Sunday 26 December 2021

 EEMSLIFT NELLI

17 / 5460gt Heavylift ship owned by Amasus Shipping,Holland that can operate open

 top, has a tweendeck and 2 x150 cranes.She is in the Deepwater Anchorage and is bound

 from Antwerp to Ashdod,Israel.



 LADY ANNE - LYNN

16 / 2544 gt owned by Wijnne Barends,Holland. She is bound from Rozenburg to 

Sagunto.

                                    These 2 are in the Deepwater Anchorage 26/12.

LUCA

04 / 3610gt managed by Alpha Shipping, Latvia and bound from Aberdeen to Sevilla



4 SHIPS SHELTERING FROM BAD WEATHER IN THE ATLANTIC

All the pictures were taken from Marine Drive 26/12/21.

RMS WANHEIM 90/1985gt managed by Sky Mare Navigation,Greece.

She is in Babbacombe Bay and is bound from Hamburg to Castletownbere,Ireland.

                                       




Friday 26 November 2021

 SHELTERING IN TORBAY

WILMA 09 / 2545gt bound from Ijmuiden to Pasajes.

                                             Picture taken from Preston 26/11/21.


 SHELTERING IN  LYME BAY

TRANSBAY 99 / 11,894gt bound from Hamina with a cargo of packaged timber

to Ashdod.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive 26/11 21.



 SHELTERING IN BABBACOMBE BAY FROM STORM ARWEN 

Pictures taken from Marine Drive 26/11/21.

MARANT 06 / 2461gt, bound from Cherbourg to Casablanca.

CHRISTINE 98 / 2834gt,bound from Rotterdam to Belfast.





Saturday 13 November 2021

 SHETLAND TRADER

92 / 1512gt .She came from the Manchester Ship Canal and anchored in Torbay.

She is due in Rye Wednesday 17/11.



 HMM DUBLIN

20 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu .She arrived in the Deepwater Anchorage at Midnight

from Algeciras and is waiting for her berth in Rotterdam on Friday 19/11.

                                         Picture taken from Berry Head 13/11.


 ST NICHOLAS

She is the new Brixham pilotboat owned by Silverline Cruises,Plymouth.Seen here

passing Berry Head coming back in from Glovis Spring today.



 GLOVIS SPRING

16 / 65,785gt 7,300 cars.She was bound from Bremerhaven to China when she 

landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.



                                     Pictures taken from Berry Head 13/11.

Monday 1 November 2021

 P283 HMS MERSEY

She had come from Portsmouth and anchored in Torbay.

                                           Picture taken from Brixham 30/10.


 THOR HEYERDAHL

31 / 211 gt German 3 masted topsail schooner used for sail training.She arrived in Torbay

 from Portsmouth.

                                      Picture taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham 30/10.



 PATRIOTIC

19 / 82,657gt 159,090 dwt owned by C.M Lemos,Greece.She was bound from Inglewood,Texas

to Wilhemshaven when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham,

                                      My last picture with MTS Pathfinder piloting.

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head 29/10.


 HMM GARAM

21/ 153,150gt 16,010 teu she came down channel from Antwerp but is not due into 

Southampton until Nov 10th so she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 27/10  and

has anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage until it's time to go to Southampton.She 

left Thurs 11/11.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head 29/10.


Monday 11 October 2021

 HMM COPENHAGEN

20 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu.She arrived from Algeciras 30/9 and has slow steamed in Lyme Bay

and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage since then waiting for a berth in Rotterdam.This 

morning she left the Deepwater Anchorage and boarded her deepsea pilot off Brixham.


 

                                       Pictures taken from the pilotboat 11/10/21.


Saturday 9 October 2021

 OLYMPIC LIFE

19 / 160,874gt 318,676 dwt owned by Olympic Shipping,Greece.She was bound from Hound

Point via Southwold where she did ship to ship transfers with some tankers to Tianjin, China.

She landed her deepsea pilot and took on stores at Brixham today. Pictures taken from

 Berry Head 9/10/21.

                         MTS VALONIA loaded up with 13 pallets of stores heading 

                                            out beyond  Berry Head.


                        MTS VALONIA was alongside unloading for 50 minutes doing 3 - 4 kts. 

                        while OLYMPIC LIFE headed in a  south west direction from 3 miles

                        east of Berry Head.

       .



Friday 8 October 2021

 FELICITY ACE

She is also in the Deepwater Anchorage and is due to board her deepsea pilot for

Emden on Sunday.

 



 HMM COPENHAGEN

In the Deepwater Anchorage as seen from the pilotboat this afternoon.She is due to board

 her deepsea pilot for Rotterdam Sunday afternoon.




