P263 STEIL She entered service 2011.

2 NORWEGIAN SKJOLD CLASS CORVETTES ARE ON FOST

They are air cushioned catamarans 260 tons full load and with a top speed of 60 kts are the fastest
warships in the world.Both are leaving Devonport for an evenings training.

P264 GLIMP entered service 2012

CEMBROOK

2017 / 3517gt managed by Brise Schiffahrts,Germany.She had arrived from Faro and
is about to enter the Cattewater with Cannis as her stern tug.

2 in the Sound

F235 HMS MONMOUTH 1993 / 4900 tons.She is on FOST and was at Anchor 2.

NAVIN FALCON

2008 / 5087gt managed by Bright Denizcilik Ve Gemi,Turkey.She arrived from Waterford.

6 SHIPS AT PLYMOUTH TODAY 30/4/2018
All the pictures are taken from Devil's Point
2 South of the Breakwater waiting to berth
.
NORTHERN OCEAN

98 / 8594gt managed by Furetank Chartering AB, Sweden and registered in the Faroe Islands.
She arrived from Ijmuiden.

SEAGO ISTANBUL

2007 / 48,788gt 4196 teu Ex Maersk Buffalo 2012, owned by Seago Lines, Denmark
 and managed by Maersk Co UK Ltd. She operates on their N. Europe Service 2 to the
 Eastern Med.She was en route from Damietta, Egypt to Felixstowe but due to bad weather
expected there she boarded her Felixstowe Port Pilot at Brixham 29/4/2018.She has never
called here before.

                                          Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

COSCO SHIPPING ALPS

2018 / 154,369gt 14,568 teu.This is the 3rd ship in a class of 5 and she is returning from her
 1st visit to N.Europe.She was en route from Antwerp to Suez when she landed her deep sea
pilot at Brixham 26/4/2018. This is the first ship from this company to call here.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham

SEVEN PACIFIC

2010 / 12,084gt construction / pipelayer owned by Subsea 7 Shipping, Isle of Man.She is enroute
from Kristiansand to Valleta and sheltered in the centre of Lyme Bay 15/4/2018. Today she
 moved into the Deepwater Anchorage off Torbay to do a crew change.

 

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 16/4

HUSKY

1986 / 72gt owned by Alphamarine, Ireland. She is towing the barge B302 from
 Dordrecht to Dingle,Ireland and came into Babbacombe Bay 14/4/2018 to shelter.

                                Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs,Torquay 16/4

TMS MAVERICK

Inside Torquay Outer Harbour, her grab crane dismantling the end decking steelwork on
 Princess Pier before renovation.

                                  Picture taken from Rock Walk.Torquay 12/4/2018

T-AKE 12 WILLIAM McLEAN

2011 / 40,945 tons full load.A Lewis and Clarke Fleet Replenishment Ship operated by United
States Military Sealift Command. She is presently operating with the US 6TH Fleet.The Fuel
 Barge 1503 is alongside.

                                           Picture taken from a Torpoint Ferry

2 AMERICAN WARSHIPS ON FOST BEFORE LEAVING FOR EXERCISE JOINT WARRIOR 181 OFF SCOTLAND.

71 ROSS 1997 / 9033 tons full load, a Flight 1 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer

                                         Picture taken from Mount Batten

SCORPIUS

2006 / 7636gt Chemical / Oil owned by Sirius Shipping Aps, Denmark and managed by
Donso Hamnvag,Sweden.She is arrived from Ijmuiden and in inbound for Cattedown with
the stern tug  Cannis from Fowey.

                                           Picture taken from Mount Batten

AMBER SKY

2005 / 3870gt Built as Amanda renamed Mia in March 2015 and given present name in Nov 2017
by Amberships Maritime Ltd,UK.She arrived from Sharpness and is loading Bottom Ash in
 Victoria Wharf for Beverwijk.

                                       Picture taken from Mount Batten

5 SHIPS AT PLYMOUTH 8/4/2018

WHITCHAMPION

2003 / 2965gt Bunkering Tanker owned by Whitaker Tankers Ltd UK.She arrived from Poole and was anchored south of the Breakwater waiting for a pilot to enter Millbay Docks,Trinity Pier.

                                        Picture taken from Bovisand

AVELONA STAR

1991 / 11,658gt Owned by Siem Industries Inc, Norway and managed by Star Reefers, Poland.
She was en route from St. Petersburg to Cristobal when yesterday she came into Lyme Bay to
shelter.

                                   Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 2/4/2018