Friday 30 July 2021

 OLD MEMORIES

GOLDEN HORIZON'S visit to Dartmouth was 1 day short of  8 years since this one.

WIND SURF 89 / 14,745gt 453 pass owned by Windstar Cruises Ltd,USA.

The 1st picture was taken early in the morning from Berry Head as she approached

Dartmouth from Portsmouth 12/7/2013.The 2nd was taken from Kingswear.




 CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE

11 / 122.210gt 2850 pass owned by Celebrity Cruises,USA.She came from Liverpool bound

for Portland but turned around as soon as she got there and headed back towards Babbacombe

 Bay. 6 miles out she turned and headed south to Start Point before heading N.East.

Her destination is Portland - Southampton where she is due tomorrow 0500.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive 30/7.


 MARELLA DISCOVERY

She left Torbay last night and wandered around Lyme Bay and then came back this morning

 into Babbacombe Bay.By 1830 she was heading for Portland.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive 30/7.


Wednesday 28 July 2021

 GOLDEN HORIZON

She was going to call at Dartmouth but instead came to Torquay from Falmouth and 

arrived early this morning.She left at 1615 for Poole with 4 mainsails set and  is about

 to unfurl a jibsail.Further out she furled the jibsail and a long way out she set another 

mainsail on the foremast.



                                        Pictures taken from Marine Drive 28/7.

Sunday 25 July 2021

Saturday 24 July 2021

 SKY PRINCESS

19 / 145,281gt 3560 pass owned by Princess Cruises Inc,USA and is the 4th ship in the

 Royal Class. She arrived in Babbacombe Bay this morning from Southampton.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive 24/7.
                                     Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs.


Friday 23 July 2021

 ONE HAMBURG

09 / 148,747 gt 9020 teu .She is on the FP1 Service and was bound from Le Havre

to Singapore when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today. This could be her

last voyage on this service.



                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head 23/7.

 MARELLA DISCOVERY

She arrived back in Torbay 18/7 from Portland, then moved out into the Deepwater Anchorage 21/7

This picture of her out there was taken from Berry  Head 23/7.


 

Saturday 17 July 2021

 MOL GRATITUDE

12 / 59,307gt 5605 teu on charter from Schulte,Germany.She was bound from Houston

 to Le Havre when she boarded a deepsea pilot off Brixham today.

                                                A long shot from Daddyhole Plain, 

                                                     MTS Pathfinder is alongside.


 

 

 GOLDEN HORIZON

When she left this evening for Cowes it was hoped she would set  her mainsails,

but she did put out 3 jibs and 11 staysails.I was told that as she got out by the 

Orestone she started to unfurl her mainsails.


 

                                                   Pictures taken from Daddyhole Plain.

 GOLDEN HORIZON

 

                                           The pilotboat leading her into the anchorage.

                                         Dropping the anchor at 1226.In the background

                                                                    is Arcadia.


 GOLDEN HORIZON

She is on a Long Weekend Cruise from Dover.She was under arrest in Dover and

missed out Cowes yesterday and came straight to Torquay. The following shots are

 taken from the pilotboat as we piloted her into Torbay.She is due to leave at 1830.




 MARELLA EXPLORER

She is on a 12 night East Coast Explorer Cruise from Southampton and arrived

at Torquay at 0805 this morning,She is due to leave for Portsmouth at 1630.

                                                Picture taken from the pilotboat 17/7/21.



Friday 16 July 2021

HMM  NURI CLASS

2 of the HMM NURI CLASS on their maiden vuyages piloted at Brixham tonight the 4th HMM

 HANBADA at sunset and the 5th HMM RAON 1.5 hrs later.HANBADA will return here in 2

weeks time but RAON leaves from Southampton.

HMM HANBADA

21 / 153,150gt 16,010 teu was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the FE4 Service when she

 boarded her deepsea pilot.On returning to China she moves to the FE3 Service.


                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 16/7/21.


