JIAOLONG SPIRIT

2009 / 85,030gt owned by Teekay Corp, Bermuda and was en route from Shell Bonga
off the Niger Delta to Brofjorden, Sweden whe she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham
 28/12/2018.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

VECCHIO BRIDGE

2005 / 54,519gt 4738 teu owned by K Line, Japan.She was bound from Hamburg to
Savannah when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 28/12/2018.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

BERLIN BRIDGE

2011 / 46,444gt 4526 teu owned by Seaspan Corp, Canada and chartered to K Line, Japan.
and operated by One Network Express. She was bound from New York to Antwerp when
she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham 26/12/2018.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham

GLOVIS SUN

2015 / 65,697gt 7300 cars owned by Glovis Company Ltd, S.Korea.She was bound
from Vigo to Southampton when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham 21/12/2018.

                                     Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.

VON ADLER

2001 / 2469gt owned by Von Meer Ltd and managed by Nismar Shipping Turkey.
She was bound from Antwerp to Runcorn when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                      Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 21/12/2018.

FG LEVENT

1998 / 2979gt owned by FG Shipping and Trading Ltd and managed by Nismar Shipping
Turkey.She was en route from Antwerp to Skikda,Algeria when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                  Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 21/12/2018.

NEPTUNE CROWN

While in Brixham today I got this picture from Battery Gardens.

COSCO NETHERLANDS

2013 / 153,666gt 13,350 teu owned by Cosco Shipping,China. She left the NE3 Service in
July 2018 and started the MD2 Service and was repainted in the new colours sometime
 before 3/11 when she tranfered back to the NE7 Service for 1 voyage only. January 21st
2019 she is back on the MD2 Service.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Piraeus when she
landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 20/12/2018.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham.

NEPTUNE CROWN

2006 / 9611gt She was built as Beluga Evaluation and was named Ocean Rising until
sometime in the last month when she was renamed by unknown owners.She was bound
from Ust Luga,Russia to Port Said but spent 3 days at Margate Roads before arriving
 this morning in Torbay to shelter.

                            Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain,Torquay 19/12/2018

CITY OF AMSTERDAM

1999 / 9950gt 750 cars owned by Manx Car Carriers and chartered to Euro Marine Logistics,
Belgium.She was en route from Tyne to Tangermed via Santander when she sheltered this
 afternoon in Babbacombe Bay.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 19/12/2018.

FRIEDRICH RUSS 1999 / 10,471gt 120 trailers. Rauma to El Ferrol.

RICHELIEU 2007 / 2595gt Kiel to Waterford.

                                                  She had just dropped anchor.

FRIENDSHIP S 1991 / 1574gt  Fowey to Gemlik.

LADA 2000 / 3170gt St Peterburg to Port Said

WILSON ORDA 1999 / 1841gt  Antwerp to Waterford.

THE FOLLOWING 6 SHIPS ARE SHELTERING IN TORBAY 17/12/2018

They were photgraphed from the pilotboat as we went out to service GLOVIS CORONA
and COSCO SHIPPING VIRGO.

RMS WEDAU 1985 / 1556gt  Rotterdam to Sharpness

COSCO SHIPPING VIRGO

2018 / 195,500gt 20119 teu owned by Cosco Shipping, China.She was en route from
Rotterdam to Port Said when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 17/12/2018.

                                       Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

GLOVIS CORONA

1996 / 55,680 gt 6000 cars ex ASIAN GRACE 2014 operated by Glovis Co Ltd, S.Korea.
She was bound from Bremerhaven to Barcelona when she landed her deepsea pilot at
 Brixham 17/12/2018.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

CITY OF OSLO

2010 / 20,209gt 2000 cars owned by Gram Car Carriers, Norway and chartered to Euro
Marine Logistics,Belgium.She was bound from Zeebrugge to Livorno when she anchored
in Lyme Bay 4 miles east of Marine Drive,Torquay yesterday to shelter from bad weather
down south but here she is exposed to a force 7 ESE.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive 13/12/2018

SEVERINE

2012 / 16342gt 165 trailers owned by Cobelfret,Belgium.She was en route from
Zeebrugge to Santander when she sheltered yesterday.

