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Sailing Ships just off Dover: Europa above and De Gallant below...
We have 340 plus pages below now...use our own SEARCH ENGINE just below to help you trawl through. All pictures are the copyright of the owners.
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Post 5225
Ted Ingham, Canterbury
One of the perks of being a Watch Officer at Dover Coastguard was enjoying the fantastic view from the Operations Room.
An ever changing scenery of shipping combined with the dramatics of the weather.
The sea and sky could change in a matter of moments.
Below we have a couple of photographs of a Front moving through. One minute glorious sunshine and then a total wipe out as low cloud and rain hammer the Coastguard Station.
And this was a 'Summers Day'.
Monday, 12 March 2018 - 11:31
An ever changing scenery of shipping combined with the dramatics of the weather.
The sea and sky could change in a matter of moments.
Below we have a couple of photographs of a Front moving through. One minute glorious sunshine and then a total wipe out as low cloud and rain hammer the Coastguard Station.
And this was a 'Summers Day'.
Monday, 12 March 2018 - 11:31
Post 5224
Sea News, Dover
Early Sunrise over the Port of Dover and the Channel.
A recent general shot above there of the Spirit of France at Dover 9...while the sun rises elegantly in the distance over the Channel. Spring gets ever closer and very welcome it will be for sure .. when it finally gets here fully that is.
Three ships under the sun. Left to right P&O's Spirit of France, the DFDS ferry Dunkerque Seaways, and in the distance another P&O ferry...it looks like the Pride of Canterbury.
The roof must be sizzling hot on the Pride of Canterbury above there. 
You should never sail too close to the sun...
!!
Good to get that up-close shot of Smit Stour below there Mike...and thanks for the info on Dauntless too.
PaulB
Monday, 12 March 2018 - 06:05
You should never sail too close to the sun... !!Good to get that up-close shot of Smit Stour below there Mike...and thanks for the info on Dauntless too.
PaulB
Monday, 12 March 2018 - 06:05
Post 5223
Mike J., Dover
The DAUNTLESS left Dover Saturday morning & is now in Hull for refit.
Here’s the SMIT STOUR heading out for a spot of surveying on Sunday morning.
Sunday, 11 March 2018 - 23:11
Post 5222
Sea News, Dover
Barent Zanen is back in regular action now again. Right now...its still dark as I write and she is out there as we speak... lights ablazing...as she makes her latest delivery. These pictures below were taken yesterday saturday...
but below a tad later some warmer light arrived and here we are. I have added number 4 because I have just spotted that Smit Stour crept into shot.
Well done Mike below there (4711). You got a bit of scoop with that shot of the Wellington Canal section. Great pix all round from our 'inshore correspondent'
Some interesting pictures below there Ted from the olde days
Nice shot from Ed of the Luzon Strait. Great having those pictures from the DCT.
PB
Sunday, 11 March 2018 - 05:58
Post 5221
Ted Ingham, Canterbury
Photographed from the Train Ferry Dock from L to R we have one of the Belgian sisters then the Invicta and finally the Maid of Kent.
An excellent day trip could be found on the ALA (ANGLETERRE-LORRAINE-ALSACE) Train Ferry TWICKENHAM FERRY.Very reasonable priced at the time and you practically had the steamer to yourself.Being steam turbine there was no vibration and you could stand on the top deck above the small garage and get an excellent opportunity to photograph all the shipping and docks.A gentle glide (depending on the weather) across the Channel to the Port of Dunkirk. Once locked in to the inner basin you could wander at will and take advantage of all ships and shipbuilding.In the 60's there were still scars of war all over the place.
Full steam ahead as we pull away from the Train Ferry Dock at Dover.
A view from the top of the garage as we head across to Dunkirk.
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 15:12
An excellent day trip could be found on the ALA (ANGLETERRE-LORRAINE-ALSACE) Train Ferry TWICKENHAM FERRY.Very reasonable priced at the time and you practically had the steamer to yourself.Being steam turbine there was no vibration and you could stand on the top deck above the small garage and get an excellent opportunity to photograph all the shipping and docks.A gentle glide (depending on the weather) across the Channel to the Port of Dunkirk. Once locked in to the inner basin you could wander at will and take advantage of all ships and shipbuilding.In the 60's there were still scars of war all over the place.
Full steam ahead as we pull away from the Train Ferry Dock at Dover.
