..... a blog about everything linked to the coast and the sea around the British Isles
Saturday, March 2, 2013
View from Tynemouth Pier, looking south
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Shipping at Sunderland, 26th. February 2013
Molat reloading her deck cargo
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Antari.
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This ship was involved in a grounding incident off County Antrim in June 2008 when the officer of the watch fell asleep. Details here.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Old Ship's Lifeboat (?), North Shields
Shipping on the River Tyne, Saturday 9th. February 2013
Subsea contruction vessel Skandi Acergy.
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Vehicle carrier Leo Spirit
Trawler Supreme
Bulk carrier Nostos S awaiting a berth
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Labels:
Bulk Carrier,
Leo Spirit,
Nostos S,
Skandi Acergy,
Subsea construction vessel,
trawler Supreme,
trawlers,
vehicle carrier
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Shipping at Sunderland, Saturday 2nd. February 2013
French research vessel Oceanic Challenger
Croatian bulk carrier Molat which made an unscheduled call after her cargo of timber became ice-bound and she developed a 10 degree list, whilst sailing from Sweden to Egypt.
Labels:
Bulk Carrier,
Molat,
Oceanic Challenger,
research vessel
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Northumbrian Cobles
Could have been taken 100 years ago ..... but actually taken in 2009 as she entered the Tyne. You don't see cobles under sail very often these days.
Peggy, moored in the Tyne off South Shields, shows her steeply raked mast.
Elizabeth B on the Wear, passing Corporation Quay on her way to sea, 2010.
The Joan Dixon, looking very neglected, at the mouth of the Ouseburn, 2010.
Supreme II, drawn up on the beach in Craster Harbour,some time in the 1990s.
The coble Boy's Own in Seaham North Dock, New Year's Day 2012.
Lilly of the Valley in Sunderland marina, February 2013
Shipping on the river Tyne, 5th. January 2013
Bulk carrier Trident Navigator waiting to enter the river.
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Grab hopper dredger Cherry Sand sailing to the spoil ground to dump her load.
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