PALATINE

2009 / 25593gt 180 trailers owned by Cobelfret,Belgium.She was en route from Rozenburg
to Lexioes when she sheltered yesterday.

RMS SAIMAA

2005 / 2069gt managed by Rhenus Maritime Services,Germany.She was bound from
Joensuu,Finland with timber to Newport when she sheltered yesterday.When she leaves
Newport she will call at Teignmouth.

4 SHIPS SHELTERING IN LYME BAY OFF TORQUAY

PICTURES TAKEN FROM  MARINE DRIVE,TORQUAY 8/12/2018.

MANISA SOFIA

MANISA SOFIA

2011 / 6668gt owned by Mjolnir Shipping Ltd and managed by Worden, Germany.
She arrived in the Deepwater Anchorage to shelter this afternoon while en route from
Antwerp to Skikda,Algeria.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 7/12/2018.

AMETHYST

2011 / 3505gt owned by GTLK Malta Ltd and managed by JSC Volga Shiping, Russia. She
arrived early this morning to shelter in Torbay whilst bound from Klaipeda to Santander.

                                    Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 7/12/2018

COSCO SHIPPING SAGITTARIUS

2018 / 197,500gt 20,119 teu owned by Cosco Shipping, China. She was on her maiden voyage
and bound from Rotterdam to Suez when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 1/12/2018.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

F361 IVER HUITFELDT

2011 / 6,645 tonnes full load. She is the lead ship of the Danish Navy's Iver Huitfeldt class of 3 Air
 Defence Frigates. She came from Korsor,Denmark and arrived at Plymouth today for FOST training.

                                 Picture taken from Devil's Point, Plymouth 30/11/2018.

AMAZON FORTITUDE

2018 / 44,800gt 72,850 dwt owned by Sun Enterprises Ltd,Greece and is their 8th and newest
post panamax class tanker. She was bound from Antwerp to Pascagoula, USA when she landed
her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.This was her first call at Brixham

                                                 Picture taken from Berry Head,
                                                         Brixham 30/11/2018

CSCL GLOBE

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head
                                              with the pilotboat alongside

CSCL GLOBE

2015 / 184,000gt 19,100 teu owned by Cosco Shipping,China.She was bound from Felixstowe
to Suez when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham today 19/11/2018 with the wind gusting
to Force 8 ENE.

                                      Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.

ALBEMARLE ISLAND

1993 / 14,061gt reefer owned by Ecuadorian Line Inc, USA.She was bound from Uddevalla,
Sweden to Cristobal,Panama when she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage in Lyme Bay
 to shelter.

                               Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham 18/11/2018

SUNSHINE ACE

2009 / 58,917gt  5220 cars owned by Mitsui Osk Line, Japan. She was en route from Zeebrugge
to Koper when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham yesterday and then she drift sheltered
in Lyme Bay and left this afternoon 18/11/2018.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham
                                          when she was passing 8 miles out.

LPD 21 NEW YORK

SD ADEPT was the bow tug
SD FORCEFUL  the stern tug
SD CAREFUL  the escort tug

                                          Picture taken from Devil's Point

LPD 21 NEW YORK

2009 / 25,300 tons full load. She is a San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock the 5th of 13 and had just taken part in the NATO Exercise Trident Juncture18 off Iceland and Norway.She came from a port visit to Orkanger in Norway to Pymouth for a 6 day visit.This is the first time 1 of this
 Class  has come to Pymouth.

                                    Picture taken from Devil's Point 13/11/2018.

BRIXHAM HARBOUR

TRES HOMBRES Built in 1943 as a minesweeper for the Kriegsmarine and later converted to
a brigantine ( no engine ) and carries a maximum of 35 tons cargo which now trades from Europe
 to the islands of the Atlantic,Caribbean and America. She is on a 44 day trip from Den Helder to Santa Cruz de la Palma and is sheltering in Brixham.

