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The Lesvos was built in 2017, and is registered in Valleta, Malta. Her deadweight is 150,000 tonnes.
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Boiler from "Merchant Navy" class 4-6-2 35005 "Canadian Pacific" under repair at Steamtown, Carnforth - c.08/1984.
Brian H Williams advises that the wagon being used to carry the boiler is a:
Flatrol MLL/WLL: built originally to carry the M6 "Super Sherman" tank, which never reached production. BR bought a number from the MoD, and used them to carry heavy items. I encountered them at BSC Landore in the early 1960s, where they were used to convey ingot moulds weighing 60t or more.
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© 2021 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photograph by Ken Larwood.
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Scarborough Station
North Yorkshire
UK
7 June 2018
Merchant Navy class 35018 British India Line at Scarborough on the Scarborough Spa Express. The excursion had originated from Dumfries and was steam-hauled from York to Scarborough and back to York.
The train steams into Scarborough past Falsgrave signal box.
With safety valves lifting - and the crew keeping a lookout for a signal check - rebuilt Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' Pacific No.35018 'British India Line' heads the outward leg of the Railway Touring Company's 'White Rose' charter (London King's Cross-York and return) on 15th July 2023. Taken at Holme Green crossing, between Langford and Biggleswade.
Sunday 9th July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary exactly to the day, when BR Southern Region finished steam operation.
To mark the anniversary, SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 no 35028 Clan Line heads west with the 1Z67 1042hrs London Waterloo-Yeovil Junction special.
Seen here passing Potbridge, nr Basingstoke, the engine was running about 10mins late, but storms past the gallery of photographers.
35028 Clan Line was freshly out of overhaul and only in its 1st week of operation.
Running with 'The Waterloo Sunset' headboard and the Southern route disc markers.
Minolta 85mm MD
Adapter MD-NEX
F7.1
1/800
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During the last few months of its life in semi-streamlined condition, Bulleid "Merchant Navy" class 8P 4-6-2 35021 "New Zealand Line" passes under the Bishopstoke Road bridge on its approach to Eastleigh station with a Waterloo to Bournemouth express - c.1958.
35021 lost its streamline casing and Bulleid chain-driven valve gear when rebuilt in June 1959. In rebuilt condition it lasted just six more years and was withdrawn from Bournemouth (71B) shed in August 1965.
Eastleigh East signal box is under the bridge & on the right.
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© 2016 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 120 monochrome negative; photograph by the late James S Doubleday.
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BRITISH CUMULUS
chimiquier / pétrolier
pavillon : Grande Bretagne
port d'attache : Douglas (île de Man)
IMO : 9724532
MMSI : 235113757
Indicatif d'appel : 2IYF8
Longueur : 183 m
largeur : 32 m
Tirant d'eau (min/avg/max) :1,5 m / 9,2 m / 11,0 m
Vitesse (moy./max) : 11,6 kn / 15,3 kn
port en lourd : 39999 tonnes
jauge brute : 27 659
Cap. 44 252 m3 (12 citernes)
Puissance : 8 580 kW
moteur . 2 temps - 6 cylindres MAN-B&W-HHI 6G50ME-B9
hélice à pas fixe
Générat. aux. 3 x 900 kW
Construction : 2017
chantier : Hyundai Mipo Dockyard , Ulsan , Corée du Sud
Gérant/Opérat. BP Shipping ( Sunbury-on-Thames , Grande-Bretagne )
Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35030 ''Elder Dempster Lines'' passing Neasden with the LCGB 'Great Central Rail Tour' on September 3, 1966, the last day of passenger services on the Great Central mainline.
The loco was withdrawn at the end of steam on the Southern Region, in July 1967, and scrapped in 1968.
Restored from an under-exposed grainy unfocussed 'blue-stained' original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
Laid down in 2011 and christened in 2013, the MS Royal Princess is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. She's operated by Princess Cruises and is designed to carry up to 3,600 passengers. She's shown head heading down the Firth of Clyde after a port call at Greenock.
In a howling 40+ mph westerly and fading light 35018 'British India Line' passes Cotegill bridge on the climb to Ais Gill summit with 'The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express' 1Z87 1413 Carlisle-London Euston. Later after leaving Hellifield the train lost over 2 hours to schedule to Preston because of braking issues where 35018 came off and the train arrived at Euston almost 3 hours late.
Merchant Navy pacific No. 35028 Clan Line storming through Betchworth station with Belmonds British Pullman.
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Rebuilt Bulleid "Merchant Navy" class 8P 4-6-2 35021 "New Zealand Line" hurries through Winchester with the up "Bournemouth Belle" Pullman - 08/05/1964.
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© 2019 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned by me from the original 35mm monochrome negative; photographed by David Yaldren.
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A right time departure away from Carlisle suggested all was well, but time started to be lost and continued to do so. It transpired that the train was required to report on icicles in the tunnels.
The unusual paring of B1 No.61306 'Mayflower' and Merchant Navy No.35108 'British India Line' are seen having been given permission to continue at Greengates, not long before the sun would drop behind the hills and the large gallery of photographers went home smiling.
Later in the journey, it would appear the water supply at Hellifield was partially frozen, resulting in a water tanker being dispatched for an unscheduled stop to top up two loco's.
I've opted to upload this earlier shot with the dramatic exhaust, the inclusion of the barns and the prominence of the Cross Fell range of hills beyond.
Lots of new vessels arriving into harbour as the new wind farm is under construction in the waters across from Donald Trumps golf course here in Aberdeen, this is the eighth ship on my first time sighting list that I have captured in the past three weeks .
Vessel BOA JARL (IMO: 9544425, MMSI: 258072000) is an offshore tug/supply ship built in 2015 and currently sailing under the flag of Norway. BOA JARL has 91m length overall and beam of 22m. Her gross tonnage is 7328 tons.
General Information
Owner NFDS Offshore 2 AS
Manager Boa Management AS
Type Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel
Design VS 491 CD
Delivery June 2015
Builder Bergen Group Fosen
Build No. 84
Flag NOR
Port of Registry Trondheim
Call sign LDSE
Class DNV
IMO 9544425
MMSI 258 072 000
Class Notations 1A1, Ice 1C, Tug, Supply Vessel,
Oilrec, SF, E0, Fire fighter -I+II,
Dynpos-AUTR, Clean Design,
Naut- OSV, COMF-V(3) C(3), T- MON,
BIS, DK(+), HL (2.8)
Max. Propulsion
Power
Total 19,830 kW (26.969 BHP)
Bollard Pull Design 267 t
Engine and Propulsion
Main Engines 2 x Wärtsila W32V16, 720/750 rpm
depending of mode
Output 2 x 8000 kW (diesel conventional)
@ 750 rpm coresponding
propeller rpm 144
PTI 2 x 1500 kW
Max output in boost
mode on propellers
2 x 8000kW + 2 x 1500 kW =
19.000 kW
Aux. engines genset Caterpillar/Siemens 2 x 2335 kVA
Shaft genset Siemens 2 x 3335 kVA
Emergency generator Caterpillar 1 x 531 kVA
Bow thrusters Brunvoll 2 x 1400 kW
Bow azimuth thruster Brunvoll 1 x 830 kW
Tunnel thruster aft Brunvoll 2 x 1000 kW
Gear box input from
main engine and PTI
2 x Wartsila type SHC 105-SDC63
Propulsion control
system
Wärtsilä Lipstronic and communication
with Siemens propulsion control system.
Propellers 2 x Wartsila CPP type 4E1190
Rudders 2 x Rolls Royce Flap rudders
Steering gear 2 x Rolls Royce Tenfjord
Speed & Consumption
Max Speed 18 kn/ 80 t/d
Transit Speed - Economical 10 kn/ 15 t/d
Transit Speed - Medium 12 kn/ 23 t/d
Transit Speed - High 14 kn/ 35 t/d
Transit Full Speed High (long duration) 16 kn/ 60 t/d
Harbour Consumption 4 t/d
Stand by (idling at sea) 5 t/d
DP Light 8 t/d
DP Heavy 20-25 t/d
Anchor handling ops 35-40 t/d
Towing 50% pull 45 t/d
Towing 80% pull 60 t/d
Towing 100% pull 80 t/d
Type of fuel MDO/ MGO
Navigation Equipment
Gyro Compass 3 x Anschütz STD 22
Radar 1 x X-Band Raytheon Synapsis
1 x S-Band Raytheon Synapsis
Autopilot 1 x Anschütz NP 5000 AS
ECDIS Raytheon Synapsis ECDIS
AIS Yes
Weather Fax Yes
Navtex Yes
Speedlog Yes
Echosounder 1 x Skipper 50/200 kHz GDS102
DGPS 1 Syberg
DGPS 2 Syberg
Anemometer Syberg
Sound Reception Syber
Main Particulars
Length Overall 91 m
Length p.p. 81.93 m
Breadth moulded 22 m
Depth to first deck 9.6 m
Moulded depth 7.9 m
Maximum draught 8.2 m
Minimum draught 6 m
Freeboard, min, FW Tropical 1,345 mm
Freeboard, FW Summer 1,511 mm
Freeboard,Tropical 1,494 mm
Freeboard,Summer 1,660 mm
Freeboard,Winter 1,826 mm
