Month: March 2013
Photo Bit’s & Bob’s March 2013
Maritime Features
29th July 2013
Photo Bit’s & Bob’s March 2013
I am sure all photographers will tell you that there are memory cards that seemly grow legs and disappear when it comes to downloading them. They go into hiding and…
MV Antrim Princess – Past and Present
British Railways Board (BRB)
10th December 2021
MV Antrim Princess – Past and Present
MV Stella, ex Tynwald, Antrim Princess - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1967 at Hawthorn, Leslie (Shipbuilders) Hebburn, Tyne (Yard No 765) as a roll-on roll-off car and…
The Evolution of a Darwin
Maritime Features
29th July 2013
The Evolution of a Darwin
Introduction Originally built as the European Pathway (Pride of Canterbury) and the European Highway (Pride of Kent) in 1992 as freight vessels for P&O European Ferries for use on the…
MV Scandinavia (1974) – Past and Present
Ferries
31st March 2022
MV Scandinavia (1974) – Past and Present
MV Alexandra T, ex Alexandra, Greenfield, Saturnus, Europa II, Atlas III, Raed B, Scandinavia - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1974 by Trondheims Mekaniske Verksted, Trondheim, Norway (Yard…
A brief visit to Calais pier 3rd March 2013
Maritime Features
17th March 2013
A brief visit to Calais pier 3rd March 2013
On the 3rd of March I had my first ferry trip of the year to Calais with P&O Ferries on the newly refurbished Pride of Canterbury, returning later on in…
MV Essex Ferry (II) – Past and Present
British Railways Board (BRB)
30th August 2019
MV Essex Ferry (II) – Past and Present
MV Essex Ferry - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1957 at John Brown & Co., (Clydebank) Ltd (Yard No 694) for British Railways as a passenger and train…
MV Isle of Innisfree (III) – Past and Present
Irish Ferries
2nd August 2022
MV Isle of Innisfree (III) – Past and Present
MV Isle of Innisfree, ex Calais Seaways, Norman Spirit, Ostend Spirit, Norman Spirit, Pride of Aquitaine, PO Aquitaine, POSL Aquitaine, Stena Royal, Prins Filip - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built…
MV Purbeck – Past and Present
Truckline Ferries
13th March 2022
MV Purbeck – Past and Present
MV Maria Rosario, ex Purbeck - Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1978 at Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre (ACH), Le Havre, France (Yard No 247) for Truckline Ferries…
TS Maid of Orleans (I) – Past and Present
British Transport Commission (BTC)
2nd July 2022
TS Maid of Orleans (I) – Past and Present
TS Maid of Orleans (I) Maid of Orleans (I) – Roy Thornton Collection (1920) Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built and engined by Denny’s of Dumbarton (Yard No. 1028) for…
TS Biarritz – Past and Present
British Transport Commission (BTC)
2nd July 2022
TS Biarritz – Past and Present
TS Biarritz Biarritz – Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built and engined by Denny’s of Dumbarton (Yard No. 1015) for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, in 1914.…
TS Duke of Rothesay (III) – Past and Present
British Transport Commission (BTC)
28th January 2022
TS Duke of Rothesay (III) – Past and Present
TS Duke of Rothesay (III) Duke of Rothesay (III) – Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw turbine vessel built by William Denny & Bros, Ltd., Dumbarton 1956 (Yard No 1487)…
