MAUD

03 / 16,151gt 645 pass Ex Trollfjord 19.She is owned by Hurtigruten, Norway

and arrived in Dartmouth at 0712 this morning from the Isles of Scilly and left

 for Dover at 1400.She is Dartmouth's first cruiseship this year.She is on a 12

 night Round Britain cruise from Dover.

                                             Picture taken from Kingswear 25/4

 

 ONE RECOGNITION

24 /73,700 gt 7000 teu.She is on charter from Seaspan and is operating on the Hapag Lloyd

Indian East Coast Express ( IEX ) Service.She was bound from Le Havre to Colombo when

 she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                              Pictures taken from Berry Head 24/4.

 HEROIC LEADER

11 / 58,767gt 6700 cars She is on charter from Ray Car Carriers and was bound

from Bremerhaven to Freeport,USA when she landed her deepsea pilot at 

Brixham today.

                                            Picture taken from South Fort,Berry Head 24/4.

 TEIGNMOUTH TODAY 20/4.

MIA SOPHIE - B 95 / 1596gt managed by Jeb Bereederungs,Germany.

She arrived yesterday at Teignmouth from Port Talbot.

MANNIN 72 / 172gt Dredging the shipping channel.

 

 

 

 CEMBAY 18 / 3012 gt Cement Carrier.She unloaded a cargo of cement from Santander

at Corporation Wharf and is leaving Plymouth to load again at Santander.

                                            Picture taken from Jennycliff 18/4.
 

 

 K6O RFA PROTEUS

2019 / 6133gt She was originally the offshore support ship Topaz Tangaroa and sold to

the Royal Navy in 2023 and converted into a multi- role ocean surveillance ship.She entered 

service in Oct 2023 and is undergoing FOST at Plymouth.

                                         Pictures taken from Jennycliff as

                                             she passed through the Sound 18/4

 FUGRO MERCATOR

03 / 360gt Research / Survey vessel managed by Fugro Marine Services BV, Netherlands.

She was bound from Great Yarmouth to Fiumicino,Italy when she anchored at 0740 today

 in Babbacombe Bay to shelter.

                                           Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs

                                             Picture taken form Marine Drive.

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 TANGGUH PALUNG

09 / 97,897gt 155,000 cu m She is owned by K Line,Japan and was bound from

Ras Laffan to Zeebrugge when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this

 afternoon.

                                            Picture taken from Waterside 

                                          when she was 6 miles distant.

 GTM DENMARK

11 / 7697gt managed by South End Tanker Management,Netherlands.She arrived at Cattedown

from Rotterdam.

                                             Picture taken fron Mountbatten.

 TODAY WAS ALL GLOOM IN PLYMOUTH SOUND.

AMBITION

99 / 48,123gt 1667 pass.She was built as Mistral for Festival Cruises and renamed Grand Mistral

 in 05,Costa neoRiviera 13 Aidamira 19 and given her present name 22.She is managed by 

Ambassador Cruise Line Ltd a new british company.and started cruising in May 2023.Now 

she is on a 6 day one way cruise from Tilbury-Honfleur-Guernsey-Plymouth -Bristol.

                                               Picture taken from Mountbatten.

 SM BLUEBIRD

22 / 114,221gt 174,000 cu m.She is owned by SM Korea Line Corp,S.Korea and is

chartered to Shell Tankers,Singapore for 17 years.She was bound from Eemshaven

to Sabine Pass when she landed her deepsea pilot in the gloom at Brixham this

 evening.

 

                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head 7/4.

 BG SAPPHIRE 18 / 12,831gt bound from Southampton to Ringaskiddy.She is seen

approaching Babbacombe Bay and about to anchor.

                                            Pictures taken from Marine Drive

 MARATONA

93 / 2735gt bound from Tilbury to Limerick

                                             Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs.
 

IN  BABBACOMBE BAY

BALTICA HAV 84 / 1520gt bound from Silloth to Teignmouth.She was only anchored

while waiting to enter port.

EEMS DOLLARD 09 / 2345gt bound from Shoreham to Santander.

 

  Pictures taken from Babbacombe Downs.

 SHIPS SHELTERING FROM STORM KATHLEEN 6/4/24.

IN TORBAY

JONGLEUR  91 / 1999gt bound from Antwerp to Limerick.

WILSON ODRA 91 / 1846gt bound from Terneuzen to Belfast

 

                                           Pictures taken from Battery Gardens.

