EAGLE BRISBANE

18 / 61,504gt owned by AET Singapore One Pte Ltd.She was bound from Castellon Anchorage
to Gothenburg when she boarded her deepsea pilot from MTS Pathfinder off Brixham.

YM ENLIGHTENMENT

15 / 47,952gt 4662 teu owned by Yang Ming,Taiwan.She was bound from Halifax
to Rotterdam but there was port congestion so she anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage
yesterday and is boarding her deepsea pilot tonight.

HURST POINT.

She is still anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage. She was not going to Cardiff but sailed back to
Marchwood 9/4.

SARAH GREY and the stone barge MORMAEN 15

The Sarah Grey had just disembarked the local pilot and stopped pushing the barge.
 Now she was going to tow it to Falmouth to load the next cargo of rock armour for
Brixham Breakwater.

LOTS TO SEE OFF BERRY HEAD IN HALF AN HOUR 1615 -1645 TODAY.

These 5 pictures were taken from Berry Head 29/3/2019.

P281 HMS TYNE 02 / 1677 tons. She was leaving Torbay and heading south east.

GLOVIS STELLA

16 / 65,697gt 7300 cars owned by Glovis,S.Korea.She was bound from Antwerp to Suez
when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 28/3/19.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham
                                     as MTS Pathfinder was heading back.

MARAN CANOPUS

07 / 158,970gt 320,472 dwt owned by Maran Tankers Management,Greece. She was bound from
Rotterdam to Singapore when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 22/3/2019. The setting sun
showed her up in the fog bank out at the deep draught pilot station 4 miles east of Berry Head.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

STOCKHOLM

                                            Picture taken from Kingswear 22/3.

STOCKHOLM

1953 / 383gt built as a lighthouse tender and converted to cruiseship in 1999 for 12 passengers and owned by Polar Quest Expeditions,Sweden.She came fron Assens,Denmark to Dartmouth for a 2
day stopover, there are no passengers onboard and she sails for the Isles of Scilly this evening.She starts a 12 day cruise around the UK from Bristol 2/4.

 

                                           Picture taken from Dartmouth 22/3/2019.

HURST POINT

2002 / 23,235gt owned by Foreland Shipping,UK and chartered to the MOD.She left
Marchwood 20/3 and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay 20/3.She is
having a stopover here and is due at Cardiff 29/3.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head,Brixham 22/3/19.

                                               

THE 3 MINEHUNTERS ANCHORED IN TORBAY OFF BRIXHAM

Left to Right.DILLINGEN,CATTISTOCK,HINNOY.

I think that yesterday was the first time a NATO Minehunter Group had anchored in Torbay
in the last 40 years.At the end of the month they will be in Scotland taking part in the Joint
Warrior 19-1 Exercise.

F357 THETIS

91 / 3500 tons Danish Thetis Class Frigate acting as the Group's Command Ship.

She anchored on the edge of Torbay.

M31 CATTISTOCK

82 / 750 tons Royal Navy Hunt Class Minehunter.

Entering Torbay.

M1065 DILLINGEN

95 / 650 Tons German Frankenthal Class Minehunter.

Entering Torbay.

M343 HINNOY

96 / 375 tons Norwegian Oksoy Class Minehunter,

Entering Torbay.

SNMCMG 1 back in Torbay today for the second time.

This evening the NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 came back into Torbay after
spending the day exercising south of Start Point.Here they are in line astern heading for
Berry Head. Left to Right,THETIS, HINNOY, DILLINGEN,CATTISTOCK.
 The next 6 pictures are taken from Berry Head,Brixham 19/3/19.

                                 

M343 HINNOY

95 / 375 tons She is a Norwegian Oksoy Class Minehunter with an air cushioned catamaran hull.
She is also part of the SNMCMG 1 and anchored in Torbay this evening.By tomorrow morning
all the Group 1 ships could be in Torbay.The others are Cattistock and Thetis the command ship.

                                          Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 18/3/19.

M1065 DILLINGEN

She is about to drop anchor in Torbay this evening.

                                        Picture taken from Waterside,Paignton 18/3/19.

