The wreck of the Rendezvous is strapped to the barge WILCARRY 503.

 TORQUAY HARBOUR TODAY 30/6/22.

All the vessels involved in the salvage operation are alongside Princess Pier

Left to right WILCARRY 1717,WILLPOWER,WILCARRY 503,MARIANA K

which are owned by Williams Shipping,Southampton and TMS BOOJUM BAY 

owned by TMS Maritime Ltd,Dawlish.

The pictures were taken from Haldon Pier and on top the multi-storey car park.

 

 SALVAGING THE RENDEZVOUS IN TORQUAY HARBOUR

These pictures were taken yesterday 29/6.

In this one left to right are the tug Willpower, TMS Boojum Bay, the barge Wilcarry 1717

with a 100 tonne 42 metre boom crawler crane on her, Dive boat Mariana K and the barge 

Wilcarry 503 she will loaded on to take away.

 ORCA ACE

18 / 63,116gt 6800 cars.She was bound from Antwerp to Koper when she

 landed her deepsea pilot.this evening

                                         Picture taken from Berry Head 29/6.

 SBS CONFIDENCE

SLC are now using this vessel as the Brixham pilotboat. She was owned by Safety Boat Services.

She was heading out past Berry Head this evening to land the deepsea pilot from Orca Ace.

 MARVELOUS ACE

06 / 59,422gt 6141 cars She had come from South Africa via Vigo to Southampton.When she

left 22/6 her destination was Bremerhaven but was not due there until Tuesday 28/6 so she came

and anchored in the Deepwater Anchorage until she needs to leave.

                                          Picture taken from Marine Drive 23/6.

 RCC CLASSIC

13 / 58,767gt 6700 cars.From new she was chartered from Ray Car Carriers to EUKOR

 as Morning Classic renamed by RCC in 2019..She was bound from Bremerhaven

to Suez when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening.

 

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head 17/6.

 MAERSK KANSAS 07 / 50,686gt 4154 teu.Ex Safmarine Mulanje 22 She had

 come from Norfolk,Virginia and was bound for Antwerp.She looked like she was

 going to pilot but stayed  4 miles out and dropped anchor in the Deepwater

 Anchorage.She is not due in Antwerp until Sunday afternoon so I presume she 

 is awaiting time.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head

                                                  she is 5 miles away

 THE LOCAL LIFEBOAT ROUNDING BERRY hEAD THIS AFTERNOON.

 DUHALLOW

16 / 93,488gt 180,000 dwt owned by Zodiac Maritime, UK .She was en route

from Saldanha,South Africa with a cargo of iron ore to Hamburg when she took

 on stores from Liberty Lass off Brixham.

                                          Pictures taken from Berry Head 17/6.

ENERGY LIBERTY

18 / 121,982gt .Jointly owned by Tokyo LNG Tanker Co and Mitsui Osk.She has 

capacity for 165,000 cubic mtrs of LNG and was bound from Cove Point Offshore

Terminal, Lusby,Maryland USA to Isle of Grain,UK when she boarded her deepsea

 pilot at Brixham today.

 

                                       Pictures taken from Berry Head 16/6.

 M916 BELLIS

86 / 595 tons Belgian Tripartite Minehunter.She had come from Zeebrugge

and anchored just off  Hopes Nose this evening.

                                           Picture taken from Marine Drive 15/6.

 ARCADIA

She arrived back in Torbay from Southampton this morning at 0945.

The picture was taken from Marine Drive this evening 15/6.

 

 HMM DAON

21 / 153,150gt 16,010 teu. She is on the FE3 Service and was bound from

 Yantian to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                         Pictures taken from Berry Head 11/6.

 

                                                     On the turntable at Churston

                                     Taking on water and coal in the yard at Churston

 70000   BRITANNIA

 The English Riviera Express was running from Solihull to Kingswear today.

Diesel D1942 to Taunton then steam Britannia from Taunton -Kingswear -Taunton

 and diesel back to Solihull.

                                                           Passing Waterside

                                             Class 47 D1924 Crewe Diesel Depot

 75014 BRAVEHEART

Hualing the local train past Waterside today,

 GLOVIS SPLENDOR

14 / 64751gt 7300 cars .She was bound from Koper,Slovenia to Vlissingen

when she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

 SPEEDWAY

17 / 81,413gt 158,594 dwt owned by C.M.Lemos, UK and operated by

Nereus Shipping,Greece.She was bound from Houston to Rotterdam when

she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

  WITHIN 2 HOURS 3 SHIPS BOARDED PILOTS TODAY

All pictures taken from Berry Head. There was a heat haze at the pilot station

which gradully cleared.

ORION LEADER

99 / 57,542gt 5066 cars.She was bound from Vigo to Zeebrugge when

 she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

 DIAMOND GAS VICTORIA

21 / 117,564gt, capacity 174,000 cubic metres of LNG.She is operated by Diamond Gas

International a subsidiary of Mitsubishi and managed by NYK,She was bound from 

Rotterdam to Freeport,Texas when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                        Pictures taken from Berry Head in

                                              ghost light conditions 4/6.

 A138 TIDESURGE

Seen from Berry Head this morning.

 A138 TIDESURGE

17 / 39,000 tons full load.She is a Tide Class Tanker and is bound from Plymouth to

Klaipeda,Lithuania and came to anchor in Torbay yesterday afternoon.

                                         Picture taken from Torquay Seafront 2/6.

 ARCADIA

She arrived in Babbacombe Bay yesterday morning from Southampton.

                                             Picture taken from Marine Drive 2/6

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