SEASPAN KOBE

11 / 46,444gt 4526 teu.She was chartered from Seaspan Corp,Canada to K Line from

 new as Bilbao Bridge and renamed 1/11/21 but is still chartered to K Line.She is on 

the South East India - Europe Express ( IEX ) Service which is operated by Hapag

 Lloyd,ONE,Yang Ming and Cosco and was bound from Piraeus to Rotterdam when

 she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 CUBAL

12 / 100,732gt 160,723 cu m. She is owned by Angola LNG Supply Services,Houston

and managed by NYK Shipmanagement,UK.She was bound from Soyo,Angola to 

Dunkirk when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

 

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head

 BLANCO ACE

21 / 72,707gt 6800 cars.She is one of the Flexie Series and was bound from

Barcelona to Zeebrugge when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

This is the first time she has called  here.

                                               Pictures taken from Berry Head with

                                             the pilotboat heading back into Brixham

 MAERSK KANSAS

07 / 50,686gt 4154 teu. She was bound from Bremerhaven to Norfolk when

she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head

 FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND WAS,

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

10 / 44,459 gt 4432 teu She is operated by ONE on their Atlantic Loop no 4

and was bound from Houston to Le Havre when she boarded her deepsea pilot

at Brixham.

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 2 SHIPS PILOTED TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON.

DIAMOND GAS VICTORIA

21 / 117,564gt 174,000 cu m.She is operated by Diamond Gas International and managed by

NYK.She was bound from Lake Charles,Louisiana and is awaiting orders for a discharge

 port when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham.

                                              Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 SUPREME ACE

11 / 59,022gt 6163 cars.She was bound from Emden to Davisville when 

she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today then went out into Lyme

 Bay to steam shelter at 1.4 -10 knots.

                                          Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain after the

                                                            pilotboat had left her

 ANNIKA BRAREN

20 / 2991gt managed by Roerd Braren Bereederungs,Germany.She was bound

 from Varberg to La Pallice and is sheltering in Torbay.On the bow is a Flettner

Rotor.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 MAXINE

2000 / 21,005 gt 180 trailers.She was built as Slingeborg for Wagonborg and

bought by CLDN in 2021 and renamed.She was bound from Zeebrugge to

 Santander and is now sheltering in the Deepwater Anchorage.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 FINNECO 1

22 / 64,575gt 410 trailers.She was built in China to a Grimaldi design.She is

sheltering 7 miles out from Marine Drive and is en route from Zeebrugge to Bilbao.

 

 

 

 HILKE

10 / 11,473gt.She was built as Palabora for Harren and Partner,Germany and

renamed in 2019.She was bound from Rosyth to Torbay and is sheltering off

 Maidencombe.She is equipped with 2 x 450 ton cranes.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 ONE TRADITION

Anchored in Lyme Bay sheltering.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 ONE TRADITION

This shot shows the wind deflector which is going to be trialed on 6 of these ships.

 ONE TRADITION

17 / 210,678gt 20,170 teu She was originally MOL TRADITION and renamed

1/10/22.She  was repainted and had a wind deflector fitted and a srubber alongside 

the existing the funnel.She is on her first voyageas a ONE ship and operates on the

 FE2 Service and was bound from Rotterdam to Singapore when she landed her 

 deepsea pilot at Brixham about midday.She then proceeded  into Lyme Bay and

 anchored  to shelter.

                                              Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 GOPHER STATE

At anchor off Brixham and has been sheltering since Thursday 12/1.

                                             Picture taken from Battery Gardens.
 

 VERENA

09 / 2545gt Managed by Hermann Lohmann Bereederungs,Germany.She was 

bound from Ijmuiden to Pasajes when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                            Picture taken from Paignton Seafront.

CELLUS

98 / 4231gt managed by Roerd  Braren Bereederungs ,Germany and was

 bound from Karlshamm to Pasajes when she sheltered in Babbacombe Bay.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 SUPRA

06 / 10,299gt owned by Supra Seaway Ltd,Malta.She has been sheltering since

10/1 in the Deepwater Anchorage and is bound from Klaipeda to Damietta.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.

YASA HAWK

17 / 29593gt Oil/ Chem Tk managed by Steamship Co Norden Ltd,Denmark.She was en route 

from Port Jerome to New York when she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage to shelter.

                                             Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 2 WILSON SISTERSHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY

WILSON DURNESS 08/2452 gt bound from Mongstad to Tarragona and behind her is

WILSON DUNDEE  09/2452gt bound from Ijmuiden to Porto Nogara,Italy.

