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Ferry Trips
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From 2013 onwards please visit my SmugMug
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2012
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| OCEAN
PRINCESS departing Dover
late pm with back drop of the White
Cliffs. A few photos of CRYSTAL
SYMPHONY with ferries
on departure - 25 August 2012 |
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unexciting handful of photos of
Normandie Express arriving through
yachts , St Clare, Solent Cat &
Leander still alongside at the marina
14:35 - 14:45 17 June 2012 |
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MAASDAM
& MEIN SCHIFF 2
alongside at Southampton at 15:00
& MAASDAM's departure down
Southampton Water 18:45. Green HOTSPUR
IV - 2 August 2012
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| ASTOR
alongside at 38/39 green GREAT
EXPECTATIONS passes by. A wave of the camera over ORIANA, INDEPENDENCE OF THE
SEAS & AZURA - 14 July 2012 |
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| Cruise ships at Piraeus:-
MEIN
SCHIFF 1 & AZAMARA QUEST
15 Jul, LOUIS
OLYMPIA, ZENITH, CROWN PRINCESS, LE
LEVANT, EXPLORER, RUNNING ON WAVES,
CELEBRITY EQUINOX 16 Jul, ARETHUSA,
SEVEN SEAS MARINER, LA BELLE DE
L'ADRIATIQUE & OCEAN MAJESTY
20 Jul 2012 |
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Portsmouth
Movies:- MINERVA, PONT-AVEN, KLIPPER STREAM, EXPEDITION, NORMANDIE
EXPRESS, St
Cecilia, St Clare,
Wight Ryder I, BRETAGNE - 22 May 2012 |
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| UASC's
MALIK AL ASHTAR arriving at
Southampton on her maiden voyage. PAULA
C, tugs and more - 13:00 - 13:30 21 May
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A few photos of the Jubilee
Sailing Trust's LORD
NELSON sailing [not under
sail] down Southampton Water 18:00 -
18:10 19 May 2012 |
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| MORNING
CHARLOTTE pulling
alongside at Southampton. Other vessels
OCEANA, SAGA SAPPHIRE, SAGA PEARL II,
AZURA & OLZA - 6 May 2012 |
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Visit
aboard CHRISTINA O at
South Quay, Canary Wharf - 2 May
2012
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Rain,
Rain & MEIN SCHIFF 2
& AZURA in the
distance. Turnstones camouflaged
amongst the seaweed - 29 April 2012
[not good photos] Yacht - Sea Rhapsody
alongside too
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ARCADIA
departs Mayflower Terminal at approx
16:50 and passes QUEEN
MARY 2 berthed at City
Terminal. QM2 leaves berth at 17:30 -
27 April 2012
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Re-enactment
of RMS TITANIC's departure.
On the 100th Anniversary of her
sailing from Southampton on that ill
fated voyage a memorial event was held
at the Ocean Terminal overlooking
TITANIC's berth 43/44 - 12:00 10 April
2012
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Fred. Olsen Cruise
Lines' BALMORAL
departs Southampton at 17:00 in the
cold just ahead of SAGA SAPPHIRE [on
her Maiden
Voyage, see below] 3
April 2012
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HYUNDAI
TENACITY arriving at
Southampton on her maiden call,
passing Hythe and approaching the
Container Terminal 13:00 - 13:50 24
April 2012
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BOUDICCA
alongside at Southampon, in the
morning cleaning her teeth ;) with
ASIAN BREEZE and in the afternoon with
sailing yacht SEA ESSAY. THV GALATEA,
HURST POINT & others - 16 April
2012
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CMA
CGM VERDI & Stavros
S Niarchos arrive. ARABIAN BREEZE
passing Town Quay moving berths. OSAKA
EXPRESS, Red Falcon, Red Eagle, Red
Jet 4, Hotspur IV, INTEGRITY - 8
April 2012
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ss
SHIELDHALL now painted
black alongside berth 48.CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY, GRANDE MEDITERRANEO, HOEGH
OSLO, Tug Tender Calshot & others
- 6 April 2012
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EDDYSTONE
Passing through the upper swinging
ground as she moves berths from the
container terminal back to Marchwood RLC
- 11:00 26 March 2012
NORJAN
loading yachts & HELENIC
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SAGA
SAPPHIRE alongside
Mayflower Terminal, Southampton
after her 4 month refit for Saga
Cruises in Palermo, with new balcony
cabins & Saga livery. A hazy
start to the day becoming sunny.
Various photos during her stay &
finally her Departure
heavily
smoking 26 Mar - 3
Apr 2012
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Another
misty/hazy day sees QUEEN
VICTORIA sailing down
Southampton Water. Cowes Floating
bridge [Chain Ferry] on the slip at
Husbands Shipyard - 24 Mar 2012
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On a misty day NYK
VENUS arrives and OOCL
NORFOLK departs
Southampton. THV GALATEA
arrives & other vessels -
14 March 2012
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Swan Hellenic's MINERVA
alongside at Portsmouth on her return
from a 3 month refit at Bremerhaven.
The UK's Warships
& other vessels on a very foggy
day - 2 Mar 2012
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2011
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Sorry I ran out of time for
2011 between April & December Click Here
for all the Photos of numerous Vessels in Portsmouth,
Dover & Southampton
For Cruise Ships in the Aegean 20 June - 1 July 2011 See Here |
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Aboard
Brittany Ferries BRETAGNE
overnight Portsmouth to St Malo and back
aboard NORMANDIE Ouistreham [Caen] to
Portsmouth - 4/5 November 2011 |
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| BALMORAL
at Southampton & departing. BRETAGNE
arriving at Portsmouth; various other
ferries & vessels at Southampton
& Portsmouth - 23 April 2011 |
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A handful of photos of
the vessels alongside in Southampton
on a dull and very windy day - no
movements - ARAGONBORG,
MOGAMI REEFER, CHUETSU MARU,
HARTLAND POINT, ORP Lublin - 6 February 2011
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2010
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| BLACK WATCH,
AURORA & ORIANA at
Southampton with a few other vessels.
Calshot Spit Lightship on Trafalgar
Dock. Yacht SHEMARA
in the distance at Trafalgar Wharf,
Porchester - 17 December 2010 |
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| Cunard's new QUEEN ELIZABETH
alongside at Ocean Terminal,
Southampton. Other vessels too - 9
October 2010 |
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MARCO POLO -
Ship Visit at Tibury, with many other passing
ships - SEASHARK, BIT OAKLAND, TOPAZ-T, BAHIA
LAURA, SELANDIA SEAWAYS, CYMBELINE, yacht LAUREL
and more - 20 September 2010 |
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| Dover; DISNEY MAGIC
makes her inaugural call to the UK. The
Dover/Calais/Dunkerque/Boulogne Ferries
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Cruise Ships in the
Ionian & Aegean 17 -
26 July 2010
Piraeus - AEGEAN ODYSSEY,
SEABOURN ODYSSEY, SEADREAM II, EXPLORER
[Semester at Sea], NIEUW AMSTERDAM
Syros - Norwegian Dream
Santorini - CLUB MED 2,
BRILLIANCE OF THE SEAS, OCEAN MAJESTY,
COSTA VICTORIA, CORAL, HARMONY V &
ANKARA
Corfu - Salamis Filoxenia
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| AZURA & QUEEN
VICTORIA FREYA, HUELIN
ENDEAVOUR, ORION LEADER, RED OSPREY, RED
EAGLE, METHANIA & others more
distant at Southampton, Medea, Tai Gu
Hai, Wade Stone, Seagreen, Submersible
wind turbine on the slip - 26 May 2010 |
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| OCEAN COUNTESS [CMV,
Cruise & Maritime Voyages] at
Tilbury Cruise Terminal. Hamburg Süd's
RIO NEGRO, DUCHESS M & various tugs
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| Brittany Ferries' CAP FINISTERE
at Portsmouth along with fleetmate
BRETAGNE, Wightlink Ferries, St Clare,
St Cecilia, St Faith, Hovercraft Freedom
80, OOCL QINGDAO & other small
vessels - 04 April 2010 |
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2009
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Saga Rose's departure on her final voyage from
Southampton for Saga Cruises. See the 44'
Paying Off Pennant. & Black Prince
alongside berth 49 awaiting her fate - 30
October 2009
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Albatros & Arcadia at Southampton plus
other vessels - 4 October 2009
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A few evening photos from Portsmouth as the light fades with Wightlink
Ferries, IOTS & Aurora in the far
distance 18:40 & 19:00 - 26 September
2009
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Southampton 5 ships; Black Watch, Grand Princess,
Queen Mary 2, Oceana & Independence of
the Seas - ss Shieldhall had a day out. The
weather stayed fine with sunny intervals
between the dark brooding clouds; no rain
although it was quite windy & chilly at
Calshot. - 29 August 2009
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Prinsendam at Tilbury - Alongside the Cruise Terminal
between 15:30 & 17:00 inc other
berthed/passing vessels, Ark Forwarder, Swan
Diana, Topeka + - 22 August 2009
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Portsmouth & her ferries from the
Spinnaker Tower, inc BRETAGNE arriving &
Southampton, CELEBRITY EQUINOX,
Ventura, Arcadia, Crown Princess, CMA CGM
Pelleas, CMA CGM Jade, Autoprogress &
others - 30/31 July 2009
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Portsmouth &
Southampton - New Wightlink White Ryder I
& II, Le Grand Bleu, CELEBRITY
EQUINOX, Grande Napoli & more - 22
July 2009
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PACIFIC
VENUS
moored at Greenwich Ship Tier &
departing at 17:00 - 16 May 2009
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Cruise Ships in the
Ionian & Aegean 17 -
24 June 2009
Piraeus - NAVIGATOR OF THE
SEAS, MSC MUSICA, SAPPHIRE, THOMSON
CELEBRATION, AIDAVITA, AQUAMARINE,
CELEBRITY SUMMIT, THE AEGEAN PEARL,
CRISTAL, MSC ARMONIA, EASYCRUISE LIFE,
GEMINI, GRAND MISTRAL, CELEBRITY SOLSTICE,
OCEAN VILLAGE TWO, INSIGNIA
Mykonos - ARETHUSA and
Argostoli - MSC ARMONIA
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A brief visit to Dover to see the non-materialising
Emerald Princess & Princess Daphne; a
few ferries - 11 May 2009
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GAP
Adventures' EXPEDITION at Portsmouth & departing for
the 1st time - 1 May 2009 Normandie,
Normandie Express, Wightlink Ferries,
Hovercraft, Gosport Ferries & D32 HMS
Daring & other Warships . Reefer STAR
STRATOS
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SAGA ROSE alongside & departing
Portsmouth - 20 April 2009 Harbour Tour
aboard SOLENT CAT with many Warships.
BRETAGNE, COMMODORE GOODWILL, NORMANDIE
EXPRESS, Wightlink, Gosport & FastCat
Ferries; Hovercraft & other vessels
[QM2, ORIANA & QV in the distance from
Southampton]
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Southampton
& The Isle of Wight 4
& 5 April 2009
Oriana in Southampton, Oceana
arriving & departing, Red Falcon to/from
the Isle of Wight, around part of the IOW ps
Ryde, Wight Light. Cenred, Caedmon &
Cenwulf laid up at Marchwood & many
other vessels on Southampton Water
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Dover/Calais/Dover Crossing
Saturday 7 March 2009 SeaFrance Renoir
11:05 & SeaFrance
Berlioz
16:45 A lovely sunny & calm day,
until the return crossing when it became
cold & windy with some outer decks
closed off.
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Queen
Victoria alongside Mayflower Terminal,
Southampton & departing. Norman
Voyager departing Portsmouth & other
Portsmouth Ferries - 2 January 2009
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2008
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Dover/Calais/Dover Crossing
Wednesday 17 December 2008 SeaFrance Rodin 08:15 & SeaFrance Molière 14:40 The original plan for the day, to
sail aboard SeaFrance Molière came to be, on
an almost summer like day.
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Queen Elizabeth 2's Final Departure from her home port
of Southampton [off to Dubai for conversion
to a luxury floating hotel at Palm Jumeirah]
- 11 November 2008
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Portsmouth - 11 October 2008 Harbour Tour
aboard SOLENT CAT. MONT St MICHEL arrives
& departs. WIGHT SKY in dock. Views of
Portsmouth Waterfront & many Wightlink,
Gosport & Naval Vessels.
