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 […]
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 […]
Local Shipping – JO SAN
One of the former P & O Offshore Services Ltd offshore supply ship LADY FIONA use to serve in Malta for a Maltese owned shipping company – MALTA SHIPPING CO LTD. She was built in 1966 at Brooke Marine Ltd at Lowestoft, UK as Yard no 342 as an offshore supply ship as LADY FIONA. […]
Ship of the Week – HATHERLEIGH
The HATHERLEIGH was originally named SUFFOLK PUNCH (LT 395) and was built in Lowestoft by the Shipyard of Richards Iron Works Ltd as Yard Number 461. She was launched on 4th March 1961. She was owned by Small and Co. The SUFFOLK PUNCH was one of five sister ships all of very similar design and […]
DRUG BUST – 10 tons of Cannabis – June 2018. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GDF) finance police boarded and searched a Dutch Flag fishing vessel QUEST around 130 nautical miles southeast of Sicily after tracking the vessel from the air for two days, seizing over 10 tonnes of cannabis resin worth up to 20 million euros in a […]
