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		Ferry Trips & Ship Spotting	2012
		ATLAS LEADER departs, SAGA ROSE & SAGA RUBY alongside at Southampton - 6 January 2012			A very windy day saw BOUDICCA, BALMORAL, QUEEN ELIZABETH and ORIANA at Southampton.  VORTEX was keeping BOUDICCA alongside. Other vessels included THV PATRICIA, EEMS SKY, ENFORCER, MAPLE ISLAND, HMS DARING and AUTOSTAR departing - 5 January 2012
			2011
	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
		Aboard Brittany Ferries BRETAGNE overnight Portsmouth to St Malo and back aboard NORMANDIE Ouistreham [Caen] to Portsmouth - 4/5 November 2011			BALMORAL at Southampton & departing. BRETAGNE arriving at Portsmouth; various other ferries & vessels at Southampton & Portsmouth - 23 April 2011
		SAGA PEARL II alongside at Southampton with a number of hooper dredgers at Marchwood - 22 March 2011			SPIRIT OF BRITAIN Dover - Calais - Dover & other ferries/vessels seen during the day; PRIDE OF BURGUNDY, PRIDE OF KENT, SEFRANCE BERLIOZ & more - 23 February 2011
		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			Cold, misty, murky & raining, 6 ships Southampton ARCADIA, SAGA RUBY, BLACK WATCH, BALMORAL, QUEEN ELIZABETH & QUEEN VICTORIA Night views from Marchwood as the fog lifted - 5 January 2011
			2010
		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			Cunard's new QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside at Ocean Terminal, Southampton. Other vessels too - 9 October 2010
		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			Dover; DISNEY MAGIC makes her inaugural call to the UK. The Dover/Calais/Dunkerque/Boulogne Ferries - 12 June 2010
	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
		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			QM2, OCEANA, INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS, VENTURA & OOCL LONDON, RED JET 3, HOTSPUR IV, PERSEUS LEADER, HOEGH ST PETERSBURGH, AEGEAN HIGHWAY & Others - 15 May 2010
		OCEAN COUNTESS [CMV, Cruise & Maritime Voyages] at Tilbury Cruise Terminal. Hamburg Süd's RIO NEGRO, DUCHESS M & various tugs - 17 April 2010			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
			2009
		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			Albatros & Arcadia at Southampton plus other vessels - 4 October 2009
		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			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
		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			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
		Portsmouth & Southampton - New Wightlink White Ryder I & II, Le Grand Bleu, CELEBRITY EQUINOX, Grande Napoli & more - 22 July 2009			PACIFIC VENUS moored at Greenwich Ship Tier & departing at 17:00 - 16 May 2009
	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
		A brief visit to Dover to see the non-materialising Emerald Princess & Princess Daphne; a few ferries - 11 May 2009			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
		OCEANA. INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS & GRAND PRINCESS departing Southampton - 25 April 2009 along with passing ferries on the Water			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]
		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			Dover/Calais/Dover Crossing Saturday 21 March 2009 SeaFrance Renoir 13:30 & SeaFrance Molière 18:25 Another lovely sunny & calm day; just a bit cold later on.
		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.			Harmony II at Canary Wharf, tss Queen Mary Victoria Embankment, London - 14 February 2009
		Red Osprey departing & Global Harvest arriving at Southampton - 1 February 2009			Mont St Michel & St Faith arriving at Portsmouth. Other Portsmouth Ferries & Vessels - 17 January 2009
		Queen Victoria alongside Mayflower Terminal, Southampton & departing. Norman Voyager departing Portsmouth & other Portsmouth Ferries - 2 January 2009
			2008
		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.			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
		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.			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.