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2 QUEENS in
Southampton with AMADEA & VENTURA - 10 Oct 2008 QE2 at QEII Terminal
& QM2 at City Cruise Terminal [101],
with AMADEA [104] & VENTURA [106] at
Mayflower Terminal. The last time QE2 &
QM2 will ever sailaway together from
Southampton.
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Tilbury - 4 October 2008 Marco Polo, ps
Waverley, Norcape, Ark Forwarder &
others at Tilbury
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Antwerp - 21 September 2008 A wonderful
day in Antwerpen; ms DEUTSCHLAND, HÅKON
JARL, FLANDRIA 20, FLANDRIA 16 & others.
Red Star Line Expo at the National Maritime
Museum. Crossings on SeaFrance Berlioz &
SeaFrance Cézanne
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Dover/Calais/Dover Crossing
Wednesday 6 August 2008 SeaFrance Cézanne
11:05 & SeaFrance Rodin 15:15 The original plan for the day, to
sail aboard SeaFrance Molière fell flat when
her inaugural sailings kept being delayed.
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Early
am at Southampton QE2 arrives, APL London departs. Harbour
Trip at Portsmouth, Normandie & Spirit
of Adventure depart. Calshot Spit QE2
sails by, blasting her horn, Grand Ruby
arrives - 2 July 2008
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A
cold, wet [sleet, snow, hail] & windy
Dover/Calais Pride
of Dover - 22 March
2008. The Port of Calais closed during the
pm due to severe weather; returned via Le
Shuttle. Pride of Dover & Burgundy,
SeaFrance Berlioz, Maersk Dunkerque,
European Endeavour & others
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2007
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A
Sunny Dover/Calais/Dover
Pride of Kent trip - 17 August 2007. Pride of
Dover, Burgundy, Kent, Calais - SeaFrance
Berlioz, Nord Pas-De-Calais, Rodin, Manet
- SpeedOne, Saga Ruby & others
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Opera
Departs - 11 June
2007. Louis Cruise Lines' Opera departs
for Piraeus. Sand Fulmar, Ibrahim G,
Valentine & misc photos
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Tilbury Landing Stage - 6 June
2007. ARIELLE, Symphorine, Equine,
Celandine, Sluisgracht, Senya, Duchess M
& misc photos
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Dover/Calais/Dover
aboard Pride of Dover - 15 February 2007. Pride of
Dover, Kent, Burgundy, Canterbury - Maersk
Dover - SeaFrance Rodin, Cezanne, Berlioz,
Renoir - Autotransporter, Horncliff, David
Church, MOL Horizon & others
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2006
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Ferries
at Dover & St Peter Port, 8 - 10 June
2006
Pride of
Canterbury, Burgundy, Dover - SeaFrance
Rodin, Manet - SpeedOne, Midnight Merchant
& Groups berthed. Commodore Clipper,
HSC Condor Express & others
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2005
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Bolivar Ferry - Six [free] ferries cover the 20'
journey between Galveston & Port
Bolivar, 24hrs. They each carry 52 cars
& 400 pax, make 12 kts & 185' in
length - 13 June 2005
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USS TEXAS is the last of the battleships,
patterned after HMS Dreadnought, that
participated in both WW I & II. Launched
18 May 1912 at Newport News - 13 June 2005
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Port Aransas is on the northern tip of Mustang
Island, accesible only by a free ferry
connecting with the mainland via Aransas
Pass & long causeway - 10 June 2005
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2004
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SS Jeremiah O'Brien - Liberty Ship, Pier 45, San
Francisco; views of the City from her decks
21 Jul 2001
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USS Pampanito
(SS 383) WWII Fleet
Submarine at Pier 45 San Francisco 21 Jul 2001
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Dana Anglia
[DFDS]
Harwich/Esbjerg1981 includes DBS Fyn, Halsskov
& Korsør
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Bolero [DFDS]
"mini-cruise" Newcastle/Bergen with short
stops at Stavanger & Kristiansand Apr
1977
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