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Monday October 23
Calling at Newlyn to land a sick crew member was the
Le Guilvinec-registered Franch trawler Taranis. Following medical
treatment at West Cornwall Hospital the crewman was discharged to
continue his treatment back in France. In the evening the diving
support vessel Odyssey Explorer anchored under Mullion Island. Built in
1972 she is owned by Marr Vessel Management Ltd, of Hull, and is 70
metres in length with a beam of 13 metres and a draft of 5.9 metres.
Gross tonnage is 1,697, deadweight is 612 tons and her 2,782bhp give
her a speed of 16.5 knots.Tuesday October 24 The ETV Anglian Princess
weighed anchor in the morning to stand by the cargo vessel Fiona which
was suffering an engine breakdown in the Traffic Separation Scheme off
Land's End. Loaded with some 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate she posed a
significant danger to other vessels and of course a major problem if
she drifted ashore. The Anglian Princess eventually towed her to
Falmouth to carry out repairs. Heading westwards was the container
vessel Mississauga Express (ex CP Pride, ex Canmar Pride). Owned by
Hapag Lloyd of Hamburg, Germany, and registered under the Bermudan
flag, she was built in 1998 with a gross tonnage of 39,174 and a
deadweight of 40,881 tons. She is 245 metres in length with a beam of
32 metres and a draft of 10.8 metres. Her 34,591bhp engine gives her a
speed of 21 knots and she is capable of carrying 3,216 containers of
which 408 can be refrigerated. Passing her and heading eastwards was
the Cayman Islands-registered chemical tanker Stolt Shearwater. Owned
by Finanziaria Marittima of Naples, Italy, she was built in 1998 and is
96 metres in length with a beam of 16 metres and a draft of 6.5 metres.
Gross tonnage is 3,811, deadweight is 5,498 tons and her operational
speed is 12.8 knots. She is capable of carrying 5,338 cubic metres of
liquid chemical.
Wednesday
October 25
In the morning the Dutch-registered chemical/oil carrier
Stella Wega was seen heading westwards. Owned by Tarbit Shipping of
Skarhamn, Sweden, she was built in 1996, with a gross tonnage of 3,983
and a deadweight of 4,350 tons. She is 105 metres in length with a beam
of 16 metres and a draft of six metres. Her 4,785bhp engine gives her a
speed of 15 knots. Also heading westwards was the German-flagged
general cargo vessel Selene Prahm. Owned by Hamburg-Sudamerikanische
Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft of Hamburg, Germany, she was built in
1994 and is 75 metres in length with a beam of 12 metres and a draft of
4.4 metres. Gross tonnage is 1,584, deadweight is 2,420 tons and she
can carry 3,095 cubic metres of grain. Her operational speed is 10.85
knots. In the afternoon the Morlaix-registered but St Malo-owned French
trawler Cap Frehel entered Newlyn to carry out repairs. These done she
left again shortly afterwards. In the evening the British-registered
general cargo vessel Hohebank anchored under Mullion Island. Owned by
Hohebank Shipping Ltd, of Romford, Essex, she was built in 1977 with a
gross tonnage of 1,687 and a deadweight of 2,351 tons. She is 79 metres
in length with a beam of 13 metres and a draft of 3.7 metres. Her
1,200bhp engine gives her a speed of 10.2 knots and she is capable of
carrying either 2,886 cubic metres of grain or 82 containers.
Thursday
October 26
Early in the morning the ETV Anglian Princess weighed anchor
and proceeded to stand by the Lorient-registered Franch trawler
Mariette Le Roche which had broken down in the Traffic Separation
Scheme off Land's End on her way from France to fish off the west coast
of Scotland. Another French trawler eventually took her in tow back to
France to carry out repairs. In the evening the Swedish-flagged
container vessel Atlantic Companion crossed the Bay heading westwards.
Owned by the Grimaldi Group Napoli of Naples, Italy, she was built in
1987 with a gross tonnage of 57,255 and a deadweight of 46,303 tons.
