CRYSTAL RAY

2000 / 57,772gt 6700 cars owned by Ray Car Carriers, Israel and chartered to Eukor.
She was bound from Antwerp to Barcelona when she landed her deep sea pilot at Brixham
17/2/2018.

                                    Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham 17/2.

TUGS IN TORBAY

Today 11/2/2018 the 2 tugs and their tows were still in Torbay.
In the foreground is Noordstroom and Sili Du
and in the background is MTS Valiant and Smit Barge 86.

                                     Picture taken from Waterside, Paignton.

CLASS S160 No 5197

The weather today was totally different so I took this of her with the 1445 service from
Kingswear to Paignton

                                             Picture taken from the top of
                                        Sugar Loaf, Waterside, Paignton 11/2.

U.STATES ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORP CLASS S160 No 5197
Built in 1945 and used by the Chinese State Railway until the 1990's. She is now owned by
 Churnet Valley Railway and is on loan to Dartmouth Steam Railway for 4 months.She is seen
 on her first service with the 1030 from Paignton to Kingswear on Saturday 10/2/2018.

                                    Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 10/2

MEERKATZE

2009 / 1981gt A German Fishery Protection Vessel. She has been drift sheltering out in
Lyme Bay today. She had come from Cuxhaven.

                                    A poor picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay
                                                     when she was 6 miles away

STRAMI

1992 / 2373gt owned by Misje Bulk AS, Norway. She arrived off Teignmouth  from
Ijmuiden this afternoon.

                                Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 9/2/2018.

NOORDSTROOM

2016 / 476gt managed by Van Wijngaarden Marine Services, Holland.She is towing a new
multicat diveboat Sili Du from Rotterdam to Port Gentil, Gabon and arrived in Torbay 8/2/2018.

                                  Picture taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham 9/2.

MTS VALIANT

2008 / 221gt is towing the crane barge Smit Barge 86 ex Stemat 86 from Rotterdam to Genoa.
She arrived in Torbay  6/2/2018.

                          Picture taken from Battery Gardens, Brixham 9/2.

THREE TUGS AND TOWS SHELTERING OFF S. DEVON 9/2/2018

MTS VALOUR 06 / 123gt towing the heavy load barge Terra Marique 04 / 2786gt owned
by Robert Wynn and Sons,UK from Felixstowe to Ellesmere Port via Falmouth.She arrived
Thurs evening 8/2/2018 and drift sheltered off Teignmouth until 1600 today when she left.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 9/2.

PLYMOUTH 2/2/2018

Today the French Rubis Class Nuclear Attack Submarine S 603 Casabianca
 1987 / 2670 tons dived arrived at Plymouth for a 1 week visit. She was towed
in by SD Forceful and escorted by SD Adept.

 

                                              Picture taken from Devil's Point