A136 TIDESPRING

2017 / 37,000  tons full load. She is the 1st of 4 Royal Navy Tide Class Tankers built by
Daewoo, and recently had extra equipment fitted at Falmouth. This is her first visit into
 Devonport.

                                  Picture taken from Devil's Point, Plymouth 30/9/2017.

EUROPA

1999 / 28,437gt 468 pass 285 crew owned by Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Germany. She is on a 15 day
cruise around Britain from Kiel to Hamburg. She called at Milford Haven yesterday and Dartmouth this morning 22/9/2017 where she disembarked passengers but conditions were too rough to embark them so she sailed into Torbay to do so.She leaves for Greenwich this evening.

                                         Picture taken from Paignton Seafront.

LLOYD DON PASCUALE

2007 / 91,649gt 8200 teu owned by E.R. Schiffahrts, Germany and chartered to NYK.
As Ocean Majesty left Torbay 18/9/2017 so this ship arrived from London Gateway to
 land her deep sea pilot en route to Jeddah.She has been on charter to NYK since March
 and this is the 3rd time she has called here outbound.

                                     Picture taken from the pilot boat off Brixham.

OCEAN MAJESTY

1966 / 10,417gt 535 pass 257 crew owned by Majestic International Cruises Inc.Greece and chartered to Hansa Touristik, Germany .She is on an 11 day Round Britain Cruise from Bremerhaven.She came from Falmouth to Torquay arriving at 0200 18/9/2017 and sailed at 1500 for London.

                                  Picture taken from the pilot boat as she left Torbay

SHEARWATER

1968 / 342gt Grab dredger owned by Shearwater Dredging Ltd, Edinburgh  arrived in Torquay from Southampton.She is heeled to starboard to have a welding repair done.Destination Scotland?

                                        Picture taken in Torquay Harbour 15/9/2017

RIO BLANCO

2009 / 73,899gt 5905 teu owned by Hamburg Sud, Germany.She was bound from Hamburg
to Tangermed when she landed her overcarried Hamburg port pilot at Brixham 15/9/2017.

                                          Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham.

SORLANDET

1927 / 499gt. This Norwegian tall ship is the oldest operating fully rigged ship in the world
and was bound from Kristiansand to Porto when she came into Torbay to shelter 10/9/2017.
She left 13/9.

                                               Picture taken from Brixham 10/9.