Freeboard,North Atlantic 1,876 mm
Air draught from B.L. 46 m
Height to 1st deck 9.6 m
Height to C-deck 19 m
Height to Bridge Deck 27.4 m
Lightship 6,250 t
Deadweight 3,790 t
Max DWT @ SLL Approx. 4,600 t
Gross Tonnage 7,328 t
Net Tonnage 2,199 t
Cargo Deck Capacity
Cargo Deck Area 828 m2
Deck Length 46 m
Deck Breadth 18 m
Max Deck load Approx. 1,600 t
Deck Strength 10 t/m2
Deck strength (stern to frame) # -5 to # 25 15 t/m2
Accomodation
Total 39 persons
Single Cabins 19
Double Cabins 10
Deck Office 1
Hospital 1
Gymnasium 1
Cooler Room 1 - abt 30 m3
Freezer Room 1 - abt 30 m3
Dry provision/general store 1 - abt 130 m3
A/C for accommodation Novenco, 100 % fresh air
with entaphi recovery
Merchant Navy 35012 'United States Line' passing Hinton Admiral with the eastbound Bournemouth Belle on 9th May 1966.
The 9th July 1967 was the final day for steam traction on the Southern region. To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern steam, a number of mainline charters from London Waterloo and events at heritage railways on the old SR network have been held. One of the those was a re-run of the prestigious 'Bournemouth Belle', the premier Pullman service from Waterloo to Bournemouth.
Fresh from a heavy general overhaul, ex-SR Merchant Navy class no.35028 'Clan Line' seen approaching Vauxhall shortly after departing Waterloo with 1Z67 09:52 'Bournemouth Belle' on 5th July 2017. The date is significant as this marked 50 years since the Belle was last steam hauled and the last run of Clan Line under BR ownership. The loco will now embark on the next chapter of its operational career in preservation, at the head of the Belmond British Pullman whose stock was used in the recreation.
Photographed in March 1975 at Woodham's Scrapyard in Barry are some more hulks gradually rusting away in the salty sea air. My notes are less than comprehensive, but ex-Southern Railway Merchant Navy Pacific number 35009 is in the centre. I have no idea about the identities of the locomotive on the immediate left (the writing on the cylinder states 'Reserved for the 9F Society', but it does not look like a 9F), on the far right is an ex-GWR Pannier, one of many in the yard. To its left is one of the two Warships cut-up at Barry, this one was D601, what a shame that neither this one or D600 that also met its end here was not saved for posterity.
The driver of 35018 "British India Line", contemplates the world as the loco stands at Hellfield during a test run on the 24th May 2017. While in this test phase, the Merchant Navy was running as 98818 and carrying the name "Bodmin", presumably a move designed by its owner, David Smith to wind up the lineside photographers. I didn't mind the black livery, but I would have preferred it to be at least carrying its correct identity.
Merchant Navy class steam locomotive 35006 with the "Bournemouth Belle". This was the 10.25 am train from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on Day Three of the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Gala, a very wet Saturday 20th September 2025. The train is pictured climbing the gradient towards Eardington Halt.
BR(S) Merchant Navy Class No. 35028 'Clan Line' stands at Clapham Junction working the 1Z80 10:12 Victoria to Grateley Wessex Express rail tour
NCB Saddle tank No.49 approaching the foot crossing at Trimpley Reservoir on the Severn Valley Railway with the 16:25 Bewdley -Highley shuttle service, running about 45 minutes late. Taken during the SVR Autumn Steam Gala, Friday 19th September 2025.
First time I have seen this beauty at the harbour, I captured the sister ship Viking Princess a few weeks ago.
Viking Prince
IMO: 9596296
MMSI: 257787000
Call Sign: LDCE
Flag: Norway [NO]
AIS Vessel Type: SAR
Gross Tonnage: 5381
Deadweight: 6055 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 89.6m × 21m
Year Built: 2012
Viking Prince is one of the few offshore supply vessels (OSV) that runs on liquefied natural gas (LNG). She is provided with winterisation and de-icing solutions for use in Arctic waters. The vessel, delivered in March 2012, became the fifth LNG-powered vessel owned by Eidesvik.
