
Picture by John Wilson via http://www.shipspotting.com

Picture by John Wilson via http://www.shipspotting.com

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Steve Irwin
IMO : 7340370
Build : 1975 by Russell, Hall and Co Ltd, Aberdeen in the UK , nr 9562 as Westra
I won’t go into details about what the Sea Shepherd organization is doing, I assume you (more…)

Picture by Bas H.F. Spruit via http://koopvaardij.web-log.nl/
Caballo Galiceno Don Alfonso
IMO : 9549229
Build : 2011 by Scheepswerf De Hoop – Foxhol in the Netherlands, nr 434
When I saw the above picture the other day I initially thought that they hadn’t finished painting the superstructure and it was still partly covered in primer. But then I looked (more…)
Bob Barker
IMO : 5280540
Build : 1950 by Fredriksstad MV – Fredriksstad in Norway, nr 333 as Pol XIV (a whaler)
The Sea Shepherd organization, worldwide known & the subject of a few posts here on this website: this is one of their vessels and it is painted in their signature paintjob: black, (more…)
Gojira
IMO : n/a
Build : 1998 by Vosper Thornycroft – Southampton in the UK as Cable and Wireless Adventurer, nr ??
I am starting to feel like I am repeating myself here, a kind of deja vu : a fast record beating motoryacht painted black and used to deter whalehunters from catching their prey. Where have (more…)

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DMT Sapphire
IMO : 9264518
Build : 2002 by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair – Mobile, AL in the USA, nr ?? as Kelly Ann Candies
DMT stands for Deep Marine Technologies and they had the good taste to name their vessels (they have 3) after gemstones. You can never go wrong (more…)

Picture by Henk van der Heijden via http://koopvaardij.web-log.nl
Norwegian Epic : NEWSFLASH!!
The Norwegian Epic, already known & disgusted here on this site, has been let loose by her builders, she is now actually sailing the seas. And where did she go first? Rotterdam……well, thank you very much for (more…)
IMO : 7813949
Build : 1980 by Harland & Wolff – Belfast in Northern Ireland, UK, nr 1716 as St Christopher
Ugly English Channel ferries…..they keep coming back like Tina Turner out of her retirement for another concert, every time you think the last one has been seen another (more…)
Posidon Hellas
IMO: 8966963
Build: 1998 by ???, Kanellos in Greece, as Milissios II
So, I’ll admit, due to my summer adventures I’ve fallen a little bit behind, so I’m trying to achieve a bit of a catch-up. We’ll see how that goes.
Anyways, to the ship: (more…)