Monday 18 April 2011

CARDIFF - Fri 11th Feb 2011

I had taken a break for a couple of months - the cold weather in December confined me to the house for long periods.  Being on the north shore of the Bristol Channel and the low angle of the sun during winter limits the photography - unless you're into silhouettes!
Anyway I'm back - I've checked out some new locations for viewing the ships and the best times to use them for photography - all I need now are some ships.
Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
SOSPAN DAU                     Netherlands     1978         2134dwt       71           14
Sospan Dau
Carrying out the annual dredging of the entrance to the Cardiff Bay locks is Westminster Dredgings Welsh named Sospan Dau.


KAMSAR                           UK                   1982           40gt             16           5
Kamsar
Assisting with some plough dredging and leveling of the areas that Sospan Dau couldn't reach, was the small tug/workboat Kamsar - some way from her home port of Barrow-in-Furness.
     

SEABEAM                         UK                    2006           N/K             16          5
Seabeam
Small, London registered survey vessel belonging to MMT Group (Sweden) has been on the Bristol Channel for about 2 months, carrying out high definition seabed mapping.  Berthing in Penarth Marina on her 'off days'.


NAUTICA                         St Vincent          1992         2166dwt       88            12
Nautica
She had arrived from Spain/Portugal on 8th Feb departed on 11th bound for Sligo (Ireland)

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