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Tuesday 17 December 2019

Dillon Owen


























The Cork registered trawler Dillon Owen ran aground on rocks at Ardglass in County Down Northern Ireland, there was no loss of life.

On 27 October 2019 she was salvaged and brought to Dale's dry dock facility at James Watt Dock Greenock.

Aida Vita








Aida Vita at the tail of the bank,she is the second ship in the Aida Cruise fleet.
She was built in 2002 by the German shipyard Aker MTW,her capacity is 1266 passengers.

Thursday 12 December 2019

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Itasca

Built by J and K Smits Scheepswerven in The Netherlands as an ocean-going salvage tug, formerly THAMES III, she is one of three sisterships built with only ITASCA still in existence. ITASCA was in commercial service until 1979, before being converted to a yacht where she has since earned her place in exploration yachting history having circumnavigated the world three times, including being one of the first yachts to pass through the Northwest Passage when owned by the former US Secretary of the Treasury, William E Simon.

Sunday 8 December 2019

Friday 6 December 2019

Hampshire



The 66.25m Hampshire yacht (ex: Vanish) was built in 2016 by Feadship. She features an exterior design by Harrison Eidsgaard and an interior by Harrison Eidsgaard. She cruises at 12.0 kn and reaches a top speed of 18.5 kn. She can sleep up to 12 guests taken care of by a crew of 17.

Sunday 1 December 2019

Eclipse

The yacht was delivered to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich on 9 December 2010. At 162.5 metres (533 ft 2 in) long Eclipse was the world's largest private yacht The yacht's cost has been estimated at €340 million.