                                            Picture taken from Preston Seafront.

 GOPHER STATE

She left the Torbay yesterday and sailed nearly  as far as Portland and came back into Torbay

this morning.

                                            Picture taken from Preston Seafront

 FAUSTINE

21 / 50,455gt 360 trailers.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Dublin when 

she anchored in Torbay this morning to shelter.

                                           Picture taken from Preston Seafront
 

                                             Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain.

 GOPHER STATE

She is still anchored in Torbay.

                                            Picture taken from Preston Seafront.
 

 OSLO FOREST 3

12 / 6693gt She was bound from Ventspils to Sfax,Tunisia when she sheltered

 in Lyme Bay. She left this afternoon.

                                             Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 BG ONYX

10 / 7852gt She was bound from Rotterdam to Belfast when she sheltered in

Babbacombe Bay.She left this afternoon.

                                           Picture taken from Babacombe Downs 9/1.

 SAMSKIP ENDEAVOUR

11 / 7852 gt She was bound from Rotterdam to Dublin when she anchored 

in the Deepwater Anchorage to shelter.

 MARSTAL MAERSK

14 / 194,849gt 18,340 teu she was bound from Rotterdam to Salalah,Oman when

she came up into Lyme Bay on Friday and has been not so slow steam sheltering

 ever since in 15 mile diameter circles She was 15 miles away doing 11 kts when

 this picture was taken.

 ANGELA

10 / 3493gt a Belgian LPG tanker that was on her way from Tees to Brest

and sheltered off Maidencombe.

 

 GLOVIS SPLENDOR

14/ 64,751gt 7300 cars She was bound from Emden to Veracruz,Mexico

and sheltered in Lyme Bay.

 GLOVIS CONDOR

11 / 60,306 gt 6000 cars She was en route from Southampton to Suez

and sheltered in Lyme Bay.

 HMM STOCKHOLM

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

to Tangermed when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning and then

slow steam sheltered in Lyme Bay.She was 4 miles south of Marine Drive about to

enter a squall.

                                           Approaching the pilot station.

THE WEEKEND BOUGHT SHIPS INTO THE BAYS AND LYME BAY TO SHELTER.

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALL PHOTOGRAPHED FROM MARINE DRIVE 8/1/23.

MEISHAN BRIDGE

15 / 152.068gt 13,570 teu Owned by K Line and operated by ONE on their FE5 Service.

She was bound from London Gateway to Jeddah when she landed her deepsea pilot at

 Brixham yesterday evening and then sheltered in the Deepwater Anchorage.

 CHANG SHIN

Rolling well before she came in closer to pilot.

 CHANG SHIN

99 / 9233gt 850 cars.She was built as Feederpilot renamed Neckar Highway

in 2005 and in the last 6 days has been renamed Chang Shin the new owners 

are unknown.She was bound from Grimsby to Valletta when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.She had to come into the edge of the

Bay because she was rolling too much and then piloted in a squall.These pictures

were taken as she came out of the squall and passed  Berry Head.Another KESS

ship Main Highway was renamed Won Shin yesterday and is on her way to Malta.

Their new owners are Samjoo Maritime,S.Korea.

 GOPHER STATE

The pilotboat is acting as a tender while she is here.

                                              Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain.

                                            Picture taken from Meadfoot Beach.

 GOPHER STATE

After spending the night steaming around Lyme Bay she anchored in 

Torbay at 0900 this morning to shelter.We have had 2 crane ships in the Bay

 in 3 weeks using 1966 and 1973 built containerships.She has 2 x twin 30 ton

 cranes mounted on the starboardside.

                                          Pictures taken from Breakwater Beach.

 TWO SHIPS SHELTERING.

Pictures taken from Berry Head.5/1/23.

GALATEA 07 / 3672gt. In Torbay

                            

 

HURST  POINT 02/23,235gt In Lyme Bay

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 GOPHER STATE

73 / 17,821gt.She was built as the containership Export Leader for American Export

Line and aquired by U S Military Sealift Command in 1988,She was renamed  and

 converted to an Auxilairy Crane Ship and is home based at Newport News.

I was hoping she was going to land a pilot here but she got to within 7 miles of

Berry Head when the picture was taken and turned around and headed back east.

She was bound from Nordenham to an unknown destination. 

Now she is slow steam sheltering around Lyme Bay.