CARDIFF - Fri 12th Nov 2010

HMS Manchester was due to arrive today.  It was a real November day - leaden skies and a S Westerly gale blowing in the channel.  I arrived at the beach in time to see Manchester heading back out to sea and the 2 tugs sent to assist her rushing back towards Cardiff.  I suspect that the strong winds would have made locking and berthing quite difficult.  Though why she went back out to sea rather than anchor in the sheltered Cardiff Pool is anyones guess.  For some reason I didn't manage to get down to see her once she had docked, so the only photo I got, was of her just before she disappeared around Lavernock Point.

Name                                   Flag                 Year      Tonnage       LOA       Beam
HMS MANCHESTER           UK                  1980         5200disp      141        15

HMS Manchester

A Type 42 Destroyer.  Commissioned 1980, decommissioned Feb 2011.


HT CUTLASS                     UK                      1984         287gt           30          9

HT Cutlass

SVITZER BEVOIS                UK                    1985         250gt            29         9

Svitzer Bevois