DANMARK

33 / 737gt Danish Sail Training Ship.She sailed from Frederikshavn around the
 north of Scotland down the west coast of Ireland and arrived in Torbay this
 afternoon.

                                    Picture taken from Waterside with Elandra Denali
                                                         in the background 31/8.

AZURA AND VENTURA

                                          Picture taken from Teignmouth Seafront 30/8.

                                           Picture taken from Labrador car park 30/8

WESTEWIND

03 / 2080gt managed by Wagenborg Shipping,Netherlands.She arrived yesterday
from Rotterdam.

                                             Picture taken at Teignmouth 30/8.

IN 10 HOURS  2 HMM  CONTAINERSHIPS HAVE CALLED AT BRIXHAM

HMM ROTTERDAM

20 / 232,311gt 23,820 teu.She left London Gateway bound for Jebel Ali on the FE3 Service
 but spent yesterday slow steaming north east of Margate awaiting orders, She arrived here to
 land her deepsea pilot at 0657 this morning.Pictures taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 27/8.

HMM HAMBURG

2020 / 228,284gt 23963 teu She is the seventh in the series of 12 and was built by Daewoo.
She was bound from Yantian to Rotterdam on the FE3 Service when she boarded her
 deepsea pilot at Brixham at 2100 tonight.The picture was taken at 2000 when she was
 8 miles from Berry Head.

MARELLA EXPLORER 2

Seen from Brixham this evening 25/8.She left for Portland at 1130 Wednesday.

OCEANIC

12 / 2989gt managed by Global Seatrade BV, Netherlands.She was bound from
Dieppe to Motril,Spain.She is a heavy cargo carrier and can operate open hatch.
The superstructure is offset to starboard to maximise deck space for extra long
loads.She arrived at 0610 and left at 1930.

                                     Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham.

TWO SHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY TODAY FROM STORM FRANCIS

GALATEA

07 / 3672gt Trinity House Lighthouse Tender.She had come from Swansea.

                                     Picture taken from Paignton Seafront 25/8.

TWO'S  COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD, SO HOW LONG WILL SHE STAY THIS TIME?
MARELLA EXPLORER 2
95 / 72,458gt 1895 pass. She arrived from Portland and anchored in Babbacombe Bay
at 17.20 today.The last time 11/8 she anchored off Dartmouth for a day.She left Wed 26/8
for Portland after staying 43 hours.

                                    Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs this evening.

                                            This one was taken from Marine Drive.

AZURA AND VENTURA IN BABBACOMBE BAY TAKEN FROM BERRY HEAD.

 Looking through the gap between Hope's Nose and the Orestone and Exmouth is in the
 background. AZURA on the right is 5.5 miles away and VENTURA is 6 miles.

PROCYON LEADER

2000 / 53,645gt 4666 cars owned by NYK Line,Japan.She was bound from Southampton
to Barcelona when she did a crew change at Brixham this morning 23/8/20.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head.

WHILE ALL THE CRUISESHIPS LEFT WEYMOUTH BAY BECAUSE OF STORM
 ELLEN THESE 2 STAYED PUT HERE WHERE THERE IS BETTER SHELTER.

                                                                   AZURA

                                                                   VENTURA
                                 PICTURES TAKEN FROM BABBACOMBE DOWNS TODAY

KOSSAU

07 / 2461gt managed by Strahlmann.Germany.She was bound from Antwerp to
Waterford when she sheltered in Babbacombe Bay and is seen leaving today 22/8.

                                      Picture taken from Babbacombe Downs.

PAULA

2000 / 8397gt owned by SAL Heavylift GmbH ,Germany.She was bound from
Antwerp to Genoa when she anchored in Torbay to shelter 20/8/20.

                                          Picture taken from Battery Gardens,Brixham
                                                            as she entered Torbay.

SIEGFRIED LEHMANN

05 / 3183gt owned by Siegfried Lehmann,Germany and she was bound from
 Brunsbuttel to Lisbon when she sheltered in Torbay 20/8/20.

                                            Picture taken from Paignton Seafront.

                                 .

3 SHIPS SHELTERING IN TORBAY FROM STORM ELLEN

VENTURA

01/ 2545gt owned by Faversham Ship Ltd,UK.She was bound from Hamburg to
Viana do Castelo,Portugal when she sheltered in Torbay 20/8/20.

                                            Picture taken from Paignton Seafront.                                        

SILVER MANOORA

16 / 29,375gt Chem / Oil tanker owned by Roc Shipping One Designate,UAE and
managed by Shell Tanker Singapore Pte.She was bound from Bejaia,Algeria to
Europe for orders when she called at Brixham this morning for a large crew change
which meant she was off Berry Head for 4.5 hours.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head
                                                 as she arrived 17/8/20

HMM ROTTERDAM

20 / 232,311gt 23,820 teu.She is the 6th in the series and was built by Samsung.She
 arrived when it was nearly dark hence the very poor picture.She was bound from
Yantian to Rotterdam on the FE3 Service and boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham
 12/8/20.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

MARELLA EXPLORER 2

95 / 72,458gt 1896 pass.She was built as Century for Celebrity Cruises 1 of 3 Century
 Class ships and renamed  Celebrity Century in 2008.She became Skysea's Skysea
 Golden Era in 2015 and was given present name by Tui UK,Ltd 1/9/19.She came from
 Portland and anchored 3.5 miles east of Dartmouth at 1500 today.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head
                                                   this evening 11/8/20.

SEARCHING

The Torbay Inshore D Class Lifeboat D 788 Leslie & Mary Daws was  also helping
in the search.

TORBAY LIFEBOAT OUT TO A SHOUT 10/8/20.

The Severn Class Torbay Lifeboat 17-28 Alec & Christina Dykes is seen rounding
Berry Head this afternoon on her way to the sea caves under the South Fort where
a man had fallen / jumped into the sea.

GLOVIS SAFETY

17 / 72,269gt 7400 cars She was bound from Antwerp to Suez when she landed her deepsea
 pilot at Brixham this afternoon. The heat haze was going to preclude any good pictures
but  when she reached the pilot station the sun shone.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head 10/8/20.

GLOVIS SUPERIOR

13 / 64,650gt 7300 cars.She was bound from Derince,Turkey to Tilbury when
she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                         Picture taken from the pilotboat 9/8/20.

HMM DUBLIN

20 / 228,283gt 23,964 teu.She is the fourth in the series but arrived  here at
midnight 25 days ago.The fifth arrived here 5/8.Today she was bound from
 Rotterdam to Singapore on the FE2 Service when she landed her deepsea
pilot at Brixham.

                                      
                                        Picture taken from the pilotboat 9/8/20.

THE 2 CRUISESHIPS FROM MARINE DRIVE THIS EVENING 8/8/20

TOP VENTURA      BOTTOM AZURA 

HENRY HUDSON BRIDGE

08 / 98,747gt 9040 teu.She was bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the FP1 Service
when she boarded a deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                     Picture taken from the pilotboat 8/8/20.

VENTURA

She has just anchored.

                                       Picture taken from Marine Drive 6/8/20.

VENTURA

On her way in VENTURA is passing behind AZURA.

                                      Picture taken from Marine Drive 6/8/20.

2 P&O CRUISESHIPS ARE AWAITING ORDERS IN BABBACOMBE BAY.

The sisterships arrived today

AZURA 10 / 115,055gt 3100 pass arrived at 0700 from Southampton

VENTURA 08 / 116,017gt 3100 pass arrived at 1510 from Weymouth.

                                            AZURA taken from Marine Drive 6/8/20

NYK ROMULUS

After the first 2 we went on out to meet her.

10 / 55,487gt 4888 teu.She has just had a refit and this is her first service since then.
She operates on the Trans-Atlantic Loop 5 (AL 5) and was bound from Antwerp
at Savannah when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham tonight.

                                        Picture taken from the pilotboat 5/8/20.

HMM GDANSK

She was close behind Energy Innovator.

20 / 228,283gt 23,963 teu and built by Daewoo.She is on her maiden voyage on the
 FE3 Service and was bound from Yantian to Rotterdam when she boarded her
 deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

                                        Picture taken from the pilotboat 5/8/20.

ENERGY INNOVATOR

Tonight MTS serviced 3 ships in the mist and rain in 45 minutes.

19 / 121,981gt owned by Tokyo LNG Tanker/ MOL and chartered to Tokyo Gas.
She was bound from Cove Point Offshore LNG Terminal,Lusby,Maryland,USA
to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham tonight.

                               Picture taken from the pilotboat off Brixham 5/8/20.

MARELLA EXPLORER

She arrived early this morning from Portland and has anchored in virtually
the same position S.E of Berry Head as she did when she was here the first
 time 20/7-21/7.She moved to outside Dartmouth 4/8 and left for Portland 7/8.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

CAMBRIDGE

06 / 23,003gt LPG Tanker managed by Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte Ltd,Singapore.
She arrived at Brixham at 15.15 from Zeebrugge for her crew change and then left
for Houston.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head .

CELSIUS RIMINI

09 / 31,433gt managed by Celsius Tech Ltd,China.She was bound from Las Palmas
to Amsterdam when she called a Brixham,She had a big crew change and was off
 Berry Head for 3.5 hours from 8.15 - 11.45.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head.

HEDWIG OLDENDORFF

Today MTS had 3 ships doing crew changes.This was the first one at 7.50.

18 / 107,718gt 209,204 dwt owned by Oldendorff Carriers GMBH & Co,Germany.
She was bound from Narvik to Port Said when she called at Brixham.

                                        Picture taken from Berry Head

70000 BRITANNIA

She is in the guise of 70022 TORNADO and she was hualing the Torbay Express
from Bristol to Kingswear today.At the rear was D1935 Roger Hoskins MA.

                                       Picture taken from Goodrington 2/8/20.

NJORD KITTIWAKE

She is a fast multipurpose 21 metre Crew Transfer Vessel built in 2013 and used in
 the offshore windfarm sector.She is owned by Njord Offshore Ltd,UK and was bound
from Birkenhead to Vlissingen when she called at Brixham today to refuel.

                                             Picture taken at Brixham 1/8/20.

PALMELA

2000 / 55,926gt 6000 cars.She was en route from New York to Antwerp when she
boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham.She had just spent 2 days slow steaming south
of the Scillies.

                                          Picture taken from the pilotboat.

BUDAPEST BRIDGE

This afternoon the MTS Pathfinder serviced 2 ships in one trip.

11 / 46,444gt 4526 teu. Owned by Seaspan,Canada and chartered to K Line.She was
bound from London Gateway to Norfolk on the Transatlantic AL1 service when she
 landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                        Picture taken from the pilotboat 1/8/20.