                                   Picture taken from Battery Gardens 9/11/2018

2 FAIRTRANSPORT SHIPS IN TORBAY HARBOURS

Fairtransport is a no emissions Dutch Shipping Company

TORQUAY HARBOUR

NORDLYS A ketch ( no engine ) built on the Isle of Wight in 1873 probably the world's oldest
 cargo ship carrying the maximum of 30 tons cargo and operates in the European coastal trade.
She brought a cargo of wine, coffee and olive oil from Lexioes to Torquay and is now berthed
 on Princess Pier.

                                              Picture taken 10/11/2018.

FEHN POLLUX

                                 Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs,Torquay 10/11.

FEHN POLLUX

1997 / 2844gt 4250 dwt owned by Fehn Ship Management, Germany. She was bound from
Moerdijk to Aviles when she sheltered in Babbacombe Bay 9/11/2018.She is doing trials with an
Eco Flettner Rotor which is 18 m tall, 3m in diameter and weighs about 100 tons.These trials are
 part of a Wind Hybrid Coaster Project for ships above 4000 dwt.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 10/11.

HUNZEDIJK

2011 / 2984gt managed by Navigia Shipmanagement BV, Holland.She was en route from Immingham to Ceuta when she sheltered in Torbay.

                               Picture taken from Waterside, Paignton 9/11/2018

BALTIC SAILOR

98 / 2280gt owned by Reederie Heinz Corleis KG,Germany. She was en route from Dordrecht
to Teignmouth and sheltered in Torbay before entering Teignmouth tomorrow.

                            Picture taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham 9/11/2018.

BALTIC SUMMER

1989 / 10,842gt ex Hansa Visby 2013 owned by Baltic Reefers,St Petersburg.She was bound
from Ijmuiden to Cienfuegos,Cuba when she sheltered 3 miles out from Berry Head in Lyme
 Bay.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham 9/11/2018

COSCO SHIPPING ANDES

2018 / 154,369gt 14,568 teu. She operates on the NE7 Service and is on her maiden voyage.She was bound from Felixstowe to Piraeus when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham at daybreak today 1/11/2018.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

EMMA MAERSK

2006 / 156,907gt 16,850 teu. She was bound from Colombo to Felixstowe when she called at Brixham to board her Felixstowe port pilot because the weather there tomorrow would be too
rough for piloting.

                                 Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 27/10/18.

MOL TRUST

2017 / 210,078gt 20,170 teu. She was en route from Rotterdam to Hong Kong via Jebel Ali
when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 27/10/18.

                                  Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

SIDER KING

2011 / 15,545gt owned by Sider Navi S.P.A. Italy.She was en route from Tilbury to
La Coruna when she sheltered from Storm Callum in Torbay 11/10/18.

                                   Picture taken from Waterside, Paignton 11/10

IVATT CLASS 2 MT 2-6-2T No 41312

She is visiting the South Devon Railway until 14/10 from The Mid Hants Railway.This is
the first time one of this class has visited them.She is seen passing Dartington with the
11.30 Totnes to Buckfastleigh service 7/10/18.

COSCO SHIPPING SCORPIO

2018 / 196,670gt 20,119 teu.She is on her maiden voyage and was bound from Rotterdam
to Port Said when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 7/10/2018.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham

NEW PRIME

2018 / 159,843gt 311,003 dwt owned by China Merchants Energy Shipping Co Ltd.
She was bound from Rotterdam to Jose Offshore Terminal, Venezuela to load crude
oil for China when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 1/10/18.This was her
first visit to N.Europe.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

HYUNDAI DYNASTY

2008 / 52,581gt 4922 teu. She operates on Hyundai's AEX ( Asia Express Loop ) Service
from China to N.Europe which started in April 2018.She was bound from Hamburg to Suez
when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham 28/9/18.

                                      Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

THE WORLD

2002 / 43,155gt 330 pass Owned by Residensea Ltd, Norway and operated by Silversea
 Cruises USA.She is the largest private residental ship having 110 privately owned apartments
and 88 guest suites. She is on a 10 day British Isles Exploration Cruise and is seen arriving from
Falmouth and about to anchor off Torquay for 2 days.

                                       Picture taken from the pilotboat.