LE LYRIAL

15 / 10,992gt 244 pass .Owned by Ponant Cruises,France.She arrived this morning

from Guernsey and is seen entering the River Dart. Pictures taken from Kingswear.

 VESTVIND

16 / 7175gt heavy load carrier owned by Vestvind,Germany which has an Italgru 125 ton harbour

 crane as deck cargo.She was bound from Sluiskil,Holland to Motril,Spain when she came into

Torbay this evening to shelter.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

 GLOVIS SYMPHONY

14 / 64,546gt 7300 cars Bound from Zeebrugge to Jebel Ali landing a deepsea

pilot at Brixham today.

                                              Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 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.