 

                                  This is the last time she will be seen here piloting.This was 

                                  wrong  because she came back here Wed 27th to land her

                                   pilot  and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage until she is

                                  due in Southampton 10/11.


 She also took on stores, 4 bags of fruit and vegetables and 1 of fish.




 HMM GARAM

21 / 153,150gt 16,010 teu,one of HMM's Nuri Class.She was bound from Yantian to 

Rotterdam on the FE3 Service when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

Pictures taken from the pilotboat MTS Pathfinder 8/10/21. 





Friday 1 October 2021

FELICITY ACE

 05 / 60,118 gt 5232 cars She is bound from Baltimore to Emden and arrived in Lyme Bay 29/9

 but is not due into Emden until as berth is available and she will board a deepsea pilot here.

She has been slow steaming in Lyme Bay since then and this afternoon she anchored in the

 Deepwater Anchorage.


                                   Picture taken from Berry Head this evening 1/10.

HMM COPENHAGEN

 20 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu.She arrived yesterday in Lyme Bay from Algeciras and is waiting to

 board her deepsea pilot for Rotterdam where she is due Oct 12th.She has been slow steaming in

 Lyme Bay until today when she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head this evening 1/10.


Sunday 26 September 2021

 2 HMM'S

The 2 HMM's in the Deepwater Anchorage are Right - OSLO and Left - ST PETERSBURG.

Maybe HMM COPENHAGEN will join them, she could arrive here 30 Sept and is due in

Rotterdam 11 Oct.

Behind ST PETERSBURG's funnel Queen Victoria is seen heading east for a wander.



                                    ARCADIA leaving Torbay this afternoon for a wander.

                                            Pictures taken from Marine Drive 26/9.

 RAINBOW WARRIOR

11 / 855gt motor assisted yacht owned by Greenpeace.She is the first purpose built ship for them

with 2 x 55 m bipod masts that carry 4 sails and she has 1 x diesel electric back up motor.

She is one of the greenest ships afloat and accomodates 30 people.She came from Plymouth

and anchored in Babbacombe Bay 0330 this morning.


 

                                        Pictures taken from Marine Drive 26/9.

Sunday 19 September 2021

 

                                                      HMM ST PETERSBURG                                                 

                                                                  HMM OSLO
  The theoretical total capacity of the 3 ships is 71,603 x 20 foot containers,if placed end to end

  they would be 270 miles long.

 3 HMM'S IN THE DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE taken from Bishop's Walk 19/9.

                              L- HMM LE HAVE,  CENTRE HMM ST PETERSBURG

                                                                   R- HMM OSLO

                                                                    HMM LE HAVRE


Saturday 18 September 2021

 3  HMM'S IN THE DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE taken from Marine Drive.18/9.

                               L-HMM LE HAVRE,  CENTRE HMM ST PETERSBURG

                                                                   R- HMM OSLO

 3 HMM'S IN THE DEEPWATER ANCHORAGE taken from Berry Head 18/9.

                       L-HMM OSLO,   CENTRE IN FOG BANK HMM LE HAVRE

                                             R-HMM ST PETERSBURG

HMM ST PETERSBURG

20 / 232,311gt 23,820 teu.She is on the FE4 Service and had come from Algeciras and was

 passing Berry Head this morning 2 miles out on her way into the Deepwater Anchorage 

where she will stay until a berth in Rotterdam is available on 7th of October She will

 probably board her deepsea pilot on the 5th or 6th October


 


Friday 17 September 2021

 78 PORTER

99 / 9033 tons full load.She was the last built of the Flight II Class Arleigh Burke Destroyers

and was coming back into Devonport from her FOST Training 17/9.



                                       Pictures taken from Jennycliffe.

 DAR MLODZIEZY

82 / 2385gt Polish Training Ship.She arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday for a 5 day stay.

She was on her way from Gdynia to Falmouth to take part in The Falmouth Tall Ships 2021 but it

was cancelled and she had nowhere to go so asked for permission to anchor in the Sound.

On board are 122 Polish Maritime University Students.

                                         Picture taken from Jennycliffe 17/9.


 THUN LIDKOPING

19 / 11826gt owned by Thun Tamkers,Sweden.She had arrived at Cattedown from

 Milford Haven.

                                           Picture taken from Mountbatten 17/9.

 ONE HAMMERSMITH

09 / 98,747gt 9040 teu Ex HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE -19.She was bound from Le Havre

to Singapore on the FP1 Service when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today 17/9.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head.

From here it was a run down to Plymouth for USN Porter coming in.

 2 HMM'S FROM BERRY HEAD

                                      L- HMM OSLO   R- HMM LE HAVRE


 EUPHONY ACE

05 / 58,631gt 5214 cars She was bound from Bremerhaven to Bayonne,New Jersey when

she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday 16/9.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.