LIFTER

07 / 5000gt owned by Lappan Shipping & Trading,Germany and managed by

Strahlmann.She had come from Reydarfjordur,Iceland and is awaiting orders

anchored in Torbay. 

                                          Picture taken from Battery Gardens,

                                           Brixham as she approached the Bay 27/4

 SAN ANTONIO 

On her flight deck were 6 helicopters 4 x BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS and

2 x BELL AH-1 SUPER COBRAS ,

 

 LPD 17 SAN ANTONIO

06 / 25,300 tons Amphibious Transport Dock.She is the lead ship in the San Antonio

 class of 12.She had spent the week alongside at Plymouth with Carter Hall which also

 left today.

                                      L to R escort tugs MORGAWR,SD EILEEN 

                                                    and bow tug SD FAITHFUL

 H131 SCOTT

97 / 13,500 tons Survey ship.She was anchored outside the Breakwater.

 BERRY HEAD THIS MORNING AND PLYMOUTH THIS EVENING.

All the pictures were taken from Devil's Point 26/4.

LILY B

97 / 2997gt managed by Jeb Bereederungs,Germany.She came from Hamburg

and was waiting in the Sound before entering Victoria Wharf.

 GLOVIS CARDINAL

12 / 60,400gt 6000 cars Ex STX EAGLE 13.She was bound from Lome,Togo

to Bremerhaven and finally arrived at Brixham today to board a deepsea pilot,

after spending 3 days drifting around the S.W. Approaches.

                                      Pictures taken from Berry Head 26/4.

 ZEUS LUMOS

21/ 153,100gt 15,000 teu  owned by Zodiac Maritime,UK and on charter to ONE.She is on her

 maiden voyage bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the FE4 Service.When she returns to 

China she is moving to the MD2 Service.

 VERY POOR VISIBILITY AT BERRY HEAD THIS MORNING 23/4/21 AS 2 SHIPS

 BOARDED DEEPSEA PILOTS.

NIAGARA HIGHWAY

19 / 75,228gt 7450 cars owned by K Line,Japan.She was en route from Charleston to 

Bremerhaven and arrived yesterday too early for her pilot, so she slow steamed in

 Lyme Bay until this morning.

 MAERSK HARTFORD

07 / 74,642gt 6188 teu owned by Maersk Line ,USA and is operating on the TA1 Service.

She was bound from Norfolk to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham

 this evening.

                                       Pictures taken from Berry Head 19/4/21.

 LSD 50 CARTER HALL

95 / 16,976 Tonnes, A Harpers Ferry Class dock landing ship.She is operating with the

Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group of 5 ships as part of the 6th Fleet.She had left 

Morehead City, N.Carolina and is arriving here with the escort tug SD Forceful alongside.

There are 2 more Amphibious ships in the group, SAN ANTONIO which is due in Plymouth

 tomorrow morning and IWO JIMA and 2 Destroyers are around.

 THUN LONDON

19 / 11,826gt owned by Thun Tankers BV Sweden.She had come from Milford Haven

with a cargo of fuel oil and is crossing the sound with Morgawr as the stern tug inbound

 for the Cattewater.

 

PLYMOUTH SOUND THIS MORNING 17/4/21 FROM JENNYCLIFF.

 A389 WAVE KNIGHT

02 / 31,5OO Tonnes Full Load 

 WILSON HUSUM

98 / 3092gt owned by Wilson Shipowning AS,Norway.She arrived at Teignmouth

 from Liepaja,Latvia.

                                                 Picture taken 15/4/21.

 ONE WREN

 ONE WREN

18 / 146,409gt 14,020 teu.Ex NYK Wren 21 She was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam

on the FE4 Service and boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham today.She has been here before

 as NYK Wren but this is her first voyage as ONE Wren and when she gets back to China 

she is changing Service.

                                      Pictures taken from the pilotboat 13/4/21.

 HMM ALGECIRAS

20 / 228,284gt  23,964 teu.After 1 year she is still the world's largest containership.

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

 landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.She sailed in a circle while she waited

 for the pilotboat to finish servicing the Oosterdam

                                        Picture taken from Torquay Seafront 11/4/21.

                                                       She was 5.5 miles distant.

 OOSTERDAM

She arrived back in Tor Bay yesterday from her refit at Brest and today is seen leaving 

for Southampton and she will be back Tuesday.

                                        Picture taken from Torquay Seafront 11/4/21
 

 ONE HAWK

                                  A lot of smoke being blown down over the starboard side. 

                                                    Pictures taken from Berry Head

 ONE HAWK

17 / 144,265gt 14,020 teu Ex NYK HAWK 20.She was bound from London Gateway to 

Jebel Ali on the FE3 Service when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 2/4/21.When

 she compleats this voyage she is transfering to the North America East Coast Loop 2

( EC2) Service which doesn't call in N.Europe.

 

                                                Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 MTS PATHFINDER

She is seen passing Berry Head today on her way out in a easterly swell to land the deepsea

 pilot from One Hawk.

 ONLY 4 CRUISESHIPS HERE TODAY

The pictures are  taken from Berry Head 2/4/21.

                                                                  TORBAY

                                   EURODAM                           MARELLA EXPLORER

                                                          BABBACOMBE BAY

                                    ARCADIA                         MARELLA EXPLORER 2
 

 ZAANDAM

My last picture of Zaandam taken from Roundham Head 29/3.The next day she

sailed to Southampton and now she is on her way to Corfu to join Volendam.