Ship of the Week – FALCON originally SOUTHLEIGH
One of the Lowestoft trawlers that was seen in Malta was the diving support vessel FALCON that was seen both at Sliema Creek, Marsamxett Harbour and at Grand Harbour in 1997. She was built in Lowestoft by the Shipyard of Richards Iron Works Ltd as Yard Number 417 for Small and Co Ltd of Lowestoft […]
Yachting – 1978 built schooner SITTING BULL (NAN SHAN) at Malta – 30.07.2013
8 years ago on Tuesday 30th July, 2013 a lovely British schooner SITTING BULL NAN SHAN entered Grand Harbour, Malta. She was built in France by Umm Simac Plaisance Shipyards as yard number 1017 with galvanised steel hull with 15.30 metres length and beam of 5.20 metres. Her deck is made of Burmese teak with […]
Former Military – TREVOSE
A prototype General Service Launch built in UK for the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineeers of the British Army is still trading with her original name – TREVOSE. She was built in 1964 by Thornycroft, Southampton with 74 tons Displacement as a General Service Launch for the War Department Fleet, performing duties with the Royal […]
Offshore – OCEAN SURVEYOR in Malta – July 2021
On Tuesday 6th July, 2021 one of the former Sealion Shipping platform supply vessels (PSV) named OCEAN SURVEYOR called at Grand Harbour, Malta passing breakwaters at 1506 hrs coming from Trapani, Sicily. She was built in the UK by Babcock Marine at Appledore for Sealion Shipping as TOISA CREST in 1999 homeported at London with […]
Breaking Up – 1960 built cargo ship NAZ-K – 08.03.2001
One of the 1960 built ships that used to call at Grand Harbour, Malta to discharge cement in bulk was the Turkish owned general cargo ship NAZ-K. She was built in 1960 by William Denny and Brothers Limited at Dumbarton in Scotland with yard no 1495 as PHYLLIS BOWATER for Bowater Steamship Co Ltd, London, […]
Former Military – HOLMWOOD at Malta – 2007-2011.
The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) was a British Government agency which ran a variety of auxiliary vessels for Her Majesty’s Naval Service including Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 1976 to 2008. One of the former Clovelly Class Fleet Tender HOLMWOOD ex RMAS HOLMWOOD A 1772 was seen in Malta in 2007 moored at Manoel Island Marina. She was […]
Former Military – SEAMAN GUARD VIRGINIA – July 2012
One of the former RAF Marine Unit operating as an Anti Piracy Vessel in the Gulf of Aden was the SEAMAN GUARD VIRGINIA which called at Malta in July 2012 that left Gibraltar back to Thursday 19th July 2012. She was built in 1970 by Fairmile Marine at Berwick-upon-Tweed as RAF 5002 SEA OTTER the third Seal class Long Range Recovery […]
LNG News – Shell gas carrier GEMMATA at Malta again – 10.09.2020
On Thursday 10th September, 2020 the 290 m long British gas carrier GEMMATA entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. This is not her first shipment in fact she was last here in July, 2020 . She was built in Nagasaki, Japan in 2004 and homeported at Singapore […]
Broken Up – Roro ship SPEYBANK – 2009
One of the Finnish built vessels for the Soviet Union shipping industry was the OKHA seen here as the SPEYBANK owned by the Bank Line (Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd., UK. In the late 1970s Sudoimport, the Soviet foreign trade organization with a monopoly for the foreign trade of ships, requested for tenders for the design and construction of […]
Delivery – Tugboat ROMAN at Malta – 10.08.2020
During the morning of Monday 10 th August, 2020 the British tug ROMAN entered Grand Harbour during her delivery voyage, berthing at Laboratory Wharf South 2. ROMAN was built in 1999 by Cantieri Navali Baglietto La Spezia at La Spezia, Italy as ALFREDO NERI for Fratelli Neri S.P.A, Italy. On 21st December 2017 ALFREDO NERI […]
