New warships on parade
While brand new cruise ships, container carriers and ferries appear on the scene quite regularly it’s less often that there is a new warship to see. The past few weeks has been something of an...
View ArticleType 22 frigates for scrap
The four Type 22 frigates hastily decommissioned in the wake of the controversial 2010 defence review have been sold for scrap for £3 million. Campbeltown, Chatham and Cumberland will be disposed of at...
View ArticleHMS Protector
The UK Ministry of Defence has purchased HMS Protector from GC Rieber Shipping for £51 million. The icebreaker has been on bareboat charter to the Royal Navy since April 2011. As part of the sale, the...
View ArticleMV Majestic Maersk
The Ultra Large Container Carrier, Majestic Maersk (2013/194,849gt) followed up her recent christening at her homeport of Copenhagen with a diversion off her AE10 rotation to make a maiden UK call at...
View ArticleEx-HMS Chatham tow
The first of the four Type 22 frigates decommissioned in the last defence review has departed Portsmouth. Ex-HMS Chatham is due to arrive at Aliaga undertow of the St. Vincent-flagged tug Hellas on 28...
View ArticleEx-HMS Campbeltown tow
The second of four Type 22 frigates decommissioned in the last defence review has departed Portsmouth. Ex-HMS Campbeltown is due to arrive at Aliaga undertow of the Panamanian-flagged tug Christos XXIV...
View ArticleEx-HMS Cornwall tow
The third of four Type 22 frigates decommissioned in the last defence review has departed Portsmouth. Ex-HMS Cornwall is due to arrive at Swansea undertow of the Giibraltar-flagged tug Neptun 10 on 26...
View ArticleMV MOL Quartz
The latest new arrival at Southampton is the MOL Quartz (2013/151,963 gt). The Singapore-flagged vessel is the sixth in a series of ten 13,900 TEU container carriers being built by Hyundai Samho Heavy...
View ArticleEx-HMS Cumberland tow
The last of four Type 22 frigates deemed surplus to requirements in the last round of defence cuts has left the UK for demolition. The departure of the former HMS Cumberland had been delayed by several...
View ArticleHMS Dragon returns
HMS Dragon has returned home after completing her maiden deployment. Her routine security patrol east of Suez was extended by a month after she was diverted to the Mediterranean to provide air defence...
View ArticleMV Saga Ruby
The last cruise ship to be built in the UK has embarked on her final cruise. Saga Ruby (1973/24,292 gt) departed Southampton for a farewell 31-night return voyage to the Caribbean on 7 December. Built...
View ArticleHMS Illustrious returns
HMS Illustrious has returned to Portsmouth at the completion of a five-month deployment. The Royal Navy helicopter carrier was met by thousands of spectators and a full tug escort in recognition of the...
View ArticleMV Norwegian Getaway
Norwegian Cruise Lines’s newest cruise ship stopped by at Southampton for three flying visits following delivery on 10 January. MV Norwegian Getaway (2014/146,600 gt) is the second of two Breakaway...
View ArticleTake a wider view
Regular visitors to the 360 page may think there is nothing new to see as it has the same six windows. This is not so! We are adding 360 views to the 360Cities website, where the images are hosted, on...
View ArticleHMS Daring returns
HMS Daring has returned home from an unusually long and particularly eventful deployment. During nine months away the Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer visited 21 ports and clocked up 44,000 miles....
View ArticleMV Al Qibla
One of the first container ships to make a maiden call at Southampton this year is the United Arab Shipping Company’s, MV Al Qibla (2012/141,077 gt). The Kuwaiti-flagged boxship is one of two UASC...
View ArticleNew SCT5 container berth
ABP Southampton’s SCT5 opened for business on 11 March with the 13,100 TEU Hyundai Tenacity (2012/141,770gt) becoming the first ship to use the new facility. Developed on the site of the former 201/202...
View ArticleMV Etretat
French ferry operator, Brittany Ferries, has introduced a no-frills service branded ‘Brittany Ferries économie’ with the chartered ropax, MV Etretat (2008/26,904gt). The new budget service will offer a...
View ArticleMV Azores
The first cruise ship visitor of the new season has called at Portsmouth International Port. MV Azores (1948/16,314gt) will make three calls this year, the next being on 28 April and again on 7...
View ArticleCunard celebrations
The sky was lit-up with fireworks and the air filled with blasts from ships horns as Cunard brought all three of their ships together at their homeport of Southampton. The occasion was the 10th...
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