Monday 31 October 2022

 SCHELDE  HIGHWAY

93 / 8659gt 750 cars.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Dublin and got as far as

passing Start Point and then decided to come up to Torbay to shelter.

                                            About to drop anchor off Brixham.
                                            Picture taken from Waterside.


 COE ANNA

12 / 6668gt owned by Michael Braren,Germany.She is on her way from

Southampton where she loaded her deck cargo of 6 Sunseeker superyachts 

and 1 sailing yacht and is bound for Gibraltar.She came into Torbay early

 this morning to shelter.

                                            Picture taken from Brixham.
                                             Picture taken from Waterside.


 F363 NIELS JUEL

11 / 6645tons a Danish Iver Huitfeldt Class Air Defence Frigate.She arrived

at Plymouth  yesterday from Korsor and is seen this morning going out on

 FOST training.Pictures taken from Jennycliff.




Sunday 30 October 2022

 VIKING SENTINEL

22 / 2030gt an Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel owned by Sentinel Marine, UK.

She is on charter as a fishery protection vessel in International and EU waters for the

 European Fishery Control Agency.She had come from the Tyne and is sheltering in

 Babbacombe Bay.


                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 30/10.


Saturday 29 October 2022

 HMM ST PETERSBURG

20 / 232,311gt 23,820 teu.She is on the FE4 Service and was bound from Hamburg

to Tangermed when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.



                                     Pictures taken from Berry Head 29/10.

Friday 28 October 2022

 ONE TRIBUTE

17 / 212,158gt 20170 teu.She is on the FE2 Service and was bound from 

Rotterdam to Singapore when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham.

She was originally MOL TRIBUTE and was renamed 1/8/22 and is the 

1st renamed large MOL to call here in daylight.She is nearly fully loaded 

with containers stacked 11 high on deck.These are the largest ships in the

 ONE Fleet.


                                        Pictures taken from Berry Head 28/10.




Thursday 27 October 2022

 THOR HEYERDAHL

31 / 211gt She is a topsail schooner A sail training ship.which is the flagship of the High

 Seas High School,Germany. She was on her way from Kiel to Falmouth and stopped off 

at Brixham for 11 hours today.

                                           Picture taken from Battery Gardens.26/10.
 


Sunday 23 October 2022

 ADAM ASNYK

09 / 24,115gt owned by Chinese - Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co,China / Poland.

She is a general cargo ship with 2 x 320 ton and 2 x 50 ton cranes and has capacity

 for 1904 teu.She was bound from Antwerp to Gijon and it looked like she was

 going to pilot here but she ended up in the Deepwater Anchorage sheltering.


 

                                         Pictures taken from Berry Head 23/10.


 MALACCA HIGHWAY

The next day and she is still in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head 23/10.


Saturday 22 October 2022

 MALACCA HIGHWAY

01 / 17,595gt 1250 cars operated by K Line European Services ( KESS ).She was

bound from Sheerness to Pasajes when she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage

 to shelter this afternoon.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive 22/10.


 SHAYBAH

08 / 162,252gt 319,429 dwt Ex Vega Star 14 owned by Bahri,Saudi Arabia.She

 was bound from Sidi Kerir,Egypt to Rotterdam.when she boarded her deepsea 

pilot at Brixham  this morning.Pictures taken from Berry Head 22/10.




 TENACIOUS motoring out of Torbay this morning on her way to Falmouth.She got as far

 as Dartmouth then came back to anchor off Brixham.

                                       Picture taken from Berry Head 22/10.


Friday 21 October 2022

 AL JASRA




 AL JASRA

2000 / 111,168gt 137,227 cu m.She is owned by Qatar Energy Trading LLC and 

managed by NYK Shipmanagement,Japan.This is her first visit to N.Europe in

at least 10 years She loaded at Ras Laffan for Zeebrugge and was heading back

 to Port Said when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.Pictures

 taken from Berry Head 21/10.The wind was gusting Force 8 (gale force ).





 TENACIOUS 2000 / 586gt

She had come from Portland and is anchored off Brixham.

                                 Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham 21/10.


Thursday 20 October 2022

 D553 ANDREA DORIA

07 / 7050 tons full load.She is a Horizon Class Air Defence Destroyer a joint project

of France, 2 ships the Forbin Class and Italy, 2 ships the Andrea Doria Class. She has

  called at Plymouth and Portsmouth and crossed Lyme Bay this afternoon and was

 heading south past Torbay when I took this picture from Meadfoot Beach.She has no AIS.



                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive

 FRI BERGEN

09 / 3442gt managed by Kopervik Shipmanagement,Poland and registered

 in Norway. She was bound from Southampton to Tarragona,Spain when she

 came into Babbacombe Bay to shelter today.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive 20/10


Saturday 15 October 2022

 NEPTUN MARINER 15 / 255 gt workboat towing the crane  barge NP 537.

both owned by Neptune Marine Service BV,Holland,They had come from Dordrecht 

and are bound for Las Palmas.



 PELICAN OF LONDON

48 / 226 tons She is a barquentine rigged sail training ship and had arrived from

Ijmuiden.



 3 SHIPS ANCHORED IN TORBAY

All pictures taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.15/10.

P282 HMS SEVERN 03 / 1677tons fishery protection vessel. She had come from Portsmouth.



Thursday 13 October 2022

 DIAMOND GAS ROSE

18 / 144,238gt  owned by Diamond Gas International,Singapore.She was bound

 from Dunkirk to Lake Charles,Louisiana when she landed her deepsea pilot at

Brixham today 13/10.



                                              Pictures taken from Berry Head.

Saturday 8 October 2022

 HMM COPENHAGEN

20 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu. She is on the FE4 Service and was bound from

Algeciras to Rotterdam when she anchored Wednesday evening 5/10 in the 

Deepwater Anchorage to await a berth in Rotterdam.

                                   Picture taken Friday 7/10 from Marine Drive
 


Wednesday 5 October 2022

 ONE HONOLULU

12 / 98,800gt 9600 teu.She was K Lines Honolulu Bridge until  1/12/19

when she was renamed by One and is on their FP1 Service.She was bound

 from Singapore to Rotterdam when she boarded her deep sea pilot at Brixham

this morning and then proceeded to anchor in the Deepwater Anchorage

to await a berth in Rotterdam.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive 5/10.


Monday 3 October 2022

 ENERGY GLORY

These 2 pictures were taken at sunset when she was 2.5 miles away.




 ENERGY GLORY

19 / 121,981gt 165,000 cu m.She is owned by NYK / TOKYO GAS and they have

a 20 year contract to ship gas from the Cove Point Offshore LNG Terminal,Lusby

Maryland,USA.She was bound from Cove Point to Rotterdam when she boarded her 

deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.Pictures taken from Berry Head 3/10.

                                       This picture was taken 1/2 hr before sunset when

                                                   she was 5 miles away doing 9 kts.


Saturday 1 October 2022

 NYK ROMULUS 10 / 55,487 gt 4888 teu sistership to NYK DAEDALUS.

was en route from Antwerp to Halifax when she landed her deepsea pilot.




 DUKE 10 / 42,604 gt 81,502 dwt .She is managed by Trust Bulkers Ltd,Greece

and was bound from Ust Luga,Russia with a cargo of coal to Port Said when she

 landed her deepsea pilot.




 IN 1 HOUR 3 SHIPS WERE PILOTED THIS AFTERNOON.

All the pictures taken from Berry Head 1/10.

NYK DAEDALUS 07 / 55,847gt 4888 teu.She was bound from Houston

to Le Havre when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham.