Tuesday, 31 December 2024

 EDDYSTONE 02 / 23,235gt She arrived from Plymouth yesterday to shelter in Lyme Bay

and is due back in Plymouth tomorrow.This did not happen, she is now heading up the 

Norwegian Coast 4/1.

 

RDJ JOHANNA She is bound from Rouen to Ayr and is sheltering in Babbacombe Bay

                                                  Pictures taken from Babbacombe Downs.


Monday, 30 December 2024

 3 SHIPS AWAITING BERTHS ANCHORED IN LYME BAY.

Pictures taken from Berry Head.

HMM ROTTERDAM from Algeciras to Rotterdam,waiting outside Torbay.

AMETHYST ACE from New York to Emden,waiting in Lyme Bay.

MAERSK MONTANA,from Norfolk to Antwerp,waiting outside Torbay.





Tuesday, 24 December 2024

 IT INFINITY

08 / 6168gt offshore supply ship owned by IT International Telcom Marine,Canada.

She was bound from Rognan,Norway to Halifax,Canada. I think she piloted and then

stopped from 0900 till 1400,6.5 miles from Berry Head.She is on her way back to her

 owners after being converted to a cablelayer.



Monday, 23 December 2024

 The Oil Rig DOLPHIN LEADER is being towed by the tug SPM Neel Pratap to Aliaga

to be scrapped.She is 11 miles out from Berry Head.



 GASCHEM EUROPE

23/ 28,580gt 40,000 cu m LPG Tanker .She was bound from Antwerp to Marcus Hook,USA.

when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham today.

                                             Picture taken from Berry Head


 BLANCO ACE

23 / 28,580gt 6800 ceu She is bound from Portbury to Vlissingen and is sheltering in the

deepwater anchorage because she is not due to berth until Boxing Day.



                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.

Saturday, 21 December 2024

 FEHN CAPE

12 / 1905gt.She was bound from Hamburg to Skikda when she sheltered in Torbay.

MARCUS

04 / 2461gt.She was bound from Ternuezen to Pasajes when she sheltered in Torbay


 



 CONSTANCE 

11 / 2415gt .She was bound from Kiel to Santander when she sheltered in Torbay.

                                WES ELISA 23 / 2518gt.She was bound from Bremen to Iskenderun

                                                         when she sheltered in Torbay




 AILA

07 / 9131gt 907 teu.She is owned by Lange Ship,Finland and is bound 

from Rotterdam to Bilbao and is sheltering outside Torbay.

                                            Picture taken from Battery Gardens


Friday, 20 December 2024

 VERTOM EVA 1-0 / 2451gt She had come from Teignmouth and is sheltering

in Babbacombe Bay.Her destination is Rouen.

               WILSON HOBRO 01 / 2896gt She is bound from Antwerp to Seville

                                     and is sheltering in Babbacombe Bay



 MARCUS 04 / 2461gt,She is sheltering in Torbay, bound from Ternuezen to Pasajes

                YUCATAN 06 / 1972 She is arriving in Babbacombe Bay to shelter

                              and is bound from Ternuezen to Drogheda.



Thursday, 19 December 2024

 2 SHIPS SHELTERING 5 AND 4 MILES FROM BERRY HEAD.

ELBCARRIER 07 / 8246gt owned by USC BARNKRUG,Germany and chartered to

Eucon Shipping Ireland.She was bound from Dublin to Rotterdam.

 

PEAK BERGEN 10 / 2978gt owned by Peak Project Carriers AS, Norway.She came from

Rouen.

Pictures taken from Berry Head 19/12.


 


Saturday, 14 December 2024

 H&W SAMSON 

87 / 185gt A Multipurpose Landing Craft owned by Kraken Marine Services. 

Penzance.                                          


                                               Torquay Harbour 14/12.

Saturday, 7 December 2024

 INEOS INSIGHT

15 / 22,887gt.She is a combination LNG/LPG tanker managed by Seaspeak Maritime,Denmark.