A view from the top of the garage as we head across to Dunkirk.
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 15:12
Post 5220
Mike J., Dover
Three of a kind [almost] - the 20 year-old German tug WULF 7 came in from Cuxhaven during Friday evening’s gloom & fog.
She'll be working as ‘refit replacement’ for DAUNTLESS & used to fly the British flag, working for Svitzer Tugs in the Bristol Channel as the DALESGARTH.
I’d not noticed Northern Rib Hire's SCIROCCO-2 before, maybe she’s recently arrived & is a ‘spare’ crewboat.
& now for something completely different - I poked the snout of my camera right up to the mesh on the walkway round the ‘Wellington Cut’ to see the ‘inside’ of the cut.
A pity that no-one was working down there, but the steps give a bit of scale.
The ‘ground-level’ view is a little less interesting, but the blue temporary bridge is visible.
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 13:34
She'll be working as ‘refit replacement’ for DAUNTLESS & used to fly the British flag, working for Svitzer Tugs in the Bristol Channel as the DALESGARTH.
I’d not noticed Northern Rib Hire's SCIROCCO-2 before, maybe she’s recently arrived & is a ‘spare’ crewboat.
& now for something completely different - I poked the snout of my camera right up to the mesh on the walkway round the ‘Wellington Cut’ to see the ‘inside’ of the cut.
A pity that no-one was working down there, but the steps give a bit of scale.
The ‘ground-level’ view is a little less interesting, but the blue temporary bridge is visible.
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 13:34
Post 5219
Ed Connell, Dover Strait
Luzon Strait at the DCT today.
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 12:13
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 12:13
Post 5218
Sea News, Dover
DDC Chairman opens Cineworld at St James
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The Chairman of Dover District Council, Cllr Sue Chandler, cut the ribbon to officially open Dover's new six-screen, 900 seat Cineworld cinema at the St James development yesterday lunchtime (Friday).
Cllr Chandler, accompanied by the Leader, Cllr Keith Morris, met general manager, Luke Admans, and members of the 30-strong staff.
Cllr Keith Morris, Leader, said: "I'm delighted to see Cineworld open at St James, and what a great cinema experience it offers. I'm booked for Sunday! The £53m St James development is the biggest investment in the town centre in a generation."
Ends
Not a nautical item above there but a significant moment for the area in general.
Great to see the DTIZ development moving forward at last and beginning to open up for business.
Following along from Mike's enjoyable item below re the stuck Volvo...here we are with some more workhorses...
at the canal section leading to Wellington Dock.
Great to see the interesting posts below from
Mike, Ted, Vic, John, Dave.
Great stuff!
PaulB
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 06:49
Post 5217
vic matcham, Dover
There is a story behind that big tanker when it came in ,we was doing the first refit of a ship right here the tanker was going to more up ,so the captain of ship I was working on was told .you are going to have to move out of the port to let the tanker moor up where you are now ,but it is only going to be there a few hours then you can come back in moor up again and carry on ,so we stayed on the ship and carred on working ,but it did not turn out that way because the Tanker was there 3days and the port would not let us back in to moor up anywhere ,we had no water and only some tin food to eat which was to last the 3days we were bobbing up and down off Deal and no heating 
so we had a fire on the deck with some wood we found to keep warm in fact we did not get back in till 4days we did not have a wash because we had no water.The good old days.the ship we was working on was a rust bucket on top of it all and she ended up going down off France and few weeks later.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 15:36
so we had a fire on the deck with some wood we found to keep warm in fact we did not get back in till 4days we did not have a wash because we had no water.The good old days.the ship we was working on was a rust bucket on top of it all and she ended up going down off France and few weeks later.Friday, 9 March 2018 - 15:36
Post 5215
Mike J., Dover
Some wonderful pix starting to surface from Ted’s archives & some good comments on them.
When the NORISSIA was alongside for the Shell celebrations an impressive scaffolding tower was built on the Eastern Arm for access to the ship as conventional gangways would have been far too steep for the shareholders & guests when they visited - the ship was ‘riding high’ with no cargo aboard.
I heard from a ‘source in the docks’ that engineroom visits weren’t permitted as there was a flooding ‘incident’ during the Open Days . . . . .
Post 4697 - Paul’s Volvo trucks & the Watersports beach problem – those Volvos are certainly impressive machines but occasionally they can come to grief.
