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Sea Pictures from Dover.

Sailing Ships just off Dover: Europa above and De Gallant below...

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Sea Pictures from Dover.

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.
Editor: Paul Boland - dover7@msn.com
Post 7242
Sea News, Dover


We will have pictures of the giant SAIPEM 7000 going down the channel yesterday...that's up next all being well but the pictures need work as the conditions were very very grey..... gloom gloom all is gloom...
Thursday, 30 June 2022 - 07:28
Post 7240
Sea News, Dover


And below we see our familiar friend Maud arriving yesterday morning Monday June 27 through the eastern entrance at 08.15 approx. always a pleasure to see Maud. She set off again yesterday evening, we dont have finite details but usually going up the Irish Sea to Norway and beyond...

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 - 06:59
Post 7239
Sea News, Dover


Monday, 27 June 2022 - 07:27
Post 7238
Sea News, Dover


Pictures above, taken just a couple of days ago, show the exciting Dover Sea Safari rib returning to base after another riveting adventure out there in the Dover Straits. Lots of youngsters onboard there enjoying the thrill. We nearly missed with the second zoom shot there but it sort of adds to the excitiement...that's our story anyway...

Saturday, 25 June 2022 - 06:50
Post 7237
Sea News, Dover

Night shot of the harbour lights now, purposely leaving out the flashing Lighthouse this time which tends to overshadow...
we're fans of the lighthouse though just to be clear.

Friday, 24 June 2022 - 07:31
Post 7236
Sea News, Dover

AIDAaura is on a 14 day round trip from Hamburg...highlights being Rotterdam Dover Bilbao Brest Saint-Malo Honfleur plus .....nice run.. AIDAaura is the smaller AIDA cruise ship currently calling in with us here...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 - 07:19
Post 7235
Sea News, Dover


Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - 05:43
Post 7234
Sea News, Dover


Tuesday, 21 June 2022 - 06:21
Post 7233
Sea News, Dover

Morning pic above, the one below later in the day... But...just look at the sheer scale of these magnificent monsters....look at the double decker bus dwarfed in the pic below... go compare!!


Monday, 20 June 2022 - 06:48
Post 7232
Sea News, Dover
MIGRANT CRISES
Friday Morning Early: Pulling back the imaginary curtains in the 'observation tower' to begin another day and even at 06.30 am the first thing you see is the Dover Lifeboat powering back to base here in Dover with another full load of unfortunates...even at that hour! How the Lifeboat guys keep going I dont know...they must be..what's the correct English Usage here...yes, they must be 'knackered' !
Saturday, 18 June 2022 - 05:44

Friday Morning Early: Pulling back the imaginary curtains in the 'observation tower' to begin another day and even at 06.30 am the first thing you see is the Dover Lifeboat powering back to base here in Dover with another full load of unfortunates...even at that hour! How the Lifeboat guys keep going I dont know...they must be..what's the correct English Usage here...yes, they must be 'knackered' !
Saturday, 18 June 2022 - 05:44
Post 7231
Sea News, Dover
MIGRANT CRISES


Obviously the big national story at the moment is the Rwanda/migrant situation so we decided to show more pictures from the manic day on terrible Tuesday this week when 444 migrants dangerously crossed the channel in small dinghies. As we mentioned yesterday, the various services here in Dover were in hectic mode all day...essentially rushing out to ferry the unfortunates in to shore...while elsewhere the infamous Rwanda bound Government leased jet failed to take off (...at enormous expense!).
Top to bottom...
1. Border Force Vigilant with many migrants on top deck and in bow section
2. Returning Dover Lifeboat packed out
3. Border Force Typhoon again...wider shot
4. Dover Lifeboat on yet another run....
Thursday, 16 June 2022 - 06:41




Obviously the big national story at the moment is the Rwanda/migrant situation so we decided to show more pictures from the manic day on terrible Tuesday this week when 444 migrants dangerously crossed the channel in small dinghies. As we mentioned yesterday, the various services here in Dover were in hectic mode all day...essentially rushing out to ferry the unfortunates in to shore...while elsewhere the infamous Rwanda bound Government leased jet failed to take off (...at enormous expense!).
Top to bottom...
1. Border Force Vigilant with many migrants on top deck and in bow section
2. Returning Dover Lifeboat packed out
3. Border Force Typhoon again...wider shot
4. Dover Lifeboat on yet another run....
Thursday, 16 June 2022 - 06:41
Post 7230
Sea News, Dover

A humane solution needs to be found as the Rwanda deterrent scheme isn't working...
ADDED: Newspapers are reporting that 'hundreds' crossed yesterday.
Night of the Full Moon.

