Month: January 2014
MV Lizrix, Past and Present
Cargo Vessels
5th December 2016
MV Lizrix, Past and Present
MV Lizrix - Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2008 at Selahattin Telci Gemi Yapim San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.Istanbul. Turkey (Yard No. 102) as a oil/chemical tanker
MV Summer Wind – Past and Present
Cargo Vessels
4th March 2018
MV Summer Wind – Past and Present
MV Summer Wind, ex Chiquita Burica, Edyth L - Steel single screw motor vessel, built in 1985 by Kurushima Dock, Co., Ltd (Yard No. 2392), for Leif Hoegh & Co., Ltd…
HSC Superseacat Three – Past and Present
Hoverspeed
1st May 2022
HSC Superseacat Three – Past and Present
HSC Speedrunner III, ex Superseacat Three - Aluminium MDV 1200 mono-hull high speed craft built in 1999 by Fincantieri-Cant. Nav. Italian S.p.A., Riva Trigoso , Italy (Yard No. 6003) as…
Red Sky in the Morning……….
Maritime Features
16th August 2019
Red Sky in the Morning……….
Introduction On Sunday (26/01/14) we undertook our first crossing of the year, the first of many no doubt. Travelling with P&O Ferries we headed out on the Spirit of France…
HSC Superseacat One – Past and Present
Hoverspeed
21st July 2022
HSC Superseacat One – Past and Present
HSC Almudaina Dos, ex Superseacat One - Aluminium MDV 1200 mono-hull high speed craft built in 1997 by Fincantieri-Cant. Nav. Italian S.p.A., Riva Trigoso , Italy (Yard No. 5999 for…
MV Eastern Bay – Past and Present
Cargo Vessels
4th March 2018
MV Eastern Bay – Past and Present
MV Eastern Bay, ex Eastern Express, Frost Express - Steel single screw motor vessel, built in 1997 by Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (Yard No. 306), for Saito Shipping as a…
MV Costa Rican Star – Past and Present
Cargo Vessels
20th July 2021
MV Costa Rican Star – Past and Present
MV Costa Rican Star, ex Hornwind, Costa Rican Star - Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1998 by Shikoku Dockyard, Takamatsu (Yard No 885) for Blue Star Line.
HSC Superseacat Two – Past and Present
Atlânticoline
14th June 2022
HSC Superseacat Two – Past and Present
HSC Hellenic Highspeed, ex Viking, Superseacat Two - Aluminium MDV 1200 mono-hull high speed craft built in 1997 by Fincantieri-Cant. Nav. Italian S.p.A., Riva Trigoso , Italy (Yard No. 6000)…
MV Messina Strait – Past and Present
Cargo Vessels
4th March 2018
MV Messina Strait – Past and Present
MV Messina Strait, ex Carla Pira, Carmel Bio-Top, Rio Yarkon - Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2004 by Estaleiros Navais De Viana Do Castelo S.A. (Yard No 213) as…
TS Prinses Astrid (I) – Past and Present
Ferries
4th March 2018
TS Prinses Astrid (I) – Past and Present
TS Prinses Astrid, ex HMS Prinses Astrid, Prinses Astrid - Steel twin screw turbine ship, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken (Yard No. 638) in 1930, the first of…
Empire Shearwater – Past and Present
Past and Present
11th May 2018
Empire Shearwater – Past and Present
MV Empire Shearwater, ex LST 3033 - A former twin screw LST (Landing Ship Tank), the hull was built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland (Yard Number 275) in…