Back in January 2009 the Russian SINEGORSK lost a lot of her timber deck cargo in bad weather & much of it came ashore along the Kent & Sussex coast {& into Dover where there was a lot of scurrying around collecting it before it got caught up with propellors or bowthrusts - I expect there’s a few new garden sheds or decking at some DHB employee’s homes}.
A good sized wodge [technical term] came ashore at Ramsgate & the clearance involved Volvo ‘haulers’ & one came to grief trying to cross a ‘sand bridge' across a groyne.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 12:47
When the NORISSIA was alongside for the Shell celebrations an impressive scaffolding tower was built on the Eastern Arm for access to the ship as conventional gangways would have been far too steep for the shareholders & guests when they visited - the ship was ‘riding high’ with no cargo aboard.
I heard from a ‘source in the docks’ that engineroom visits weren’t permitted as there was a flooding ‘incident’ during the Open Days . . . . .
Post 4697 - Paul’s Volvo trucks & the Watersports beach problem – those Volvos are certainly impressive machines but occasionally they can come to grief.
Back in January 2009 the Russian SINEGORSK lost a lot of her timber deck cargo in bad weather & much of it came ashore along the Kent & Sussex coast {& into Dover where there was a lot of scurrying around collecting it before it got caught up with propellors or bowthrusts - I expect there’s a few new garden sheds or decking at some DHB employee’s homes}.
A good sized wodge [technical term] came ashore at Ramsgate & the clearance involved Volvo ‘haulers’ & one came to grief trying to cross a ‘sand bridge' across a groyne.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 12:47
Post 5214
Dave, Now Sandwich, was Broadstairs.
I would like to say how wonderful it is to hear from Ted on here. And remembering to good days of hearing his expert and professional voice on the VHF whilst talking to him from the Ramsgate Lifeboat. He and Pat (Fairclough) were always a delight to communicate with. Unfortunately the standard at the Coastguard isn't the same as it was in those days, but that is what happens with cut backs.
All the best to you Ted.
Dave.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 11:52
All the best to you Ted.
Dave.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 11:52
Post 5213
Ted Ingham, Canterbury
A change of views as we move over to the Eastern Docks.
The first photograph was taken in the early 80's from a RAF SAR Wessex helicopter based at Manston. At the time I was a HM Coastguard Helicopter Liaison Officer and later transferred to Dover Coastguard until my retirement in 2011.
Photographed in June 1992 from Langdon Battery.
Celebrating 100 years of Shell Tankers the 127,540DWT/1980 built NORRISIA alongside the Eastern Arm. She was open to the Shareholders during her visit.
A close view of the Norrisia alongside the Eastern Arm.
On departing Dover she struck the breakwater causing damage. The Bill for the repair just on £5 million.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 10:50
The first photograph was taken in the early 80's from a RAF SAR Wessex helicopter based at Manston. At the time I was a HM Coastguard Helicopter Liaison Officer and later transferred to Dover Coastguard until my retirement in 2011.
Photographed in June 1992 from Langdon Battery.
Celebrating 100 years of Shell Tankers the 127,540DWT/1980 built NORRISIA alongside the Eastern Arm. She was open to the Shareholders during her visit.
A close view of the Norrisia alongside the Eastern Arm.
On departing Dover she struck the breakwater causing damage. The Bill for the repair just on £5 million.
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 10:50
Post 5212
John Hendy, Romney Marsh (johnhendy479@btinternet.com)
With regard to the Admiralty Pier line up (post 4695), the vessels are as follows: No 1 - either the 'Ostender' Koning Albert or her sister Prince Philippe, No 2 - the 'Golden Arrow' steamer Invicta, No 3 - one of the three Belgian sisters, Roi Leopold III, Koningin Elizabeth or Reine Astrid, No 4 - the Belgian car ferry Prinses Josephine Charlotte (PJC) and No 5 - the Shepperton or Hampton Ferry.
Ted Ingham's wonderfully nostalgic images of the Western Docks bring back many happy memories when one could amble along King Charles II Walk, under the open section of the Prince of Wales' Pier and out onto the North Pier. It all goes to show just how much of our harbour and its unrivalled pedestrian access has been taken from us over the years. Not everyone views the DWDR with delight!