She was bound from Rafnes,Norway to Marcus Hook.USA and is sheltering from Storm Darragh

 4,5 miles north of Marine Drive.

                                            Picture taken from Marine Drive 7/12/24.


 UHL FAITH

21/16732gt Heavy Load Carrier with 2 x 450t cranes.She was bound from Antwerp and is awaiting

orders while she shelters from Storm Darragh in Torbay.

                                            Picture taken from Battery Gardens 6/12/24.
 


Thursday, 12 September 2024

 R08 QUEEN ELIZABETH

A second chance to get a bow shot.



                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head 9/9.

 AMETHYST ACE

08 / 60,143gt 6400 ceu .She was bound from Emden to Halifax when she landed her

 deepsea pilot at Brixham this afternoon.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head 9/9.
 


 MARINA

1I /66,084 gt 1260 pass.She is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line and operated by

Oceania Cruises, USA.She is on a 12 day round trip Anglo Saxon Byways and 

arrived in Torbay from Cork and sailed to Southampton where the cruise ended.


.

                                            Pictures taken from Daddyhole Plain 9/9.

Sunday, 8 September 2024

 MARVEL DOVE

24 / 111,099 gt Managed by SK Shipping KRS, S,Korea and chartered to Mitsui.This

is her first time into N,Europe and she was bound from Ras Laffan to Zeebrugge when

 she boarded her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head

Saturday, 7 September 2024

 R08 QUEEN ELIZABETH

From Berry Head this morning.




 GLOVIS CENTURY

12 / 58,288gt 6000 ceu .She was bound from Zeebrugge to Singapore when she 

landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.
 

Thursday, 5 September 2024

 VESTVIND

16/7175gt Heavy Load Carrier owned by Vestvind 1,Germany.She was bound from

Gdynia to St  Nazaire when she came up to Torbay yesterday to shelter.She is carrying

keel sections for the Celebrity Cruises newbuild Celebrity Xcel which will be finished

11/25.

                                            Battery Gardens
                                            Marine Drive


Monday, 2 September 2024

 ALEXANDER

09 / 4723gt managed by Jens U Waller,Germany.She arrived from Belfast and is awaiting

orders in Torbay.

                                            Picture taken from Meadfoot

                                            Picture taken from Daddyhole Plain.
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Sunday, 1 September 2024

 M31 CATTISTOCK 

83 / 750 tons fl.She is the guardship for the Dartmouth Regatta.



                                           Pictures taken from Kingswear.

 RCC AMERICA

03 / 57,718gt 6500 ceu.Ex Hoegh America 2019.She was bound from Antwerp to Dakar 

when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this morning in the rain.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.


Saturday, 31 August 2024

 P.S.WAVERLEY on her South Devon Coast Cruise from Plymouth to Dartmouth only

came up to Berry Head as weather conditions stopped her coming into Torbay.


 
                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head.


 DIAMOND GAS CRYSTAL

21 / 117,564gt 174,000 cubic metres.She was bound from Lake Charles,Louisiana

to Rotterdam when she boarded her deepsea pilot last night.


                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head 30/8.


 ONE HELSINKI

12 / 96,801gt 8930 teu bound from Singapore to Rotterdam on the FE1 Service.

when she boarded her deepsea pilot.

                                           Picture taken from Berry Head 30/8.


LEGIO X EQUESTRIS

22 / 154,449gt 299,937dwt managed by Central Mare Inc,Greece.She was bound from

Rotterdam to Donges when she landed her deepsea pilot on Sunday 25/8.


 

                                           Pictures taken from Berry Head.

 ONE TRIUMPH

17 / 210,678gt 20,179teu.She was bound from Rotterdam to Algeciras on

the FE2 Service and landing her deepsea pilot at Brixham Sunday 25/8.

                                            Picture taken from Berry Head.


Monday, 19 August 2024

 HMM ST PETERSBURG

20 / 232,311gt 23,820 teu.She is on the FE4 Service and was bound from London 

Gateway to Tangermed when she landed her deepsea pilot at Brixham this evening

in blustery conditions.



                                             Pictures taken from Berry Head.