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Ferry Trips & Ship Spotting |
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Saga Rose's Final Departure ®® |
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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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Queen
Mary 2 - 5th
Anniversary Voyage, Around
Britain -
Southampton, South Queensferry [Edinburgh], Greenock [Glasgow],
Liverpool, Cobh, Cherbourg, Southampton 15 - 23 October 2009 Photographs
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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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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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A week in Greece, Ferry/Island hopping from Kefalonia
to Crete & Mykonos with of course Piraeus. Too many ferries
spotted to list & with 5000 photos you won't be seeing them. But
here are the Cruise
Ship Photos and a selection of Ferry
Video Clips 17 - 24 June 2009 |
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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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Aurora
- The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 27 - 29
September 2008 Photographs |
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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
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Ventura
- The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 12 - 14
September 2008 Photographs |
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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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Saga Rose
- Ship Visit at Dover
2 September 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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Braemar
- First cruise post-stretch. Southampton, Lisbon, Cartagena, Palamos,
Villefranche, Genoa, Bastia, Civitavecchia 13 - 24 July 2008 |
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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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Norwegian Jade - Mini-Cruise 11 - 13 July 2008
Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton |
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Tilbury
- 4 October 2008 Marco Polo, ps Waverley, Norcape, Ark Forwarder &
others at Tilbury |
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Boudicca
- Mini-Cruise 12 - 15 June 2008 Southampton - Rotterdam - St. Peter
Port - Southampton Photographs |
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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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Oceana
- The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 18 - 20 April
2008 Photographs |
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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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Balmoral -
Inaugural cruise aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' ms Balmoral -
Dover, La Coruña, Tenerife 13 - 18 February 2008 [Balmoral
sailed on to Miami] Photographs
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Clips - Review |
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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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Boudicca -
A visit to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' ms Boudicca at Southampton - 19
November 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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Queen Elizabeth 2 -
40th Anniversary Voyage
[of her launch] Southampton, Newcastle, South Queensferry
[Edinburgh], Greenock [Glasgow], Liverpool, Southampton 15 - 23
September 2007 |
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Tilbury
Landing Stage
- 6 June 2007. Arielle, Symphorine, Equine, Celandine, Sluisgracht,
Senya, Duchess M & misc photos |
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Black Watch - Southern Ireland Mini
Cruise. Dover/St Peter Port/Waterford/Dover 24 - 28 August 2007 |
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Fram
A visit to ms Fram at London's "Tower Bridge Lower" mooring
- 12 May 2007
Delivered by Fincantieri, 23 April 2007 [Delayed so
missed her Maiden which should have been on 20 April] 12,700 grt, 8
Decks, 114m LOA 20.2m Breadth 5.10m Draft, 15 kts, 136 Cabins, 272
Double Berth Pax, 318 max. 25 Vehicles. |
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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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Costa
Classica 23 - 30 December 2006 Jewels of
The Emirates. Dubai, Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai |
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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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MSC Monterey 10
- 17 April 2006 Mediterranean Sailing. Barcelona, Cannes, Livorno,
Civitavecchia, Palermo, Tunis, Palma, Barcelona |
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Norwegian Jewel 8
- 10 August 2005 'Inaugural Celebrations' Dover/St Helier, Jersey/Dover |
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ss Oceanic
- Brisas del Mediterráneo 25 Jul - 1 Aug 2005 Barcelona,
Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples, Tunis, Barcelona |
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Westerdam
- Eastern Caribbean 9 - 16 Jan 2005 Fort Lauderdale, Nassau
[Bahamas], Philipsburg [St Maarten], Road Town [Tortola], Half Moon
Cay, Fort Lauderdale |
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Black
Watch - Pre Christmas Mini Cruise to
Rouen, 17 - 20 Dec 2004 |
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MSC Armonia
Eastern Mediterranean Aug 2004 Venice, Bari, Corfu, Santorini,
Piraeus [Athens], Katakolon, Dubrovnik, Venice |
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Artship
[ex Del Orleans, USS Crescent City, Golden Bear] at Mare Island,
Vallejo, California - 22 Jul 2004 |
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SS
Independence [ex Independence, Sea Luck
1, Oceanic Independence] at Mare Island, Vallejo, California - 22 Jul 2004 |
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MSC Lirica
Western Mediterranean Oct/Nov 2003 Genova, Naples, Palermo, Tunis,
Palma, Barcelona, Marseille, Genova |
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QE2
mini cruise Southampton/St Peter Port Aug 2003 |
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MSC's mv Melody
Eastern Mediterranean Jul/Aug 2003 Venice, Bari, Dubrovnik, Corfu,
Kusadasi, Rhodes, Katakolon, Venice |
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Norwegian Dream
Rome to Dover Apr 2003 Civitavecchia, Livorno, Genova, Cannes,
Marseille, Barcelona, [Cadiz skipped], Lisbon, Le Havre, Dover |
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Visit to St Nazaire & QM2 |
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Norwegian Dawn
'Pre-inaugural Transatlantic' Dec 2002 Southampton, New York |
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Norwegian Sun Western
Caribbean Aug 2002 Miami, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Belize, Cozumel, Miami |
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Black Watch
Easter in Iberia Mar/Apr 2002 Southampton, La Coruna, Cadiz,
Casablanca, Gibraltar, Brest, Southampton |
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P&O Port Guides [2001]:-
Vigo,
La
Rochelle, St
Peter Port, Lisbon |
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Braemar
Norwegian Fjords Aug 2001 Dover, Amsterdam, Flam/Gudvangen, Bergen,
Ulvik/Eidfjord, Dover |
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Black Prince Pre
Christmas Mini Cruise Southampton/Le
Havre Dec 2001 |
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Black Watch
Baltic Aug 2000 Dover, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St
Petersburg, Tallinn, Travemunde, Kiel Canal, Dover |
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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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Index
of Various Shots grabbed from Ships' Cams |
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Figureheads
Aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' Fleet |
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