OOSTERDAM

She is the last Holland America Line ship here and she will finally leave here for the 

Netherlands at 1600 Thurs 3/6.The 4 ships here now are from 4 different Cruise lines and will

be joined by MARELLA EXPLORER at 1100 tomorrow.

 THE OTHER 2 SHIPS IN TORBAY ARE

QUEEN VICTORIA

 ARCADIA

She arrived at 1440 from Portland Anchorage.

 

 2 CRUISESHIPS RETURNED TO TORBAY THIS AFTERNOON

All thses pictures were taken from the pilotboat 28/5.

The first one arriving at 1400 was MARELLA DISCOVERY from alongside at Portland.

 HELIOS RAY

15 / 71,177gt 7700 cars She is owned by Ray Shipping Ltd,Israel and was chartered to K Line as 

Helios Highway until 7/2020 when she was renamed Helios Ray. She was bound from Antwerp

to the Far East when she landed her deepsea pilot ar Brixham.

                                              Pictures taken from Marine Drive 27/5

 TWO VEHICLE CARRIERS PILOTED OFF BRIXHAM YESTERDAY

L - HELIOS RAY R - AURIGA LEADER

AURIGA LEADER 08 / 60,213gt 6500 cars.She was bound from Barcelona to Antwerp when 

she boarded her deepsea pilot.

                                         Pictures taken from Marine Drive 27/5.

 MOONRISE FROM PAIGNTON SEAFRONT TONIGHT

 ONE FALCON

17 /144,277gt 14,026 teu.She is on the FP2 Service and is bound from Colombo toRotterdam.

She doesn't berth until Sunday 30th so with her arrival here this Sunday she had lots of time to

 kill so she slow steamed in the middle of  Lyme Bay. Then on Monday she anchored 

out there.On Tuesday she came in and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage.She is due to

 board her deepsea pilot and leave Saturday morning.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive 26/5/21.

 MARINE DRIVE THIS EVENING

MARELLA EXPLORER leaving Torbay for Southampton.

MARELLA EXPLORER 2 Returned from Portland and is in the Deepwater Anchorage

RO9 HMS PRINCE OF WALES

 R09 HMS PRINCE OF WALES.

This afternoon she was off the S.Devon coast heading south when she turned to starboard

and headed N.West towards Marine Drive and then south again and then east towards Portland.

I'd gone to Marine Drive for the bulk carrier and ended up with these 4 pictures.She was 5

 miles away doing 12kts.in the first 2 and 9 kts in the last 2.

 FEDERAL SWIFT

12 / 24,196gt owned by Fednav Ltd,Canada.She was bound from Muuga,Estonia

to Santos,Brazil when she came into Lyme Bay and is now sheltering in the Deepwater

Anchorage.

                                          Seen from Marine Drive getting ready to anchor

 SYN ZANIA

08 / 3836gt LPG Tanker owned by Syn Zania Shipping Ltd,Italy and managed

by Synergas Srl,Italy.She came fron Terneuzen and is awaiting orders in Babbacombe

Bay.

                                         Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 QUEEN VICTORIA

Pictures taken from Paignton Seafront.

4 CRUISESHIPS IN TORBAY Lto R, MARELLA EXPLORER,OOSTERDAM

MARELLA DISCOVERY AND QUEEN VICTORIA

 QUEEN VICTORIA

07 / 90049gt 2014 pass.She left Babbacombe Bay because of the bad weather and wandered 

upto Margate then came back into Torbay.This is her first time in Torbay. 

Pictures taken from Battery Gardens.

                                                       Approaching Torbay

                                                                At anchor.

 MARELLA EXPLORER

Arriving back in Torbay this morning. 

                                    Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.

 ARRIVING BACK THIS AFTERNOON.

After the last 2 days of rough weather which saw all the cruiseship leave Babbacombe Bay

Weymouth Bay and only OOSTERDAM stayed in Torbay.Pictures taken from BerryHead.

                                              ARCADIA approaching Babbacombe Bay

                                       MARELLA DISCOVERY about to anchor in Torbay

 

SHELTERING IN BABBACOMBE BAY

ELBSAILOR 12 / 12514gt bound from Bremerhaven to Tangermed.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive

SHELTERING IN TORBAY TODAY

LADY DIANA 10 / 2862gt bound from Liepaja to Plymouth.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head.
 

 SHELTERING IN BABBACOMBE BAY THIS MORNING.

ANTON  10 / 2997gt bound from Terneuzen to Cadiz.

PALATINE   09 / 31340gt bound from Rotterdam to Leixoes.

                                            Pictures taken from Marine Drive

 HMM LE HAVRE

20 / 228,283gt 23,964 teu She is no longer one of the worlds largest containerships as of

yesterday EVER ACE 23,992 teu just 28 more is now the largest.

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

 her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.Because of the bad weather she came to within 

2 miles of Berry Head where the pictures were taken from 21/5/21.

 DIAMOND GAS SAKURA

19 / 144,828gt 165,000 cubic metre LNG Tanker owned by Diamond Gas International,

Singapore a subsidiary of Mitsubishi and managed by NYK.She is part of the US Cameron

 LNG Project and was carrying a cargo from Lake Charles,Louisiana to the Isle of Grain when

 she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham today.This is the first time she has called here and

 the first time she has visited N.Europe.

                                         Pictures taken from the pilotboat 19/5/21.

 H88 HMS ENTERPRISE

03 / 3500 tonnes Echo Class Survey Ship

She had just anchored in Anchorage 6 in Torbay.this evening.

                                            Picture taken from the pilotboat.

 HARMONY LEADER

11 / 58,767gt 6700 cars.She is on charter from Ray Car Carriers and was en route from

Livorno to Bremerhaven when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.

                                           Pictures taken from the pilotboat.

 HMM COPENHAGEN

20 / 228,283gt 23,964 teu.She is on the FE2 Service and was bound from Singapore

to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                           Pictures taken from the pilotboat 18/5/21.

 OLYMPIC LADY

17 / 154,895gt 299,506 dwt owned by Olympic Shipping & Management SA,Greece.

She was bound from Mongstad,Norway to Cape Town but is awaiting orders and will

probably end up in China.She landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

 

                                            Pictures taken from the pilotboat.

 GLOVIS SYMPHONY

14 / 64,650gt 7300 cars.She was bound from Durban to Bremerhaven and arrived

yesterday afternoon but was too early to board her deepsea pilot at Brixham so she

 slow steamed in Lyme Bay until this morning.

                                     Pictures taken from the pilotboat 16/5/21.

 QUEEN ELIZABETH

She came from Portland and anchored in Babbacombe Bay this afternoon.She is doing 

a crew transfer with Queen Victoria and leaves tomorrow.Pictures taken from Marine Drive.

                          This time I got a picture with Cunard's 3 Queen's and P & O's Arcadia

                                 L to R Queen Mary 2,Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria

 GRAND COSMO

06 / 59,217gt 6500cars owned by Cido Shipping Hong Kong.She was bound

 from Boston to Hamburg when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                         Pictures taken from Berry Head 15/5/21.