Monday 28 August 2023

 EF OLIVIA




 EF OLIVIA

06 / 35,881gt 3100 teu.She is Portuguese registered,managed by Dohle Shipmanagement

Ltd,Isle of Man and operated by ONE.She is on the CMA CGM Levant Express Service

N.Europe to the Med, and was bound from Antwerp to Alexandria when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham today.



                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head.

Sunday 27 August 2023

 FREESIA LEADER

23 / / 72,800gt 7010 cars.She is the fifth in NYK's class of 6 LNG powered vehicle carriers

branded Sail Green. She is on her maiden voyage from Nagoya via Sagunto,Spain to Zeebrugge.

Yesterday she was drifting around off the North Cornwall coast and this evening at sunset 

she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham.



                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head 27/8.

Wednesday 23 August 2023

 LAKE WANAKA

08 / 47,168gt 4902 cars.Ex Triumph 19.She is owned by Zodiac,UK and managed by Eastern

 Pacific Shipping PTE Ltd,Singapore.She was bound from Davisville,USA to Emden when

she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening after the ONE ship.She was reluctant

 to come in to the pilot station so paid extra money for the pilotboat to come out

to the Deep draft pilot station 4 miles out.

     

                                              
                                  


                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 ONE INFINITY

23 / 235,311gt 24,136 teu.She is on her maiden voyage on the FE3 Service and

was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at 

Brixham this evening.She is the 2nd ship in a class of 6 which are the second

largest in the world.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 23/8.

Sunday 20 August 2023

 SUPREME ACE

11 / 59,023gt 6163 cars.She was bound from Davisville,USA to Emden

when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                            Picture taken from Meadfoot Beach 20/8.




 NORVAAG

97 / 2844gt owned by Askvoll Sandfrakt AS, Norway. She arrived in the Deepwater

Anchorage early this morning from Glasgow and is awaiting orders.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive.20/8.


 46115 SCOTS GUARDSMAN

She is a Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 built in 1927 and rebuilt 1949 with a tapered

 boiler and curved smoke deflectors.Today she was hualing the Royal Duchy from

 Bristol to Par and back.Photographed climbing Dainton Bank just before Dainton

 Tunnel.




Saturday 19 August 2023

 SENATA

08 / 8289 gt bulk carrier managed by Intresco Ltd - BVI, Malta.She was

 en route from Mo I Rana.Norway to Iskenderun,Turkey when she sheltered

in Lyme Bay from Storm Betty.She arrived early yesterday morning and left

this evening.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 19/8.

                                                 she was 4 miles distant.


Friday 18 August 2023

 D655 BRETAGNE




 D 655 BRETAGNE

19 / 6000 tons full load.The Italians and French had a joint project called Fremm

which resulted in France building the Aquitaine Class Frigates.Bretagne is seen

 from Devil's Point this morning arriving for a weekend visit to Plymouth.




 A173 HMS PROTECTOR

She is seen out in the mist this morning coming off C buoy in Plymouth Sound and heading

 out to sea.Tamar Racer is alongside taking off the pilot and then taking him to FS Bretagne.


 which is inbound.


Tuesday 15 August 2023

 ONE MILANO

18 / 150,706gt 13,870 teu Ex Milano Bridge 1/12/22.She operates on the FE5

Service and was bound from London Gateway to Jeddah when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.

Tuesday 8 August 2023

 DOHA

99 / 111,184gt 134,517 cu m.She is owned by Qatargas and managed by NYK

LNG Shipmanagement Ltd,Japan.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Port Said

when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham tonight.

                                          There was no sun only ghost

                                                  light from the clouds


                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head.

Sunday 6 August 2023

Saturday 5 August 2023

 BABBACOMBE BAY

SCHELDE HIGHWAY 93 / 8659gt 750 cars operated by K Line European Services

( KESS ). She was bound from Zeebrugge to Dublin.

                                           Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs.


 ONLY 3 SHIPS SHELTERED FROM STORM ANTONI IN THE BAYS

TORBAY   Pictures taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.

FRISIAN SPRING 07 / 4087gt managed by Boomsma Shipping,Netherlands.

She was bound from Birkenhead to Torbay.She is awaiting orders.

EASTERN VANQUISH 12 / 2281gt Managed by Scotline Ltd,UK.She was bound from

Cowes to Llanddulas.




Friday 4 August 2023

 GALAXY RIVER

14 / 46,885gt 82,391 cubic metres LPG Tanker owned by K Line, Japan.She

 was bound from Houston to Terneuzen when she boarded a deepsea pilot at 

Brixham this morning.



                                         The pilot was late so she had to wait on station

                                           for the pilotboat to go back into Brixham from

                                                                              Yiannis.

 YIANNIS

21 / 115,489gt 173,400 cubic metres LNG Tanker.She is managed by Maran Gas

 Maritime Inc,Greece and had come from Freeport,Texas and is awaiting orders.She

 is seen arriving in the Deepwater Anchorage where she has taken stores from the 

pilotboat and Sea Lady.



                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head.

                                             Sea Lady is under the crane.

Wednesday 2 August 2023

 ORANGE STAR

11 / 34,432gt .She is a fruit juice tanker managed by Atlanship SA,Switzerland.

She was on her way from Rotterdam to Santos when she came up into Lyme Bay

to slow steam shelter.

                                            She is 12 miles out from Berry Head.


GRAND ELLADE

01 / 52,485gt 4650 cars.She was bound from Antwerp to Piraeus when she

 anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage early this morning and has now left.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head.


 A173 HMS PROTECTOR 01 / 5131gt .She is an ice patrol ship and is on FOST

Training before she goes to the Antarctic for their Summer.She had come up from

 Plymouth and spent 24 hrs anchored in Torbay and is now sailing back to Plymouth.

                                            Picture taken from Waterside.
                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.


 2 COASTERS SHELTERING IN TORBAY

MIA SOPHIE-B 95 / 1596gt managed by JEB Bereederungs,Germany.She was

 bound from Tilbury to Cardiff when she came into Torbay to shelter,

                                             Picture taken from Waterside.

ISARTAL 05 / 2461gt managed by HS Bereederungs,Germany.She was bound 

from Brake to Gijon when she came into Torbay to shelter.

                                           Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.