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2021 in images. Part 1 ? GB & Ireland
A selection of favourite images from 2021, starting with ships operating around the UK, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and northern France. Click the image for larger versions/the gallery.
Destination Gotland’s Visby (2003)
There has been much speculation recently about Destination Gotland’s fast ro-pax the Visby, with her owners announcing the ship will be chartered out from December for a six month period…
Patria Seaways on the Humber
It has been a fair few years since P&O/North Sea Ferries brought in really interesting charter ships – back in the ’70s and ’80s there were things like the Stena…
Things seen – October 2011
The Villandry is captured on Youtube in the 1960s in these timeless home movie reels – she is seen at Newhaven here and here and at Dieppe here. The ship…
Pont l’Abbe / Moby Corse
In 2006 Brittany Ferries somewhat unexpectedly chartered the long-serving Duke of Scandinavia (ex-Dana Anglia) from DFDS with Brittany’s Val de Loire heading in the opposite direction. With minimal refurbishment, the…
Things Seen – April 2010
During the 1960s DFDS commissioned three remarkable little ro-ro ships specifically to handle the bacon trade from Denmark into the English port of Grimsby. The Somerset, Stafford and Surrey carried…
Picture of the week: Pearl of Scandinavia (ex-Athena)
Pearl of Scandinavia at Copenhagen. Click for larger image. Previous image
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