She is 292 metres in length with a beam of 32 metres and a draft of
11.6 metres. Her 27,459bhp engine gives her a speed of 17.5 knots and
she is capable of carrying 3,266 containers of which 358 can
refrigerated. Also heading the same way was the German-flagged general
cargo vessel Tirador. Owned by Reederei Paul Hase of Hammah, Germany,
she was built in 1997. She is 88 metres in length with a beam of 11
metres, a draft of 3.7 metres, a gross tonnage of 1,596 and a
deadweight of 2,214 tons, She can carry 1,424 cubic metres of grain or
1,347 cubic metres of liquids at a speed of 10.5 knots. Following
astern was the Jubilee Trust's sailing vessel Lord Nelson and the
Turkish-flagged general cargo vessel Kocatepe (ex Nihat Kalkavan).
Built in 1990 she is owned by the Statu Chartering and Shipping Agency
of Istanbul, Turkey, and is 923 metres in length with a beam of 14
metres and a draft of 6.2 metres. Gross tonnage is 2,549 and deadweight
is 4,388 tons.
Friday October 27
Heading east across the Bay in
the morning was the Irish-flagged container vessel Clonmore (ex
Banjaard). Owned by Dundalk Shipowners of Dundalk, Eire, she was built
in 1993 and has a gross tonnage of 5,299 and a deadweight of 7,485
tons. She is 126 metres in length with a beam of 17 metres and a draft
of 7. Her 6,114bhp engine gives her an operational speed of 15.5 knots
and she can carry 640 containers of which 90 can be refrigerated. In
the afternoon the Russian-flagged twin-screw general cargo vessel
Orenburg headed westwards. Owned by Polyaris Shipping Obshchesto S
Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostya of Temryuk, Russia, she was built in
1994 and is 140 metres in length with a beam of 17 metres and a draft
of 4.5 metres. Gross tonnage is 4,955, deadweight is 5,885 tons,
operational speed is 10 knots and she can carry 140 containers.
Anchoring in the bay late in the evening was Thy Patricia.
Saturday
October 28
In the morning the Panamanian-registered container vessel
MSC Mee May crossed the Bay heading westwards. Owned by the
Mediterranean Shipping Co., of Geneva, Switzerland, she is 181 metres
in length with a beam of 29 metres and a draft of 10.6 metres. Built in
1970 her gross tonnage is 16,670, deadweight is 21,185 tons and she can
carry either 1,202 containers of which 70 can be refrigerated or 23,786
cubic metres of grain. Her 22,500bhp engine gives her a speed of 20.5
knots. Passing her and heading eastwards was the Swedish-flagged
chemical/oil tanker Navigo. Owned by Rederei Donsotank of Donso,
Sweden, she was built in 1992 and is capable of carrying 19,237 cubic
metres of oil or liquid chemical. She is 144 metres in length with a
beam of 22 metres and a draft of 9.3 metres. Gross tonnage is 10,543,
deadweight is 16,755 tons and her 6,603bhp engine gives her a speed of
14 knots. Calling in Newlyn early in the morning to replace her fuel
filters was the tug MCS Marlene. Owned by Maritime Craft Services of
Largs, Scotland, she was on her way to St Nazaire in France to tow a
barge back to Brest. Built in 2001 she is a Damen Shoalbuster 2509 tug
with two caterpillar engines giving her a total of 1,947bhp. This gives
her an operational speed of 11.5 knots and a bollard pull of 24.5 tons.
She is 26 metres in length with a beam of 8.5 metres and a draft of 2.4
metres. She also has an 80 tonne/metre hydraulic crane on her deck. In
the evening the multicat workboat Forth Engineer called in Newlyn en
route from Falmouth to Scotland. Owned by Briggs Marine of Fife,
Scotland, she is a standard Damen Multi Cat 1908 hull built in 1996 and
is used in connection with marine construction and for towing either a
plough or seabed levelling equipment. Her two Caterpillar engines
develop a total of 600bhp giving her an operational speed of eight
knots and a bollard pull of 7.7 tons.
published by THE CORNISHMAN
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