TRANQUIL ACE

09 / 58,939gt 6233 cars She was bound from Portbury to Rotterdam and coming to board

her deepsea pilot but the pilotboat had no record of her coming here so she is slow steaming 

 waiting for a pilot  to get here.In the end she did not take a pilot.

 ONE GRUS

19 / 146,694gt 14,026 teu owned by NYK and operates on the FP2 Service.

She was bound from Colombo to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea 

pilot at Brixham today. The ship had to hang about because the pilot was

late arriving on the train.

 TUBUL

11 / 88586gt 8005 teu.She is a CSAV,Chile ship that was merged into the Hapag Lloyd

fleet in 2014.She was bound from Hamburg to New York on the AL2 Service and landed

 a pilot at Brixham today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 SHIPS BEING SERVICED BY THE PILOTBOAT TODAY

LEFT- TUBUL, CENTRE- ONE GRUS, RIGHT- TRANQUIL ACE

                                                      BERRY HEAD 29/5

Tranquil Ace did not pilot here in the end.

 6233 DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND 1 of 3 Princess Coronation Class.

 The South Devon Explorer was running from Woking to Plymouth and back..

It was steam hualed from Bristol to Plymouth to Taunton.She is seen here

pulling up the Dainton Bank and approaching Dainton Tunnel.

 

 MOL TRUTH

17 / 210,678gt 20,184 teu.She is on the FE2 Service and bound from Tanger Med 11 to

Southampton.She anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage 24/5 and is not due to berth in

Southampton until Tuesday night.31/5.

                                       Picture taken from Marine Drive 25/5.

 ONE EAGLE

16 / 145,251gt 14026 teu Ex NYK EAGLE 19.She operates on the FP2 Service

and was bound from Colombo to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot 

at Brixham today.

                                 Pictures taken from Berry Head in the heat haze 22/5.

 NYK RUMINA

10 / 55,487gt 5000 teu.She operates on the AL5 Service and was bound from Antwerp to

Halifax when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head 14/5.

 MERCURY ACE

11 / 59,409gt 6109 cars She was bound from Vigo to Bremerhaven when yesterday she anchored

 in the Deepwater Anchorage because she is not due in Bremerhaven until next Thursday.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head 14/5.

 NSU BRAZIL

20 / 197,453gt 399,821 dwt ore carrier managed by NS United Kaiun Kaisha Ltd,Japan.

She was bound from Rotterdam to Ponta Da Madeira,Brazil when she landed her deepsea

 pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                         Pictures taken from Berry Head 13/5.

 GUNNERY SGT FRED W. STOCKHAM T - AK 3017

UNITED STATES MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND

She is bound from Nordenham to Rota,Spain and landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham

 this afternoon.

                                         Pictures taken from Berry Head 12/5.

 ARCADIA

Today she anchored in Torbay for the 3rd time

                                         Picture taken from Berry Head 6/5.
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 ZEKREET

98 / 111,124gt 137,482 cu m LNG Tanker owned by Qatargas and managed by K Line 

Energy Ship Management.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Valetta when she landed

 her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.This is the first 5 dome LNG tanker I have

 photographed.

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head 6/5.

 GUNNERY SGT.FRED W STOCKHAM  T-AK 3017

She was built as the containership LICA MAERSK in 1981 and aquired by USMSC in 1993 

and converted to a roro and entered service as USNS WILLIAM A.SODERMAN 55,123 tons

 full load in 1997. In 2000 she was transfered to the Maritime Prepositioning Force Squadron

 2 and given her present name.She was bound from Sunny Point, Brunswick County, N.Carolina 

to Nordenham  when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham.She boarded a pilot here 

19/6/1999 as Soderman.

                                             Pictures taken from Waterside 5/5.

 MARAN PENELOPE

09 / 79,936gt owned by Maran Tankers Management Inc,Greece.She was bound from

Rotterdam to Await orders somewhere and landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this

evening.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 4/5.