MOL PROFICIENCY

07 / 71,906gt 6350 teu She is on charter from Schulte,Germany and operates on

the ONE's South Africa Rainbow Express Service ( SRX ).She was bound from 

Bremerhaven to Algeciras when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

Other ports of call are Coega,Durban and Cape Town.

                                                 Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 ON MARINETRAFFIC THIS ONE APPEARS AS M34 MIDDLETON

WHEREAS IT IS ACTUALLY D36 DEFENDER 12 / 7350 tons the 5th

in the Type 45 class.She came from Portsmouth and anchored in Torbay 

2 days ago.

                                                Picture taken from Breakwater car park

                                                                     Brixham 24/6

 THE WORLD

02 / 43,188gt owned by ResidenSea Ltd ,Norway.She visits ports the residents

want to go to today she is at Dartmouth yesterday she was at Fowey.

                                                     Picture taken from Kingswear.

 ONE MILLAU

15 / 150,709gt 13,870 teu .She was originally K. Lines Millau Bridge and was renamed

and repainted 1/2/20.She operates on ONE's FE5 Service and was bound from Colombo

 to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening  in the dark

at 2146. This is her first time into N.Europe since Feb 2021.

                                                Pictures taken from Berry Head 16/6.

 CAPE KNOX

78 / 35,058gt Ro - Ro Containership originally built as Nedlloyd Rouen and

 was aquired by United States Military Sealift Command as part of the Ready

 Reserve Force who renamed her Cape Knox in 1995.She was bound from

Nordenham to New Orleans her homeport when she landed her deepsea pilot

 and boarded 1 crew member early this morning, 0600 at Brixham.

                                                      Pictures taken from Berry Head.

                                         She has a quarter ramp 50m x 12m x swl 400tons

 SEA CLOUD SPIRIT

 SEA CLOUD SPIRIT

21 / 4228gt 136 pass 85 crew.She is a fully rigged 3 masted Barque laid down as

 Sea Cloud Hussar in 2009 but not completed as the ship yard went bankrupt.Work

resumed in 2018 when she was aquired by Sea Cloud Cruises,Germany.She is on a

 British  Summer Ahead Cruise 8 nights one way from Dover to Dublin.She arrived

at Dartmouth this morning at 0700 from St Peter Port and left for Tresco at 1500.

 LNG SAKURA

 LNG SAKURA

18 / 135,927gt 137,227 cubic metres.Managed by NYK Shipmanagement,Japan.

She was bound from Brunsbuettel,Germany to a Texas port  when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.All the pictures are taken from

 Berry Head 6/6/23.

 BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT

TORBAY AIR SHOW 4/6/2023

Top Hurricane, the last one built.

Centre Lancaster,only 2 flying in the world.

Bottom Spitfire, in D-Day markings

 THE RED ARROWS ROUNDING BERRY HEAD ON SUNDAY

 VIVIRT CITY LNG

21 / 116,299gt 174,00 cubic metres She is managed by H - Line Shipping,S.Korea and

 was bound from Cameron,Texas to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at

 Brixham Sunday 4/6.She has been to N.Europe before but this is her first time here.

                                                Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 OLYMPIC TROPHY

10 / 170,611gt 320,159 dwt managed by Olympic Shipping & Management,Greece.

She was bound from Rotterdam to Corpus Christi when she landed her deepsea pilot

 at Brixham on Sunday 4/6.

                                             Picture taken from Preston Seafront.

 60007 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY

On Saturday 3/6 the English Riviera Express from Slough to Kingswear was steam

hualled from Taunton to Kingswear and back to Taunton.The diesel 47712 Lady Diana

Spencer was on the back giving assistance as she passed Waterside.

 GAIA LEADER

11 / 62,694GT 6331 cars.She was bound from Casablanca to Antwerp when she

boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                               Picture taken from Marine Drive 31/5.

 Torquay also had a cruise ship visit yesterday.

OCEAN MAJESTY

66 / 10417gt 621 pass 257 cabins 257 crew.She is owned by Majestic International Cruises

Greece and operated by Hansa Touristik,Germany.She is on a cruise from Kiel with the first

 port of call being Torquay arriving at 1200 yesterday and left at 2100 for Sark.The Ist picture

 was taken from Preston at 1530 when she upped anchor sailed in a circle and reanchored.

                        The 2nd picture was taken from Daddyhole Plain yesterday evening.
 

 LE CHAMPLAIN

18 / 9988gt 184 pass 92 cabins 117 crew.She is owned by Ponant Cruises,France.She is

the 2nd ship in the Explorer Class of 6 ships.She is on a 7 day one way cruise from

 London to Greenock and yesterday called at Dartmouth arriving at 0815 and left in 

the evening at 1918 for the Isles of Scilly.

                                            Pictures taken from Kingswear 31/5.