		Tilbury - 4 October 2008 Marco Polo, ps Waverley, Norcape, Ark Forwarder & others at Tilbury			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
		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.			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
		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
			2007
		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			Queen of Scandinavia [DFDS] 'mini-cruise' 12 - 14 Aug 2007. Newcastle/Stavanger/Newcastle. Photos only
		Opera Departs - 11 June 2007. Louis Cruise Lines' Opera departs for Piraeus. Sand Fulmar, Ibrahim G, Valentine & misc photos			Tilbury Landing Stage - 6 June 2007. ARIELLE, Symphorine, Equine, Celandine, Sluisgracht, Senya, Duchess M & misc photos
		A fogbound Dover/Calais Pride of Dover - Calais/Dover Pride of Canterbury - 13 April 2007. Pride of Dover, Burgundy, Canterbury - SeaFrance Berlioz, Nord Pas-De-Calais - Sable Bay & others			Princess of Norway [DFDS] 'mini-cruise' 20 - 23 Feb 2007. Newcastle/Bergen/Newcastle with short stops at Haugesund & Stavanger. Photos & Review
		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
			2006
		Dover/Calais/Dover aboard SeaFrance Rodin - 26 October 2006. Pride of Dover, Calais, Burgundy - SeaFrance Rodin, Manet, Renoir - Claymore & others			Dover/Calais Pride of Dover - Calais/Dover Pride of Kent - 16 August 2006 - Plein Cap Croisières' Adriana Pride of Dover, Calais, Canterbury, Kent & European Seaway - SeaFrance Rodin, Manet, Cézanne, Nord Pas-De-Calais - Maersk Delft, Dover - SpeedOne - Hatsu Eagle & others
		Barcelona Ship Spotting 23 - 26 July 2006 [ most photos to follow yet] Photographs & Video Clips [.avi] Cruise Ships - Artemis, Costa Concordia, Spirit of Adventure, & Other Cruise Ships [Aurora, Millennium, Blue Dream, Costa Europa, Grand Mistral, New Flamenco] Ferries - Sonia-X & Isla de Botafoc			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
		Dover/Calais/Dover aboard Pride of Calais - 16 February 2006. Pride of Burgundy, Canterbury, Kent, Calais - SeaFrance Rodin, Manet & others. Inside Dover Ferry Terminal
			2005
		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			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
		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			Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum. A fabulous place to spend a few hours. Very informative and educational with lots of exhibits and models - 12 June 2005
		Duchess of Scandinavia [DFDS] "mini-cruise" Harwich/Bremerhaven 25 - 27 Oct 2005
			2004
		SS Jeremiah O'Brien - Liberty Ship, Pier 45, San Francisco; views of the City from her decks 21 Jul 2001			USS Pampanito (SS 383) WWII Fleet Submarine at Pier 45 San Francisco 21 Jul 2001
		Dana Anglia [DFDS] Harwich/Esbjerg1981 includes DBS Fyn, Halsskov & Korsør			Bolero [DFDS] "mini-cruise" Newcastle/Bergen with short stops at Stavanger & Kristiansand Apr 1977
		Cruising & Ship Visits
			2012
					QUEEN ELIZABETH - Southampton to New York. The 1st segment of QUEEN ELIZABETH's Grand Voyage 2012. 10 - 17 January 2012 plus overnight in New York aboard.
			2011
		Black Watch - Pre Christmas Mini Cruise to Rouen, 14 - 17 Dec 2011			ZENITH - Rondo Veneciano, Pullmantur Cruises. Piraeus, Mykonos, Santorini, Katakolon, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Venice, Ravenna [Bologna] 11 - 18 April 2011
			2010
		Marco Polo - Ship Visit at Tibury 20 September 2010			MSC SPLENDIDA - Best of the Med' - Genoa, Marseille, Barcelona, La Goulette, Valletta, Messina, Civitavecchia, Genoa 31 July - 7 August 2010 Outside Deck Photos - Interior Photos - Port of Call Photos - Ferries & Other Cruise Ships Spotted Everywhere. Movies are linked to within the albums.
			2009
		Queen Mary 2 - 5th Anniversary Voyage, Around Britain - Southampton, South Queensferry [Edinburgh], Greenock [Glasgow], Liverpool, Cobh, Cherbourg, Southampton 15 - 23 October 2009 Photographs - Movies
			2008
		Aurora - The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 27 - 29 September 2008 Photographs			Ventura - The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 12 - 14 September 2008 Photographs - Video Clips
		Saga Rose - Ship Visit at Dover 2 September 2008			Braemar - First cruise post-stretch. Southampton, Lisbon, Cartagena, Palamos, Villefranche, Genoa, Bastia, Civitavecchia 13 - 24 July 2008
		Norwegian Jade - A Taste of Belgium 11 - 13 July 2008 Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton Photographs - Video Clips			Boudicca - Mini-Cruise 12 - 15 June 2008 Southampton - Rotterdam - St. Peter Port - Southampton Photographs - Movies
		Artemis - The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 10 - 12 May 2008 Photographs - Video Clips			Oceana - The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 18 - 20 April 2008 Photographs - Video Clips
		Balmoral - Inaugural cruise aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' ms Balmoral - Dover, La Coruña, Tenerife 13 - 18 February 2008 [Balmoral sailed on to Miami] Photographs - Video Clips - Review
			2007
		Boudicca - A visit to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' ms Boudicca at Southampton - 19 November 2007			Oriana - The Weekender - Southampton, Zeebrugge, Southampton 20 - 22 October 2007 Photographs - Movie Clips
		Norwegian Gem - Dover, Amsterdam, Dover 6 - 8 October 2007 Photographs - Movie Clips - Review			Queen Elizabeth 2 - 40th Anniversary Voyage [of her launch] Southampton, Newcastle, South Queensferry [Edinburgh], Greenock [Glasgow], Liverpool, Southampton 15 - 23 September 2007 Photographs - Movie Clips
		Black Watch - Southern Ireland Mini Cruise. Dover/St Peter Port/Waterford/Dover 24 - 28 August 2007 Photographs - Movie Clips			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.
