AZUL ACE

21 / 72,705gt  7200 cars She is 199m x 38m, a new class of ship in the new livery with

 a wider beam than any in the fleet She is on her maiden voyage from Kawasaki via

 Hiroshima,Singapore,Piraeus,Livorno and Barcelona to Antwerp and boarded her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham today. She is also calling at Rotterdam, Amsterdam and 

Zeebrugge.

                                These picture were taken 30/6/21 in the haze from 

                                Oyster Cove when she was at least 5 miles distant.

 REGAL PRINCESS

Taking advantage of the superb weather conditions this afternoon 25/6/21.

                                                      From Marine Drive

                                                         From Labrador Bay

 WAIKIKI'S FUNNEL MODIFICATION TO INCLUDE A SCRUBBER.

 WAIKIKI

17 / 61,418gt owned by TMS Tankers Ltd,Greece.She was bound from Ingleside,Texas

to Fawley when she boarded her deepsea pilot.

 

 EAGLE KUCHING

09 / 60,379gt owned by AET INC LTD.Bermuda.She was en route from Corpus Christi

to Immingham when she boarded her deepsea pilot.

 MTS PILOTED 3 SHIPS YESTERDAY EVENING AT BRIXHAM

All pictures taken from the pilotboat MTS Valonia. 23/6/21.

FIRMAMENT ACE

06 / 60,118gt 5232 cars owned by Mitsui OSK Line,Japan.She was bound from Zeebrugge

to Santos when she landed her deepsea pilot.

 2 PICTURES OF REGAL PRINCESS TAKEN FROM BABBACOMBE DOWNS

 REGAL PRINCESS

14 / 142,714gt 3600 pass owned by Princess Cruises Inc,USA.She has been laid up at

 Moni,Cyprus since last June.She had come from Southampton this afternoon and is 

now laid up in Babbacombe Bay. She is the 21st cruiseship to lay up off the South Devon

coast since the first was Arcadia 9/6/20 in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                      Picture taken from Labrador Bay this evening 22/6/21

 HEBRIDEAN SKY

91 / 4200gt 114 pass 72 crew originally built as Renaissance VII now owned by Fleetpro

 Ocean Inc,USA and operated by Noble Caledonia,UK. She is the first cruiseship into

 Dartmouth this year and is on a 7 nights Summer in the Isles cruise from Portsmouth

calling at Dartmouth, Fowey, Lundy and the Isles of Scilly. She will also call at Dartmouth

on 8th July during a second cruise from Portsmouth.

                                          Pictures taken from Kingswear 21/6/21

                                        

 R09 PRINCE OF WALES

She is still around here doing sea training and was anchored off Torbay yesterday.

She was 6 miles out from Waterside in the gloom.

 46100 ROYAL SCOT

She was hualing the English Riviera Express from Bristol to Kingswear yesterday and is

seen passing Waterside. She had the Diesel D1635 Roger Hosking MA pushing her

to reduce the risk of lineside fires.

 MARELLA EXPLORER

She is seen from the pilotboat as she was about to leave Torbay for a couple of days

and will then return to the Deepwater Anchorage 15/6.She wiill arrive at Southampton 

18/6 to get ready for doing UK port cruises which start 25/6 from Southampton.

                                                                Upping anchor

                                                             Getting underway.

 GLOVIS COUNTESS

10 / 60,213gt 6340 cars.Built as CSAV RIO GEIKE and was renamed GLOVIS COUNTESS

by Hyundai in 2013. Dong-A-Tanker Corp,S,Korea became her owners in 2016 and she was 

still chartered to Glovis.She has her original livery and  Dong-A-Tanker funnel colours. She

 was bound from San Francisco to Zeebrugge when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham

 today. From past records it appears she only visits N.Europe once a year.

                                        Pictures taken from the pilotboat 12/6/21.

 BLANDINE

09 / 52,726gt 5303 teu.She is one of the smallest containerships with this type of two island 

configuration and is managed by Peter Dohle,Germany and registered in Portugal.She is on

 charter to ONE and was bound from Antwerp to Singapore on the FE3 Service when she

 landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                          Pictures taken from the pilotboat 11/6/21.

 THE 3 MARELLA'S IN TORBAY

As seen from the pilotboat today.

       L TO R  MARELLA DISCOVERY, MARELLA EXPLORER 2, MARELLA EXPLORER
 

 QUEEN VICTORIA

 QUEEN VICTORIA

Arriving back in Torbay from Portland at 1730 today.Pictures taken from the pilotboat.

 3 MARELLA CRUISE SHIPS IN TORBAY

With the arrival of Marella Explorer from Ijmuiden this morning this is the first time

that 3 Marella's have been seen in Torbay.

                                          L - R   MARELLA EXPLORER 2,ARCADIA,

                                    MARELLA DISCOVERY, MARELLA EXPLORER

                                            Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 7/6.

 CATANIA

12 / 1905gt managed by Fehn Ship Management,Germany.She arrived at Teignmouth

in ballast from Cowes and is loading ball clay for Gaeta,Italy.

 

                                                          Picture taken 7/6/21.

 46100 ROYAL SCOT

She was hualing the English Riviera Express from Bristol to Kingswear and back today.

She coaled at Churston then went on the turntable before heading for Paignton to water

 and returning to Kingswear. 

 HYUNDAI GOODWILL

08 / 52,581gt 4922 teu Her last voyage was on the China to Indonesia Service now she is on

 the FE4 Service but only called at 3 ports Busan,South Korea, Rotterdam and Hamburg and

 this is a one off voyage because she is changing to another service when she gets back She

 is seen landing her deepsea pilot at Brixham bound from Hamburg to Busan. Hyundai

Prestige made one voyage to N.Europe and Hyundai Paramount is about to start one.

                                       Pictures taken from the pilotboat 6/6/21.