The ship was built by Kleven Maritime at its Norwegian shipyard at Ulsteinvik, Ulstein, Norway. The company was contracted in July 2010 to build the vessel along with another vessel of the same design. The total contract value at the time of agreement was $77.28m (NOK440m). The keel was laid in April 2011 and the vessel’s hull was launched in November of the same year.
The DNV-classified OSV is of VS 489 Gas PSV design and is developed by Wärtsilä Ship Design. Salient design features of the vessel include higher energy efficiency, dual-fuel engines that can run on LNG as well as heavy fuel oil (HFO) and marine diesel oil (MDO), and greater vessel performance in terms of fuel economy and cargo capacity.
With dual-fuel technology, the vessel can be switched to diesel mode in case of a shortage in gas supply. Switching from one fuel to another fuel does not reduce speed or power output. Use of LNG will reduce emissions of NOx and CO2 by approximately 85% and 25% respectively.
Viking Prince has a gross tonnage of 5,321t and a dead weight of 6,150t. She is 89.6m long and 21m wide. Her summer draught is 7.6m. Length between perpendiculars and depth to main deck are 79.2m and 9.60m respectively.
The vessel has a cargo deck area of 1,021m² and the cargo rail is 4m in height.
Accommodation and facilities onboard Viking Prince
Viking Prince can accommodate a total of 24 persons in 12 one-man cabins and six two-man cabins. All cabins are provided with toilet and shower facilities.
Public venues include a smoker’s room, a no-smokers room, a laundry and a gymnasium. The vessel also includes a hospital and an office.
Tank storage capacity and discharge rates
The vessel is provided with a hot/cold water tank washing system. All mud, brine and base oil tanks are cleaned with washing water containing chemicals. Separate piping systems for all kinds of liquid cargo are available on the ship.
Tank storage capacities onboard the vessel include 233m³ of LNG, 824m³ of fuel oil, 1,036m³ of potable water, 1,781m³ of drill/ballast water, 1,392m³ of liquid mud, 211m³ of methanol, 300m³ of dry bulk, 1,667m³ of brine, 412m³ of special products and 2,278m³ of ORO.
Fuel oil, fresh water, drill/ballast water and brine are discharged at the rate of 150m³ per hour. The discharge rate of liquid mud and base oil is 100m³ per hour. Methanol and special products are released at the rate of 75m³. These discharge rates are for one pump per tank. The number of pumps varies from tank to tank.
Deck equipment
Viking prince is equipped with two Cargotec harbour mobile cranes. Each crane can lift a load of 5t at 15m outreach. Other equipment onboard include four tugger winches and a pair of mooring winch (fitted aft). An anchor/mooring winch is fitted forward.
Manoeuvring, navigation and communication systems
The vessel is fitted with a Kongsberg K-POS DP-22 dynamic positioning (DP) system that meets IMO’s DP Class 2 requirements and Kongsberg K-Master manoeuvring system.
Advanced navigation equipment include three Anschutz gyrocompass, an Anschutz 20X5 autopilot, two Furuno radars (FRC-2117 and FAR-2137S BB), a Furuno FA-150 Automatic Identification System (AIS), Furuno Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), and a Furuno Echo sounder and Doppler log. The vessel also has a Taiyo VHF direction finder, two Gill Ultrasonic wind sensors, a pair of Furuno GP 150 DGPS and a Furuno NX – 700B Navigational Telex (Navtex).
The onboard communications are supported by UHF and VHF radio telephones supplied by Furuno and Motorola. Some other significant instruments include radar transponders, EPIRBs, Inmarst C GMDSS and VSAT antennas.
Machinery and propulsion by Wärtsilä
Viking Prince is configured with a gas electric propulsion system based on Wärtsilä’s Low Loss Concept (LLC). The vessel is fitted with four Wärtsilä main engines, each of which is driven by four Alconza generators.
Two of the main engines are of Wartsila 6L34DF design and the other two are of Wartsila 6L20DF. The combined output of the four engines is 7,332kW (2 x 2610kW and 2 x 1056kW). The main generator sets are of Alconza NIR7172A-10LW (two) and Alconza NIR4561A-6LW (two) models.
In addition, the vessel is provided with a 339kW-rated Volvo Penta emergency generator.
Propulsion is provided by a pair of Steerprop-manufactured azimuth propulsion system. Each propeller is rated at 2,450kW. For better and smooth manoeuvring, the vessel is fitted with two bow thrusters, each rated at 1,000kW, and an azimuth thruster of 880kW.