			2006
		Costa Classica 23 - 30 December 2006 Jewels of The Emirates. Dubai, Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai Photographs - Video Clips			Celebrity Century Taster Cruise 8 - 11 June 2006 Dover/Guernsey/Dover
		River Thames - Restaurant & Excursion Vessels - 3 Jul 2006 tss Queen Mary [& 31Aug04], ps Tattershall Castle & rs Hispaniola, ex Maid of Ashton. Also tss Queen Mary 2006 @ Cruisepage.com & 2004 @ Cruisepage.com			MSC Monterey 10 - 17 April 2006 Mediterranean Sailing. Barcelona, Cannes, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Palermo, Tunis, Palma, Barcelona - Movie Clips
			2005
		Arcadia (IV) Ship Visit Oct 2005 at Southampton			Ocean Majesty Ship Visit Sept 2005 at Harwich
		Norwegian Jewel 8 - 10 August 2005 'Inaugural Celebrations' Dover/St Helier, Jersey/Dover			ss Oceanic - Brisas del Mediterráneo 25 Jul - 1 Aug 2005 Barcelona, Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples, Tunis, Barcelona - Movie Clips
		Westerdam - Eastern Caribbean 9 - 16 Jan 2005 Fort Lauderdale, Nassau [Bahamas], Philipsburg [St Maarten], Road Town [Tortola], Half Moon Cay, Fort Lauderdale
			2004
		Black Watch - Pre Christmas Mini Cruise to Rouen, 17 - 20 Dec 2004			MSC Armonia Eastern Mediterranean Aug 2004 Venice, Bari, Corfu, Santorini, Piraeus [Athens], Katakolon, Dubrovnik, Venice
		Artship [ex Del Orleans, USS Crescent City, Golden Bear] at Mare Island, Vallejo, California - 22 Jul 2004			SS Independence [ex Independence, Sea Luck 1, Oceanic Independence] at Mare Island, Vallejo, California - 22 Jul 2004
		QM2 - Inaugural Transatlantic Crossing 16 - 22 Apr 2004 Southampton, New York			QM2 - Photos in Southampton & Departing on her Maiden Voyage - 12 Jan 2004
					Photos grabbed from the BBC of QM2's Christening 8 Jan 04
			2003
		MSC Lirica Western Mediterranean Oct/Nov 2003 Genova, Naples, Palermo, Tunis, Palma, Barcelona, Marseille, Genova			Minerva II Ship Visit at Dover Aug 2003
		QE2 mini cruise Southampton/St Peter Port Aug 2003			MSC's mv Melody Eastern Mediterranean Jul/Aug 2003 Venice, Bari, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Katakolon, Venice
		Norwegian Dream Rome to Dover Apr 2003 Civitavecchia, Livorno, Genova, Cannes, Marseille, Barcelona, [Cadiz skipped], Lisbon, Le Havre, Dover			Visit to St Nazaire & QM2
					QM2 Model at St Nazaire
			2002
		Norwegian Dawn 'Pre-inaugural Transatlantic' Dec 2002 Southampton, New York			Polarlys [Hurtigruten] Northern Lights Nov 2002 Tromso to Bergen
		Norwegian Sun Western Caribbean Aug 2002 Miami, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Belize, Cozumel, Miami			Black Watch Easter in Iberia Mar/Apr 2002 Southampton, La Coruna, Cadiz, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Brest, Southampton
		Queen Mary Hotel Long Beach, CA Feb 2002 overnight
			2001
		Arcadia (III) Iberia Jul 2001 - [Now Ocean Pearl, 2004 Ocean Village] Southampton, Vigo, Lisbon, La Rochelle - Chateau de La Roche Courbon, [St Peter Port skipped], Southampton & P&O Port Guides
		Braemar Norwegian Fjords Aug 2001 Dover, Amsterdam, Flam/Gudvangen, Bergen, Ulvik/Eidfjord, Dover			Black Prince Pre Christmas Mini Cruise Southampton/Le Havre Dec 2001
			2000
		Black Watch Baltic Aug 2000 Dover, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Travemunde, Kiel Canal, Dover
			<2000
		SS Southern Cross [Around the World - Shaw Savill Line] 8 Sep - 25 Nov 1965			Index of Various Shots grabbed from Ships' Cams or AIS
		Other Trips
		Ann Arbor, MI at various times during 2000 & 2001			Millennium Dome Feb 2000
		California 2002			Legoland, Windsor Oct 2000
		Niagara Falls 2001

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