Sunday June 10

Heading westwards across the bay in the morning was the Antiguan flagged coaster Rodau, built in 2004 with a gross tonnage of 2,461. She is 88 metres in length with a beam of 13 metres and a draft of 5.5 metres, and is capable of carrying 4,650 cubic metres of grain at 11.7 knots.

She was followed by one of the Royal Navy's Sal Class Mooring and Salvage Vessels, the Salmaid. Built in 1986 with a gross tonnage of 1,967, she is 77m in length with a beam of 15m and a draft of 4m. Her operational speed is 15 knots. She is a multi-purpose vessel designed to lay and maintain underwater targets, navigation marks and moorings. Normally based at Devonport, she sometimes steams around to the Welsh coast to carry out operations.

Heading westwards was the Antiguan flagged Bekau, gross tonnage 2,461, length 88m, beam 13m, draft 5.6m. She can carry 176 containers.

Monday June 11

Heading westwards in the morning were two vessels of the Arklow Shipping fleet, Arklow Sky and Arklow Sea. Both are 90m in length with beams of 12.5m and drafts of 4.6m. Their gross tonnage is 2,316. They can carry 4,723cu m of grain or 154 containers at 10.5 knots.

They were followed by the Dutch flagged coaster Magda, gross tonnage 2,561, length 87m, beam 12.5m, draft 5.3m. She is capable of carrying 5,550cu m of grain or 129 containers at 12.5 knots.

Heading eastwards in the afternoon was the British flagged twin screwed dredger City of Cardiff. She has a gross tonnage of 2,074, and is 72ms in length with a beam of 15m and a draft of 4.6m. She can carry 1,418cu m of dredged material at 11 knots.

The Geir completed her work on the slipway at Newlyn and was replaced by the local fishing vessel Ben Loyal (WK 3) which was slipped for a bottom scrub and coat of anti-fouling paint.

Tuesday June 12

Heading westwards in the morning was the Dutch flagged product tanker Bro Globe, gross tonnage 4,107, length 114m, beam 15m, draft 6.8m. She can carry 7,142cu m of liquid products at 13 knots.

In the afternoon the Swedish flagged asphalt tanker Pandion headed eastwards. She is 117m in length with a draft of 7.5m. Her gross tonnage is 6,280, and she can carry 6,200cu m of liquid asphalt at 14.7 knots.

The Ben Loyal completed her work on the slipway and was replaced by the Carol H (WY 379), for minor underwater hull repairs.

In the evening HMS Bulwark (L 15), one of the LPD Albion Class vessels, was in the bay to carrying out navigation manoeuvres. Displacing 18,500 tonnes (21,500 when flooded), she is 176m in length with a beam of 25m and a draft of 6.1m. Her operational speed is 18 knots and her complement is 325 crew, with facilities to carry 303 troops which, in an emergency, can be increased to a further 405. She can carry up to six Challenger tanks on deck, or around 30 armoured all-terrain tracked vehicles. She has a floodable well dock with the capacity to take four utility landing craft (each capable of carrying a tank). She also has four smaller landing craft on davits, each capable of carrying 35 troops, and can take medium support helicopters and stow a third. The flight deck can take a Chinook helicopter. Her armament consists of two close in weapons systems and two 20mm guns.

Wednesday June 13

Heading west in the afternoon was the Cayman Islands flagged chemical tanker Stolt Shearwater, length 96m, beam 16m, draft 6.2m. With a gross tonnage of 3,811, she is capable of carrying 5,338cu m of liquid chemicals at 12.8 knots.

Astern of her was the British flagged coaster Scot Venture. Built in 2002 with a gross tonnage of 2,594, she is 90m in length with a draft of 4.9m, and can carry 4,870cu m of grain at 13 knots.

Passing her and heading eastwards was the twin screwed Cayman Islands flagged coaster Sea Kestrel, gross tonnage 1,382, length 77m, beam 11m, draft 4m. She can carry 2,921cu m of grain at 10.4 knots.

Astern of her was the Marshall Islands flagged container vessel MSC Corsica, gross tonnage 27,994, length 204m, beam 30m, draft 11m. She can carry 6,819cu m of refrigerated cargo and 1,566 containers at 20.5 knots.

Thursday June 14

At anchor in the bay in the early morning was the Ukranian flagged twin screwed coaster Mykola Chernobryvtsev, gross tonnage 2,842, length 98m, beam 16m, draft 4.2m. She can carry 4,936cu m of grain or 228 containers at 11.5 knots. Having loaded at Teignmouth and Fowey she was making last-minute arrangements before departing for Venice.

Heading westwards was the Dutch flagged coaster Samira, gross tonnage 1,435, length 80m, beam 11m, draft 3.6m. She can carry 2,691cu m of grain or 72 containers at 9.5 knots. Passing her and heading east was the Gibraltarian flagged coaster Marschenland, gross tonnage 1,373, length 75m, beam 10m, draft 4.3m. She can carry 2,652cu m of grain at 11 knots.

In the afternoon the Barbados flagged coaster Union Neptune headed westwards. She has a gross tonnage of 1,543, length 87m, beam 11m, draft 3.9m. She can carry 3,190cu m of grain or 98 containers at 10 knots.

Astern of her was the Liberian flagged container vessel Independent Action, gross tonnage 14,867, length 167m, beam 25m, draft 9.8m. She can carry 26,100cu m of grain or 1,452 containers, of which 75 can be refrigerated, at 17 knots.

Passing her and heading east was the Isle of Man flagged cargo vessel Durrington, gross tonnage 7,788, length 137m, beam 18m, draft 7.9m. She can carry 14,166cu m of grain at 14 knots.

Friday June 15

The St Georges and the James RH Stevenson left the Penzance Dry Dock and returned to Newlyn to complete their repairs afloat.

Entering Penzance on the evening tide was one of the Royal Navy's P200 Class coastal training craft Smiter (P 272) used by Glasgow University as a training vessel. Built in 1986, she is 20m in length with a beam of 6m and a draft of 1m. She displaces 43 tonnes and her operational speed is 20 knots.

Calling at Newlyn on her way back from the Southampton Work Boat Show was the Dublin pilot boat Camac. Saturday June 16 Heading west in the morning was the Antiguan flagged coaster Magnolia, gross tonnage 2,768, length 95m, beam 13m, draft 4.3m. She can carry 5,295cu m of grain or 157 containers, of which 10 can be refrigerated, at 12.5 knots.

She was followed by the Dutch flagged coaster Sardijn, gross tonnage 1,937, length 82m, beam 12m, draft 4.8m. She can carry 3,828cu m of grain at 12.6 knots. The Carol H was launched off the slipway on the evening tide to enable her to start fishing on the first of the neap tides.

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