MIRACULOUS ACE 

06 / 59,160 gt 6100 cars.She was bound from Amsterdam to Barcelona when she landed

 her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head.

 DELPHINUS C

07 / 55487gt 4888 teu managed by Cosmoship Management,Greece.She was bound from

Antwerp to Halifax when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

 TRANSUND

02 / 13,340gt owned by Transund Shipping Ltd,Latvia.She was bound from Holmsund,Sweden

to Alexandria with a cargo of packaged timber when she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage 

4 miles from Marine Drive.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 15/5

 WILSON PALDISKI

07 / 2990gt.She was bound from Gydnia to Newport when she anchored in Torbay

yesterday evening.

                                          Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham

 LE CHAMPLAIN 

18 / 9988gt 184 pass.She is owned by Ponant Cruises,France and arrived at Dartmouth

 this morning from Portland and will leave for The Isles of Scilly later.

                                            Pictures taken from Kingswear

 7029 CLUN CASTLE

She was built in 1950 and was allocated to Newton Abbot Shed for the first 5 years.Today

 she recreated 60 years ago 9/5/1964 when she took part in the Ian Allan IZ48 Railtour 

and did the fastest time between Plymouth and Bristol with  a top speed of 96 mph.Today

 she was doing the run from Birmingham Snow Hill to Oxford to Bristol to Plymouth and

 was going to be unassisted up the banks, she was going fairly slow by the time she topped

 Dainton Bank.

 TWO COASTERS IN TEIGNMOUTH TODAY

SEA CHARANTE 96 / 1638gt She had come from Erith 

WILSON PLYMOUTH 06 / 2999gt Ex ARKLOW RAINBOW.

She had come from Klaipeda.

 GRACE DAHLIA

13 / 141,671gt 177,427 cubic metres Owned by NYK Line,Japan.She was bound from

Rotterdam to Sabine Pass,USA when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham tonight

in the dark.

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head after sunset.

 MARAN DANAE

23 / 165,054gt 320,917 dwt She is managed by Maran Tanker Management inc,Greece.

She has just started a charter to Total Energies,France to ship oil from the US Gulf to

West Coast India.She was bound from Rotterdam to Corpus Christi when she landed 

her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

 44871 Black Five hualing the Royal Duchy from Bristol to Par approaching the top

of Dainton Bank in the rain.She was assisted by diesel 47746 and was 20 minutes late.

THE FIRST MAINLINE TRAIN ON THE DARTMOUTH LINE THIS YEAR

34046  BRAUNTON Hualing the English Riviera Express from Taunton to 

Kingswear and back today.She had 12 coaches and was banked by 47828.

                                             Passing Waterside.

                                            Turning at Churston

 LE BOREAL

10 / 10,949gt 264 pass.She is owned by Ponant Cruises,France and arrived at Dartmouth from

Guernsey but had to wait for the fog to lift before she could enter port.She leaves for the Scilly

 Isles tonight.This the 2nd Ponant ship to call this week and 2 more will be coming.

                                            Pictures taken from Kingswear.

 VICTORIA She is a1992 replica of a Spanish Carrick and is in Brixham for 

this weekend's Pirate Festival. 

 

 SILVER ENDEAVOUR

21 / 20,499gt 200 pass Owned by Silversea Cruises.USA.She arrived in Dartmouth from

Guernsey and will sail this evening for Portsmouth the end of the cruise.

                                            Picture taken from Kingswear.

 VALERIE

12 / 1984gt managed by Navigia Shipmanagement BV,Holland.She had came from

Foynes.

                                              Picture taken from Mountbatten

 F804 DE RUYTER

05 / 6084 tons full load.A Dutch De Zeven Provincien Class Destroyer.She is on FOST

and is seen heading for Devonport.

 

                                           Pictures taken from Mountbatten

 F264 LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN

06 / 1840 tons full load. A German K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette.

She is on FOST and is seen about to anchor in Plymouth Sound for the night.

                                            Picture taken from Mountbatten

 SIRENA

99 / 30,277gt 684 pass She was built as R FOUR and is now owned by Oceania Cruises,

USA and is on a 37 day one way cruise from Miami to Southampton.She called at Cobh

yesterday and is in Plymouth Sound today and left for Southampton this evening.

                                           Picture taken from Mountbatten.

                                             Picture taken from Jennycliff.