The star of the show: 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co shunting at Toddington:
built at Eastleigh locomotive works in December 1941 and was allocated to Salisbury Shed where it remained based throughout her working life until withdrawn in August 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry. The remains of 35006 were purchased for preservation in 1983 with the intention of restoring it to running order. The locomotive was moved to Toddington and was the 144th locomotive to leave the scrapyard.
Restoration has been a long drawn out affair. On 10 August 2015 35006 moved under its own power for the first time in under 50 years. The first public runs were during the GWSR's Cotswold Festival of steam gala at the end of May when I saw the locomotive. It looked fantastic and performed superbly.
SR Merchant Navy class No. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N Co drifts past Hailes bridge and onwards to Toddington on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire railway.
Seen at Sidmouth Junction on the 16th of May 1964 Merchant Navy 35029 Ellerman Lines is on the 11.20 down Atlantic Coast Express from Waterloo.
Love the Austin A35, my grandfather had a black one.
Warwickshire Railway Society
Farewell to Steam on the L.S.W.R. Tour
35030 arriving at Salisbury on the Dorchester South to Salisbury leg.
(Info from Six Bells Junction)
IHC Hydraulic release shackles can engage or disengage shackles in subsea conditions with 2000 meters operating distance
BR Standard Class 5 No.73082 'Camelot' approching approaching the foot crossing at Trimpley Reservoir on the Severn Valley Railway with the 16:25 Bridgnorth - Kidderminster service, running 50 minutes late. Taken during the SVR Autumn Steam Gala, Friday 19th September 2025.
The Tower Hill Memorial, London. This memorial commemorates all those who served in the Mercantile Marine, the Merchant Navy and the fishing fleets and for whom the fortunes of war denied a known an honoured burial other than the sea.
IMO: 9444338
MMSI: 246723000
Call Sign: PCDF
Flag: Netherlands [NL]
AIS Vessel Type: Other
Gross Tonnage: 2177
Deadweight: 3250 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 73.6m × 16.04m
Year Built: 2010
Status: Active
More legacy transparencies from Ginger Pitway this time. A mix of commercial and ones he took himself.
Vessel NS IONA (IMO: 9657636, MMSI: 319060600) is an offshore tug/supply ship built in 2014 and currently sailing under the flag of Cayman Islands. NS IONA has 97m length overall and beam of 20m. Her gross tonnage is 5165 tons
Vessel NS IONA (IMO: 9657636, MMSI: 319060600) is an offshore tug/supply ship built in 2014 and currently sailing under the flag of Cayman Islands. NS IONA has 97m length overall and beam of 20m. Her gross tonnage is 5165 tons.
BP celebrated the official naming of its two new, purpose-built platform support vessels (‘PSVs’) at a ceremony in Aberdeen on Friday 27 June.
The vessels will be used to support the oil company’s operations west of Shetland.
NS Elida, which has been operating in the Region since January, and NS Iona were both commissioned by BP for an exclusive 15-year bareboat term charter. The NS Iona, which set sail from the Hyundai Mipo Dockland in Ulsan, South Korea, in late April and arrived in Aberdeen early June, will enter service this week
At the Aberdeen harbour ceremony the vessels were officially christened with good luck bestowed upon them and all who sails on them.
Mark Hardie, BP’s UK Logistics and Infrastructure Manager said: “The delivery of these two vessels completes our long term marine strategy. The PSVs – together with other redeployed vessels – will be used west of Shetland to support cargo delivery, rescue and recovery operations, oil spill response and collision risk management in the area. The capability and flexibility these vessels offer, which is not currently available from the market, is a critical component of our wider marine strategy.”
The vessels, which will be based and maintained in Aberdeen, will also bring a number of business and local benefits to the UK and Norway, with nearly 80% of the total project and operating costs being spent there. The operating and maintenance work will be locally supplied, and officers and crew will be UK and Norwegian qualified mariners.
Both vessels also have special tanks to transport chemicals required for the planned enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes at Schiehallion and Clair.
Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP’s North Sea business said: “Our long term commitment to the region gives us the confidence to make major investments in vital support services. These new vessels provide us with a number of safety and commercial benefits, but also allow for the greater deployment of technology, improving our capability to recover more oil from our reservoirs – which is crucial to the future of the North Sea.”
July 02, 2014
Looking back 26 years years here is a view taken during an East Lancashire Railway gala. As can be seen there is a great deal of variety on show in this Bury shed scene.
Simmering on shed is GER N7 tank LNER 69621, and emerging from the station tunnel are Southern Railway Merchant Navy class 35005 and Great Western Railway 7828 Odney Manor.