M1065 DILLINGEN

95 / 650 tons German Frankenthal Type 332 Minehunter.She is part of the Standing Nato Mine
Countermeasures Group 1 ( SNMCMG 1 ) and came from Le Havre and anchored off the
 Orestone last night.Now she is leaving for Plymouth Sound. This did not happen as she
 got south of Start Point and came back to Torbay.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 18/3/19.

WILSON ODRA

99 / 1846 gt managed by Rhenus Maritime Services,Germany.She was en route from
Ijmuiden to Drogheda when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                  Picture taken from Battery Cardens,Brixham 16/3/19.

AFALINA

89 / 3826gt owned by Luteno Shipping,Lithuania.She was en route from Bureca,Spain
to Holmsund,Sweden with a cargo of round timber and came into Torbay to shelter.

                                  Picture taken from Shoalstone,Brixham 16/3/19.

AH LIGURIA

08 / 2899gt Anchor Handling Tug owned by the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group,Italy.
She was bound from Rotterdam to Abuqir,Egypt when she sheltered on the edge of
Torbay.

                                 Picture taken from Shoalstone,Brixham 16/3/19

SLOMAN DISPATCHER

12 / 9611gt managed by Sloman Neptun,Germany. She was bound from Bremen to
Leixoes when she sheltered on the edge of Torbay.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 16/3/2019

ANVIL POINT

03 / 23,255gt 189 trailers owned by Foreland Shipping, UK and chartered to the MOD.
She left Marchwood 15/3 for a timed ETA of 18/3 1400 at Cardiff so she is having a
2 day stopover in the Deepwater Anchorage off Torquay.

                                 Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 16/3/2019.

ESSEX

09 / 22,914gt LPG Tanker owned by Imabari Senpaku,Japam / Ima Line,Panama and managed by
Zodiac Maritime,UK.She arrived from Alexandria and anchored 14/3/2019 in Lyme Bay to await orders. She left tonight 16/3 bound for Rotterdam.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 16/3

ELBETOR

Leaving Labrador Bay bound for Rouen.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 12/3/2019.

RMS BAERL

99 / 2136gt managed by Rhenus Maritime Services, Germany. She was bound from
Rotterdam to Pasajes when she sheltered in Torbay 10/3.

                                 Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 12/3/2019

PROUD

09 / 4106gt Ex CFL Proud 1/1/2019 owned by Vertom Proud BV, Netherlands. She was
 en route from Delfzijl to Ceuta when she sheltered in Lyme Bay.

                               Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 12/3/2019.

BRIGITTE M

98 / 4446gt managed by Lohman Bereederungen,Germany.She was bound from
Ventspils to Waterford when she sheltered in Lyme Bay.

                                     Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 12/3/2019.

NORDSCHELDE

13 / 24,195gt owned by Reederei Nord Klaus E.Oldendorff,Cyprus and managed by Hanseatic
 Unity Chartering,Germany. She was en route from Slite,Gotland Island,Sweden to Port Everglades when she anchored 10/3 in Lyme Bay to shelter from Storm Gareth.

                              Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 11/3/2019.

BURHAN DIZMAN 1

07 / 5816gt managed by Dizman Shipping and Trade Co Ltd,Turkey.She came from
Antwerp and anchored in Lyme Bay awaiting orders.

                                  Picture taken from Marine Drive,Torquay 11/3/2019.

ELBETOR

90 / 2351gt managed by Strahlmann,Germany.She came out of Teignmouth and anchored
awaiting orders 10/3.

                                Picture taken from Teignmouth seafront 10/3/2019.

VICTORIA HIGHWAY

2018 / 75,126gt 7500 cars owned by K Line,Japan.She is the 10 th ship in this class and
this was her 2nd voyage.She operates on the N.Atlantic Shuttle service and was bound from
 Charleston to Zeebrugge when she boarded a deepsea pilot off Brixham 9/3/2019.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

COSCO SHIPPING PISCES

2019 / 198,500gt 20,119 teu owned by Cosco Shipping,China. She is on her maiden voyage
and was en route from  Zeebrugge to Piraeus when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham
today 7/3/2019. She will not be coming back to Europe for awhile as she moves to a Middle East service on her return to China.

                                    Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.

MOL TRIUMPH

2017 / 210,678gt 20,170 teu owned by Mitsui OSK Line,Japan.She was bound from
Rotterdam to Jebel Ali whn she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham 1/3/2019.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham.