Sea News...
- 7 July 2013 18:42236659i can safely say i feel i have no regrets about never being on one of those motor launches or submarines/u boats.
anyone who served on one deserves to be recognised. - 8 July 2013 10:49236699I've said it before & I'll say it again, this thread is Awesome, renders me speechless at times, now that is really saying something & I'm sure music to some people's ear
Well done guys
Today we see the familiar Braemar once again at CT1, T/R
Then no cruise ship until Thursday 11th when the Saga Ruby returns to CT1, T/R
A real treat on Friday 12th, get your cameras ready guys & feast your eyes on the Magnificent 'Sea Princess' at CT2, T/R.
I can't recall her at Dover before, she is of course part of the wonderful Princess Cruise line
Also on Friday, the Quest For Adventure cruises back into CT1, T/R
Saturday 13th, the Ryndam returns to CT2, T/R
No cruise ship on Sunday. - 9 July 2013 07:33236768This is one for Ed re post 689.
Here you are Ed..I knew there was something down there.. conclusive proof seen here
I hear tell that he is not a particularly nasty shark..
... but he does have a penchant for eating unruly small boys...lol
Late last evening in the dying rays of the summer sun..this sailing ship arrived. Was disappointed not to have spotted her coming from afar under full sail but you cant have everything. So here she is for all to see. The Astrid...another Dutch sailing vessel and very welcome she is too.
She spent all night in the outer harbour..didnt venture into the marina. Funny how they always seem to look so ghostly at night exuding such an eerie air, but maybe its just me having read too many seafaring books as a child arrrgh ! Shiver me timbers !
Will watch for the Sea Princess Colette...great tip there.
Note for DHB
If the guys from DHB are looking in ..just to let you know that more than half of the lantern style seafront lights are not working..all dark. To keep up our seafront image for visitors it would be nice if these were working and we had the full set blazing away.
email: dover7@msn.com - 9 July 2013 09:04236810An extra one of the Sailing Ship Astrid...just a few moments ago. This time in normal daylight.
see post above
email: dover7@msn.com - 9 July 2013 18:12236888My Grandaughter is convinced that Pirates have invaded Dover despite my assurances that the local politicos have squander all our treasure year upon year!
- 10 July 2013 09:09236926I think your Grandaughter might be right Lesley about the Pirates
. here is an extra pic especially for you. Its the last one to be sure to be sure, as they moved off under cover of darkness...some say they were loaded down with booty..gold ermin and pearls...so there must have been something left in the local coffers lol!
So there you have it and you heard it here first.
email: dover7@msn.com - 10 July 2013 09:21236927beautiful ship, i never get to see one close up - usually looking down from st martin's battery.
- 10 July 2013 10:25236930The photo makes it look as though she has nicked the wreck buoy and hung it from her yardarm! How brazen can you get. Just like a bunch of yobs nicking a traffic cone on a Saturday night.
- 10 July 2013 11:41236949Lol!! Ed
Cracking pix there MrB of the beautiful Sailing Ship Astrid. Love dem Pirate tales, just keep taking the pills, they will eventually work!!!!
I took a stroll by the seafront last night & I saw her resting in the Harbour. Here is my humble effort.
- 11 July 2013 06:28237003lol!..
and now...
60 years of serving our ferry customers...from Dover Harbour Board
30th June 2013 marked the 60th anniversary of the opening of what can be described as the modern ferry terminal and the drive-on drive-off era. The terminal has been serving ferry customers for as long as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the throne.
The ferry terminal has played an incredibly important role for the nation during that time, now handling £80 billion of trade every year.
In the first year, it was anticipated that we would handle about 10,000 vehicles per year. In fact 10 times that amount materialised. Amazingly, today we welcome around 12 million customers travelling in 4.5 million vehicles each year.
Recently, some cupcakes were seen making their way around the Port in order to produce a short film to mark the 60th anniversary and to bring all parts of the Port community together to mark the occasion. May we recommend the film to you, which is on YouTube [URL][/URL].
It is a light-hearted, fun and celebratory film, but it really does illustrate the incredible diversity of the people and organisations that make up the Port of Dover, but also the team spirit that is both essential and self evident in what makes this special place such a success story.
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Thanks to DHB for all the above..a heck of a lot of work goes into keeping the Port in top condition and fully operational. Last week we featured heavily those massive floating cranes. Today we feature another one down at the same pier location. But this time a land based one...and very big massive size too. Size is everything..when it comes to lifting devices.
Yes a big crane indeed..to show scale see the normal sized one directly behind. Picture taken last evening.
Of course managing the Port might be a tad easier in sunshine conditions as we are experiencing at the moment..but its not always like that and then sinews get stretched. This picture below is not from deep midwinter..no sir..its from flaming June a few short weeks ago.. ruddy 'ell
There you are...nobody sleeps on this watch...the ups and downs of port life.email: dover7@msn.com - Keith Sansum1
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11 July 2013 06:30237005Dover Harbour Board under its new board members getting active I noticeALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 11 July 2013 07:35237007Yes could be new broomism at work and with a new softer image...the video there above in post 710 is definitely worth a look and is very inclusive involving the various human elements that make up the Port ..the Police, George Hammond, the Ferry guys and the immediate businesses all having lighthearted involvement.
60 years ..see post 710email: dover7@msn.com - Keith Sansum1
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11 July 2013 08:43237014looks like the peoples port have a challengeALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 11 July 2013 14:12237078This jolly little video celebrates sixty years since the first Eastern Docks ferry berths were opened in 1953. Dramatic expansion since then and the whole of this scene has disappeared with the Camber being reclaimed and the "submarine pens" demolished. All of this view is now tarmac with the modern ferry berths extending into the waters beyond.
- 11 July 2013 20:32237129Busy day for the port and town tomorrow with three cruise ships due in Dover: Sea Princess, Ryndam, and Quest for Adventure.
- 12 July 2013 04:03237142This would appear to be the first cruise ship to visit Dover, the Prinzessin Victoria Luise of Hamburg Amerika Line. She was the world's first purpose-built cruise ship and made her maiden voyage in 1901, calling at Dover in May 1904 to conduct a berthing trial on the Prince of Wales pier. She landed 75 first-class passengers and convinced the Germans that Dover would be a suitable port of call for their transatlantic liners. In 1906 she went aground in Jamaica and the Captain retreated to his cabin and shot himself. She was subsequently declared a total loss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinzessin_Victoria_Luise - 12 July 2013 07:45237149#715 Apologies - Ryndam is not due until Saturday, so just the two ships today. Still another busy day for Dover Cruise Port.
- 12 July 2013 08:07237150Great stories there Ed. Jeez those were the days of honour..if you screwed up you felt obliged to shoot yourself. It was the decent thing to do and all that. Dont get much of that nowadays but if you did.. and you can visualise it now.. vast hordes of politicians lying in a heap on that delightful green outside the House... with varying notes pinned to varying chests along the lines of.." I diddled my expenses..there was no flat in Billericay "
Great old shot of the Port Car Ferry above..here is another one of Port previously in from DHB from 2011..
(dont forget to have a look at the video celebrating 60 years of roll on roll off see post 710 above )
I guess there are loads of changes even since 2011..its evolving all the time.
Kevin yes the two you mention are in today as we speak...unfortunately its terribly slate grey again weatherwise.
Here is a picture but it doesnt really do the ship justice...The Sea Princess.
Will aim to get a better pic later if I can.
This ship, another giant feather in Dover's cap.email: dover7@msn.com - Keith Sansum1
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12 July 2013 08:24237155I do love the pics
keep em comingALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 12 July 2013 15:20237202unless paul gets any better ones, i took these about half an hour ago - the sun was vainly trying to break through.