 

 DIAMOND GAS CRYSTAL

21 / 117,564gt 174,000 cu m operated by Diamond Gas International,Singapore.She sailed

27 miles up towards Portland then came back to board her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday

evening. She was bound from Sabine Pass to Rotterdam.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 3/4.

 MAERSK OHIO

06 / 50,686gt 4154 teu owned by Maersk Line Ltd,USA.She was bound from

Norfolk to Antwerp when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head 1/4.

 NAVIOS DOMINO

08 / 39,906gt 4256 teu Ex MOL DOMINANCE - 18.She is owned by Navios

Maritime Containers, Greece and is on charter to Hapag Lloyd.She is on the ONE 

Service Latin - East - Coast Europe Express and was bound from Algeciras to

Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.

                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head 30/3.

 GRACE DAHLIA

13 / 141,671gt 177,427 cubic mtrs.Owned by NYK Line. She came from Zeebrugge

and landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham at 0750 this morning and then proceeded to

 anchor in the Deepwater Anchorage.She could be sheltering or awaiting orders.

She left Wed 27 /3 and headed up to Portland then came back down channel and 

sailed for unknown US port.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head 25/3.

                                             Picture taken from Marine Drive.

 UHL FIGHTER

She is now anchored off Teignmouth 25/3 and is 5.5 miles from Marine Drive.

Left 29/3.

 SIRIUS HIGHWAY 17 / 75044gt 7450 cars. She was bound from Zeebrugge to Galveston

when she came up from the South yesterday and is slow steam sheltering 20 miles out.

 SUMIRE LEADER 23 / 72800 gt 7010 cars She was bound from Emden to Cristobal

when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning and then  headed out into

 Lyme Bay to shelter.She is anchored 19 miles out.

 The only ships around this afternoon were sheltering in Lyme Bay between

14 and 20 miles out from Marine Drive.

UHL FIGHTER 21 / 16732gt. She was bound from Klaipeda to Las Palmas with

a mobile harbour crane as deck cargo.She came from the east today to shelter and

 is now anchored 14 miles out.

 EUPHONY ACE

05 / 58,031gt 5214 cars.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Barcelona when

she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham yesterday.Last seen landing 9/4/11.

                                            Pictures taken from Berry Head 23/3.

 SAVA

Seen from Berry Head 23/3.

 

 WALCON WIZARD

She is still in Torquay Harbour 22/3.

 SAVA

99 / 5742gt owned by Sava Shipping Line Corp,Turkey.She is on a voyage from 

Rotterdam to Aughinish,Ireland and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage this 

time last night.

                                           Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain 22/3.

 BRAVEWIND

20 / 8604gt Heavy Load Carrier managed by Peter Dohle, Germany and chartered to

United Wind Logistics Germany.She came from Radicatel and anchored in Torbay

this afternoon at 1400 to await orders and left 0300 for Aviles.

                                           Picture taken from Battery Gardens 16/3.

 GRACE EMILIA

21 / 117,564gt 174,000 cu m.She is managed by NYK and is on long term charter to GAIL

an Indian gas company.She has their logo on the funnel.She was bound from Rotterdam to

Falmouth when she landed her deepsea pilot and took on stores at Brixham this morning.

From Falmouth she is sailing for Cove Point,Maryland.

 

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head 16/3.

 CELTIC VENTURE

02 / 2999gt owned by Charles M Willie & Co Shipping,UK.She was built as

 Arklow Rose and sold and renamed in 2016.She came from Cardiff.

 2 SHIPS IN TEIGNMOUTH TODAY 12/3/24.

WAALDIJK

10 /2984gt managed by Navigia Shipmanagement BV,Holland.She came

from Amsterdam and is the largest ship in this year with a 4813 dwt. 

 CAPE WRATH

 CAPE WRATH

81 / 51,960 gt.She was built as the ro-ro Hual Trader and sold to US Military Sealift 

Command in 1993 and renamed and became part of the Ready Reserve Fleet.She is

 home based at at Baltimore with her sistership Cape Washington at 5 days notice to

 sail.She was bound today from Antwerp to Baltimore when she landed her deepsea

 pilot at Brixham this afternoon.I saw her as Hual Trader berthed at Southampton in

 Sept 1982.

Pictures are taken from Berry Head.

 SUNLIGHT ACE

09 / 58,911gt 5220 cars.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Koper when she landed

 a deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon shortly after HMM PROMISE piloted.

                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 10/3.