDN'T THINK IT COULD BE SO ROUGH ALONGSIDE

 4 HOLLAND AMERICA LINE CRUISE SHIPS IN TORBAY

4 CRUISE SHIPS IN TORBAY AND 3 IN BABBACOMBE BAY

                                               Pictures taken from the pilotboat today.

 TALIA 

06 / 57,692gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers and chartered to Wilhelmsen.

She was en route from Vigo to Zeebrugge when she boarded her deepsea pilot

at Brixham.

 YORKTOWN EXPRESS

02 / 40,146gt 3237 teu managed by Hapag Lloyd USA LLC.She was bound from London

Gateway to Charleston on the Trans-Atlantic Loop 3 (AL3) service when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham.

 

                                  This picture at anchor was taken as we went out to 

                                                           the Yorktown Express.

MTS HAD A BUSY AFTERNOON SERVICING 3 SHIPS.

NIEUW STATENDAM

18 / 99,902gt 2650 pass.She is the newest and largest cruise ship in the Holland America Line

 fleet. She arrived 16/10 from Southampton and has joined the other 3 ships in Torbay.The 

next 3 pictures were taken from the pilotboat as we followed her in after she had boarded

 the local pilot.

 MASTER P

The bridge opens up to allow Master P to leave the Inner Dock,Torquay Harbour today.

 TORBAY GIVES NO SHELTER TO THE CRUISE SHIPS FROM ENE WINDS

                                        LEFT - WESTERDAM  CENTRE - ZAANDAM

                                                              RIGHT - VOLENDAM

                                            Picture taken from Torre Abbey Sands 14/10

                                     Turning outside Millbay with Morgawr standing by.

                                             Going astern into Millbay with SD Adept 

                                                     at the bow and Morgawr aft.

 

 

 

 TODAY SAW THE ARRIVAL OF BRITTANY FERRIES NEW SHIP GALICIA AT PLYMOUTH.

She is a Stena E-Flexer Class Ro-Pax ferry 40,500g, 1015 pass, 3100 lane metres / 155 trailers / 550 cars + 64 trucks built at AVIC Weihai Shipyard,Shandong,China for Stena RoRo and is on a 10 year charter to Brittany.She arrived at Cherbourg on Monday from China and undertook berthing trials,yesterday she did the same at Portsmouth and today at Plymouth.She left Plymouth for Bilbao  and will be dry docked at Santander before entering service in Mid December going Portmouth to Santander twice weekly and once a week Portsmouth to Cherbourg.She was escorted in by the tugs SD Adept and Morgawr. All the pictures were taken from Jennycliffe 14/10.

 THE SISTERSHIPS VOLENDAM AND ZAANDAM IN TORBAY.

                                                Left  VOLENDAM  Right  ZAANDAM

                                                        Taken from the pilotboat 9/10

 DILAM

10 / 161,969gt 320,106 dwt owned by Bahri,Saudi Arabia.She was bound from Sidi Kerir

to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham 9/10.

                                                   Pictures taken from the pilotboat 

 ZAANDAM

VOLENDAM

                                                     Pictures taken from Broadsands