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Sunday November 5
Heading westwards across the bay in the morning was
the Cypriot flagged bulk carrier Wilson Saga. Owned by Bergan Shipping
of Bergen, Norway, she was built in 1998 with a gross tonnage of 4,200
and a deadweight of 6,489 tons. She is 113 metres in length with a beam
of 15 metres and a draft of 6.3 metres. Capable of carrying 7,335 cubic
metres of grain her 3,589 bhp engine gives her a speed of 13.6 knots.
Following astern was the German flagged container vessel Maris. Owned
by Heinz Moje of Drochtersen, Germany, she is 100 metres in length with
a beam of 18 metres and a draft of 6.6 metres. Gross tonnage is 3,999
and deadweight is 5,325 tons. Capable of carrying either 7,247 cubic
metres of grain or 562 containers, of which 54 can be refrigerated, her
5,200 bhp engine gives her a speed of 15.5 knots. Passing them and
heading eastwards was the Antiguan flagged general cargo vessel BBC
Anglia. Owned by Briese Schiffahrts of Leer, Germany, she was built in
1997 with a gross tonnage of 3,999 and a deadweight of 4,900 tons. She
is 100 metres in length with a beam of 16 metres and a draft of 6.4
metres. Capable of carrying either 6,800 cubic metres of grain or 440
containers of which 50 can be refrigerated, her 5,384 bhp engine gives
her a speed of 15 knots.Monday November 6 The Irish seine netter Roise
Catriona (T.100) landed on Newlyn Market. In the evening the Peterhead
registered Scottish scalloper Calisha (PD.235) called in Newlyn to load
ice and the Buckie registered scalloper Kestrel (BCK.81) landed.
Calling in Newlyn with an electrical problem was the Pen Glas (SE.34).
Having been working in the North Sea she has just returned to the South
West after crab catches reduced to such a level that it was not viable
to carry on. The Cathryn (PZ.32) was slipped to carry out a bottom
scrub and renew some protective chaffing boards on her stern where the
trawl doors are boarded.
Tuesday November 7
The RMS Scillonian III entered Penzance Wet Dock on the afternoon tide to lay up for the winter months.
Wednesday
November 8
The Irish trawler Mary Kate (WD.220) landed on Newlyn
Market. In the morning the Liberian registered car carrier Oriental
Highway crossed the bay heading westwards. Owned by Taiyo Nippon Kisen
Co, of Kobe, Japan, she was built in 1980 and is 174 metres in length
with a beam of 27 metres and a draft of eight metres. Gross tonnage is
8,060, deadweight 12,434 tons and her 13,100 bhp engine gives her a
speed of 17.5 knots. Heading eastwards was the Antiguan registered
container ship CSCL FOS. Owned by Hansa Treuhand Schiffsbeteiligungs
& Co, of Hamburg, Germany, she was built in 2002 with a gross
tonnage of 30,024 and a deadweight of 11.5 tons. She is 205 metres in
length with a beam of 32 metres and a draft of 11.5 metres. Capable of
carrying 3,072 containers of which 400 can be refrigerated, her 29,549
bhp engine gives her a speed of 21.6 knots. Heading eastwards was the
Antiguan flagged general cargo vessel Validus. Owned by Reederei
Fresena of Aurich, Germany, she was built in 2000 and is 99 metres in
length with a beam of 17 metres and a draft of 5.9 metres. Gross
tonnage is 2,990, deadweight is 4,805 tons and she is capable of
carrying either 4,456 cubic metres of grain or 430 containers of which
60 can be refrigerated, at a speed of 15 knots. In the afternoon the
Antiguan flagged container ship C2C Aquarius headed westwards towards
Dublin. Owned by Reedereiverwaltung Jungerhans & Co, of Harren-Ems,
Germany, she was built in 2004 with a gross tonnage of 6,454 and a
deadweight of 8,508 tons. She is 133 metres in length and has a draft
of 7.4 metres and can carry 857 containers of which 150 can be
refrigerated. Her 9,782 bhp engine gives her a speed of 18 knots. The
ETV Anglian Princess returned to her anchorage in the bay in the
afternoon having spent some time in Plymouth. In the evening the local
netter Harvest Reaper (TT 177) left Penzance Wet Dock and came across
to be slipped at Newlyn to check her stern gear following the recent
installation of a new engine and gear box.
Thursday
November 9
Arriving at Newlyn to fish from the port were two Padstow
trawlers. The Thomas Andrew (PW.214) and Helen Jane (PW.124) are based
on a catamaran hull. In the morning the German flagged twin screw cargo
vessel Lass Mars headed westwards. Owned by Nachfolger Wubbe of
Hamburg, Germany, she was built in 1992 and is 74 metres in length with
a beam of 11 metres and a draft of 4.4. metres. Gross tonnage is
1,515m, deadweight is 2,386 and she can carry 2,550 cubic metres of
grain with her 1,359 bhp engines giving her a speed of 10 knots.
Heading eastwards was the Bahamian flagged cargo vessel Celtic Fortune
(ex Birgit Sabban). Owned by Charles Willie & Co, of Cardiff,
Wales, she was built in 1984 with a gross tonnage of 2,119 and a
deadweight of 3,042 tons. She is 92 metres in length with a beam of 11
metres and a draft of 4.7 metres. Capable of carrying either 4,060
cubic metres of grain or 100 containers her 813 bhp engine gives her a
speed of 11 knots. In the afternoon the Liberian flagged container
vessel Independent Endeavour headed westwards bound for Liverpool.
Owned by Peter Doble Schiffahrts of Hamburg, Germany, she was built in
1995 and is 167 metres in length with a beam of 25 metres and a draft
of 9.8 metres. Gross tonnage is 14,923 deadweight is 20,406 tons and
she is capable of carrying either 26,111 cubic metres of grain or 1,652
containers of which 200 can be refrigerated. Her 125,131 bhp engine
gives her a speed of 19 knots. Following her was the Cayman Islands
flagged twin screw cargo vessel Sea Ruby (ex Union Ruby). Owned by
Boddingtons Shipping Ltd, of Braintree, Essex, she was built in 1992
with a gross tonnage of 1,382 and a deadweight of 2,220 tons. She is 78
metres in length with a beam of 11 metres and a draft of 4 metres.
Capable of carrying 2,921 cubic metres of grain, her 1,014 bhp engines
give her a speed of 10.4 knots. She was followed by the German
registered tug Blexen. Owned by Reederei Unterweser of Bremen, she is a
twin screwed tug built in 1998 and is 28 metres in length with a beam
of nine metres and a draft of 2.8 metres. Her 3,000 ihp engines give
her a bollard pull of 25 tons and a free running speed of 12 knots.
Friday
November 10
In the afternoon the Liberian flagged product tanker
Chemtrans Ray crossed the bay heading east. Owned by Chemikalion
Seetransport of Hamburg, Germany, she was built in 2000 with a gross
tonnage of 40,516 and a deadweight of 71,637 tons. She is 227 metres in
length with a beam of 32 metres and a draft of 14 metres. Capable of
carrying 78,766 cubic metres of liquid products her 10,200 bhp engine
gives her a speed of 15 knots. Passing her and heading westwards was
the Cayman Islands registered chemical tanker Stolt Kittiwake. Owned by
Stolt-Neilson Inter Europe Service of Monrovia, she was built in 1993
and is 923 metres in length with a beam of 15 metres and a draft of 6.2
metres. Capable of carrying 4,862 cubic metres of liquid chemicals her
4,078 bhp engine gives her a speed of 12 knots.
Saturday
November 11
The Harvest Reaper completed her work on the slipway and
was launched on the morning tide. The Dutch scalloper Jacoba (UK 307)
landed in Newlyn.
THE CORNISHMAN
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