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 10:17
Ted Ingham's wonderfully nostalgic images of the Western Docks bring back many happy memories when one could amble along King Charles II Walk, under the open section of the Prince of Wales' Pier and out onto the North Pier. It all goes to show just how much of our harbour and its unrivalled pedestrian access has been taken from us over the years. Not everyone views the DWDR with delight!
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 10:17
Post 5211
Sea News, Dover
Ted many thanks for those fascinating pictures...the changes about us are amazing and considerable.
Ed a great shot of Emerald ...its a cracker so it is. it would make a good poster that one.
Mark good to hear from you again. Fascinating post below for sure. Well done with that one
Thanks also to Vic and Brian for the reminiscences..
PaulB
Friday, 9 March 2018 - 06:00
Post 5210
brian, dover
I remember the andreda being used as a train ferry,rocked and rolled on a calm day.
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 19:09
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 19:09
Post 5209
vic matcham, Dover
Yes the photos of Dover below is the real Dover I was a young man then and The port and Town was great. I have been here boy and man from 1942 seen it all and the best of it has gone.
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 17:00
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 17:00
Post 5208
Ted Ingham, Canterbury
A couple of Black and White photographs taken from St Martin's Battery of the Western Docks.
The first one was photographed in the 60's prior to the Hoverport being built.
Photographed in the early 70's and now with Hoverport in full operation.
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 15:19
The first one was photographed in the 60's prior to the Hoverport being built.
Photographed in the early 70's and now with Hoverport in full operation.
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 15:19
Post 5207
Ed Connell, Dover Strait
Emerald at the DCT today. Fascinating post from Mark below.
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 12:27
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 12:27
Post 5206
Mark rushton, Northants (rushton.mark@hotmail.co.uk)
Hi Chaps. Been lurking for a while as I've had nothing useful to contribute, but I must say "Wow" to Ted's picture taken on Admiralty Pier in the 1960s - probably not much before I moved down to Kent in 1970 and my mum started working on the boats. So let's play a little game of spot the ferry. I reckon Nbr 1 is one of the old BR train ferries - maybe the Shepperton ? Nbr 2 seems to be the Princes Josephine Charlotte (or PJC as my mum used to call her) one of the RMT Ostenders, but I stand to be corrected. I'm pretty sure that Nbrs 3 and 5 are two of the three RMT trio Roi Leopold, Koningin Elizabeth and Reine Astrid. Not sure about Nbr 4 but my money's on SNCF's Cote D'Azur. Happy days. My mum used to interview passengers for National Passenger Census. She operated as part of a team of maybe 3 interviewers who would take a brief description of, say, every 50th boarding passenger and then find and interview them in the interests of Government statistics during the crossing. The nightmare boats were the peak summer sailings when there might be 1500 on board and finding them was not easy. Of course at least on the Ostenders you had 4 hours to find your victims - on the Calais runs you only got an hour and a half. And it was funny how boarding celebrities tended to be randomly selected far too frequently...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 12:12
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 12:12
Post 5205
Sea News, Dover
Trucks at the DWDR:
These great big Volvo trucks are very impressive beasts. But big as they are...in the top shot there you can see one of these giant trucks dwarfed against the huge 'mountain' of spoil/sand/gravel to its rear. This rich gravel resource will no doubt be used to good effect at a later time. Some of the remains of Burlington House is buried in there we understand.
These next three pictures show the trucks on Dover Beach recently...yours truly is not entirely sure what they are doing on the beach but it looks like they may be bolstering the sea defences, although nothing major appears obvious to the eye .
Waiting above there for the tide to pull back.
Good to hear from you Mike down there in Devizes. Glad you like the site. Nice to hear those stories from your past. Keep tuning in to our Sea News pages... we have lots more to come. Ships aplenty.
Well done Ted. Fascinating pictures below.... fascinating ships, and look at the trains going all the way down to meet them.
Great days
Rough oul day again as I write...where's Spring??
Yours truly however has a spring in his step this morning..as off to the dentist he jolly well goes. Cant wait
PaulB
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 06:02
Good to hear from you Mike down there in Devizes. Glad you like the site. Nice to hear those stories from your past. Keep tuning in to our Sea News pages... we have lots more to come. Ships aplenty.
Well done Ted. Fascinating pictures below.... fascinating ships, and look at the trains going all the way down to meet them.
Great days
Rough oul day again as I write...where's Spring??
Yours truly however has a spring in his step this morning..as off to the dentist he jolly well goes. Cant wait
PaulB
Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 06:02