Yes we have had a gorgeous moon over the channel on recent nights. The picture above there is a wee bit hazy and flat, ....but! we love a good moon... we took a series of pictures as P&O's Pride of Kent moved across the scene but in this one a very welcome bird flew into the picture and livened it up.. so naturally we picked this one.. its a simple point n shoot shot...
Viking Venus in Port again today...
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 - 06:32
Post 7229
Sea News, Dover

That's the last of the tug spraying pix above there at least for the moment. This display was for the Sea Cloud Spirit departure but alas the picture was too dark and needed some work...and there we are. Twas a bit of a gloomy departure as mentioned before but hopefully pic okay now....
Also just to relocate the one below from top of page...

Tuesday, 14 June 2022 - 06:22
Post 7228
Sea News, Dover
Carnival Pride at Dover
Carnival Pride
Another busy tug spraying operation for another maiden voyage...this time we have the giant Carnival Pride. She is sooo long we could hardly fit her in our limited-width picture space! 963 ft long it says here and almost 90,000 tons...quite a ship. There she is moving away on Friday evening (June 10).. can you believe it, we still haven't caught up with all our tug spraying pictures... the tugs have been busy busy with all the spectacular salutations!
The ship is on a 9 day round trip from Dover to Norway, various destinations in Norway...lots of Fjords...
Sunday, 12 June 2022 - 05:58


Another busy tug spraying operation for another maiden voyage...this time we have the giant Carnival Pride. She is sooo long we could hardly fit her in our limited-width picture space! 963 ft long it says here and almost 90,000 tons...quite a ship. There she is moving away on Friday evening (June 10).. can you believe it, we still haven't caught up with all our tug spraying pictures... the tugs have been busy busy with all the spectacular salutations!
The ship is on a 9 day round trip from Dover to Norway, various destinations in Norway...lots of Fjords...
Sunday, 12 June 2022 - 05:58
Post 7227
Sea News, Dover


Another impressive cruise ship in today...hopefully some pictures later... Carnival Pride.
Friday, 10 June 2022 - 07:39
Post 7226
Sea News, Dover

The tugs were in full spray mode once again (they are certainly having a busy spray spell!) and gave her a grand send off...will have another spray picture....
AIDAaura below was with us on Tuesday.

Thursday, 9 June 2022 - 05:49
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Sea News, Dover


Sunday, 5 June 2022 - 06:37
Post 7224
Sea News, Dover
HMS Tyne just off Dover.
HMS TYNE: Following along from 2 posts ago you can see HMS TYNE above there moving off for another busy day in the Channel. Although much and many celebrations are taking place at the moment, the migrant crises situation still goes on out of the limelight....latest figures are suggesting 10,000 have crossed this year so far.
Saturday, 4 June 2022 - 06:30

HMS TYNE: Following along from 2 posts ago you can see HMS TYNE above there moving off for another busy day in the Channel. Although much and many celebrations are taking place at the moment, the migrant crises situation still goes on out of the limelight....latest figures are suggesting 10,000 have crossed this year so far.
Saturday, 4 June 2022 - 06:30
Post 7223
Sea News, Dover

The picture above, taken Thursday June 2 at 4.30 approx, shows the Pride of Canterbury working again. As you can see the ferry is fully loaded there with trucks aplenty having just returned from Calais. You can see her there gently moving stern first into Dover8 ....So all three of the available P&O ferries are now back in service...the Pride of Canterbury, the Pride of Kent, and the Spirit of Britain.
Friday, 3 June 2022 - 06:11
Post 7222
Sea News, Dover


HMS Tyne paused just outside Port as familiar local fishing boat Maverick returns to base...
....pictures from a couple of days ago...
Spirit of Discovery back in with us today...pictured further down page on her last visit just a few days ago ..
Thursday, 2 June 2022 - 06:07