Year: 2012
MV Viking II – Past and Present
Ferries
4th June 2020
MV Viking II – Past and Present
MV Ocean Pearl, ex Earl William, Viking II - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1964 by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted A/S. Tonsberg, Norway, (Yard No 160) for Otto Thoresen…
MV Bretagne – Past and Present
Brittany Ferries (BAI)
25th September 2020
MV Bretagne – Past and Present
MV Bretagne - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1989 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire, France (Yard No 29) for Brittany Ferries, Roscoff.
MV Seven Sisters – Past and Present
DFDS
20th October 2020
MV Seven Sisters – Past and Present
MV Seven Sisters - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 2006 by De Hijos De J, Barreras De Vigo, Spain (Yard No. 1646), for Transmanche Ferries, Dieppe.
MV Pride of Bilbao – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
17th January 2021
MV Pride of Bilbao – Past and Present
MV SPL Princess Anastasia, ex Bilbao, Pride of Bilbao, Olympia - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1986 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turku, Finland (Yard No 1290) as a…
MV Saga Pearl II – Past and Present
Cruise Ships
25th May 2020
MV Saga Pearl II – Past and Present
MV Saga Pearl II, ex Quest for Adventure, Saga Pearl II, Astoria, Arkona, Astor - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft ,Germany (Yard no 165) in…
MV Boudicca – Past and Present
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
31st July 2021
MV Boudicca – Past and Present
MV Boudicca, ex Royal Viking Sky - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1973 by Oy Wartsila Ab, Helsingfors, Finland (Yard No 396) for Det Nordenfjeldske D/S, Trondheim under…
Farewell to a Pride……..
Maritime Features
16th December 2012
Farewell to a Pride……..
Introduction The Pride of Dover arrived in the Essex port of Tilbury from Dover on the 16th December 2010 having finally finished on the Dover-Calais service on the 15th December…
MV Normandy – Past and Present
Ferries
23rd July 2020
MV Normandy – Past and Present
MV ARV2, ex Normandy, Stena Normandy, St Nicholas, Prinsessan Birgitta, GV 909 - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1981 by Götaverken Arendal Ab Göteborg (Yard No. 909), for Ab…
SS Autocarrier (I) – Past and Present
British Transport Commission (BTC)
6th December 2019
SS Autocarrier (I) – Past and Present
SS Autocarrier (I) - Steel twin screw steamer, she was Britain’s first railway-owned cross-Channel car ferry, built and engined by D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow, in 1931 (Yard No 912M)…
MV Pride of Dover – Past and Present
P&O Ferries
20th September 2021
MV Pride of Dover – Past and Present
MV Pride, ex Pride of Dover, PO Dover, P&OSL Dover, Pride of Dover - Steel triple screw motor vessel, built Schichau -Unterweser AG, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany (Yard No. 93) in 1987 as a passenger/roll-on…
MV Côte D’Albatre – Past and Present
DFDS
16th December 2020
MV Côte D’Albatre – Past and Present
MV Côte D’Albatre - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 2005 by De Hijos De J Barreras De Vigo, Spain (Yard No. 1645), for Transmanche Ferries, Dieppe.
October-November 2012 – Photos & Seasons Greetings
Maritime Features
3rd December 2012
October-November 2012 – Photos & Seasons Greetings
With the year rapidly drawing to a close and with things starting to get really busy for me in the run up to Christmas (for those who don’t know, I work…
TS Prinses Josephine Charlotte (I) – Past and Present
Ferries
5th October 2019
TS Prinses Josephine Charlotte (I) – Past and Present
TS Prinses Josephine Charlotte (I) ex HMS Prinses Josephine Carlotte (LSI 4238), Prinses Josephine Charlotte Nigel Thornton Collection Steel twin screw turbine ship, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken…
MV Saga Ruby – Past and Present
Cruise Ships
3rd September 2020
MV Saga Ruby – Past and Present
MV Oasia, ex Saga Ruby, Caronia, Vistafjord - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend, (Yard No 39) in 1973 for Norwegian America Line, Oslo
HSC Sure (GH- 9001/GH – 2031) – Past and Present
Ferries
7th December 2016
HSC Sure (GH- 9001/GH – 2031) – Past and Present
HSC Beasac III (GH -2031) ex Sure (GH- 9001) Nicolas Lévy Collection “Winchester Class” (SRN.6) Mk I Hovercraft built in 1966 by British Hovercraft Corporation, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England…
HSC Britannia (GH – 2011) – Past and Present
Ferries
7th December 2016
HSC Britannia (GH – 2011) – Past and Present
HSC Britannia (GH - 2011) - “Winchester Class” (SRN.6) Mk I Hovercraft built in 1966 by British Hovercraft Corporation, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (024) for Townsend Car Ferries
HSC Swift (GH-2010) – Past and Present
Ferries
7th December 2016
HSC Swift (GH-2010) – Past and Present
HSC Swift (GH-2010) ex SR.N6 022 Nicolas Lévy Collection “Winchester Class” (SRN.6) Mk I Hovercraft built in 1966 by British Hovercraft Corporation, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (022) for…
MV Chartres – Past and Present
Agapitos Express Ferries
4th July 2021
MV Chartres – Past and Present
MV Al Salmy 4, ex Express Santorini, Chartres - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Dubigeon-Normandie S.A., Nantes (Yard No. 137), in 1974 for the French National Railways as…
MV Saga Sapphire – Past and Present
Saga Cruises
12th December 2020
MV Saga Sapphire – Past and Present
MV Saga Sapphire, ex Bleu De France, Europa - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1981 by Bremer Vulkan,Vegesack, Bremen, Germany (Yard No 1001) for Hapag-Lloyd AG, Bremen, Germany