Monday 12 July 2021

 HMM GARAM

21 / 153,150gt 16,010 teu.She is the 3rd in the HMM Nuri Class but only the 2nd one to 

call here.She is on the FE4 Service and was bound from Antwerp to Jebel Ali when she

 landed  her deepsea pilot and took on stores at Brixham this evening at sunset.These

 pictures were taken from Berry Head 12/7/21.

                                                  About to turn south 4 miles distant

                                                3.5 miles distant with the pilotboat 

                                                        MTS Valonia alongside

                                                 


Sunday 11 July 2021

 GOLDEN HORIZON



                                                                  At anchor.

 GOLDEN HORIZON

21 / 8770gt 272 pass, 140 cabins and 159 crew. She is a 5 masted Barque wth 42 sails and

 is the worlds largest square- rigged cruise ship. Owned by DIV Group Ltd,Croatia and 

chartered to Tradewind Voyages,UK she is doing dress rehearsal cruises with 136 passengers

 before her inaugural 5 night cruise on the 19th July from Dover.She came from Fowey to

 Dartmouth this morning and anchored in the mouth of the River Dart at 0736. Her 2 diesel

 generators that power the 2 independent electric propulsion motors exhaust out of the last 

2 mast tops.All the pictures were taken from Kingswear.She left at 1800 for Poole.





Friday 9 July 2021

 ONE BLUE JAY 

16/ 145,251gt 14,026 teu Ex NYK BLUE JAY 19. She operates on the FP2 Service

and was bound from Antwerp to Jeddah when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham

 this evening. All 4 pictures taken from the pilotboat 9/7/21.



                                      



 AZUL ACE

21 / 72,705gt 7200 cars .She is MOL's newest vehicle carrier and is on her way back to

Japan after completing her maiden voyage. .She was bound from Amsterdam to Koper

 when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday evening.



                                        Pictures taken fron the pilot boat 8/7/21.

Wednesday 7 July 2021

 REGAL PRINCESS

She came from Portland and anchored this morning in Babbacombe Bay.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive 7/7.


 BRITANNIA

On a 3 day cruise from Southampton, as she headed back she came up from the south this time

and is seen passing Marine Drive this evening.




Tuesday 6 July 2021

 SCARLET LADY

These 2 pictures were taken as she turned off Teignmouth.



 

 SCARLET LADY

20 / 108,192gt 2800 pass.She is the 1st ship in the Lady Ship Class of 3 for Virgin Voyages.

She is the largest ship to dock in Portsmouth from where she is going to operate 3 and 4 day 

UK Coastal Cruises.She left Portsmouth yesterday evening and has spent today going up and 

down the S.Devon coast.These 2 pictures were taken from Marine Drive this evening as she

 headed up to Teignmouth in the gloom and on her way back down towards Berry Head.






Sunday 4 July 2021

 ONE HANNOVER

06 / 98,747gt 9040 teu .Built as Hannover Bridge renamed in 2019.She is on the FP1 Service

and was bound from Le Havre to Singapore when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham

this evening.

                                From Berry Head  4/7/21, no setting sun for this one.


Friday 2 July 2021

 BRITANNIA

 On her 2 day cruise from Southampton around the Channel and Lyme Bay she was 3 miles

 off Berry Head in the gloom that you could just about see her this afternoon  and I managed

 to get this picture of her.


 


Thursday 1 July 2021

 MARELLA DISCOVERY



                                  This picture was taken from Overgang,Brixham as she 

                                       was heading out of the Bay passing the Orestone.

 MARELLA DISCOVERY

The next 3 pictures were taken from the pilotboat as she got ready to leave Torbay for Ijmuiden for 

a refit.



                                   Raising the anchor with Arcadia in the background.

 ONE OWL

17 / 146,416gt 14,026 teu.She was NYK OWL and only came to N.Europe once in

October 2020.In December 2020 she had a scrubber fitted was repainted and renamed

by 1/1/21. This is the first time she has come to N.Europe as ONE OWL and was bound

 from Colombo to Rotterdam on the FP2 Service when she boarded her deepsea pilot at 

Brixham this evening.



                                        Pictures taken from the pilotboat 1/7/21.