Doppelganger Ships!
- 1 August 2011 10:34117742Its not very often you see two identical ships passing each other. I was gazing out the rear window a few evenings back and I had to have a double take and no mistake. I reached for the camera and grabbed a shot just as they were about to pass each other.
Like ships that pass in the ..ermm daylight!
I dont know what they are for or what they were up to, but thought it unusual to see two the very same spec. There are a number of similar type vessels operating in and around the harbour, one or two go out to sea for several miles and then quietly come back again. One darent ask what they are up to...
email: dover7@msn.com - 1 August 2011 10:37117744They are fuel ships that bunker the ferries and others, Coral Water and Coral ? , I am sure Ed will know.Audere est facere.
- 1 August 2011 11:51117754thanks for info martin, i took this one from a ferry the other week, wondered what is what doing there.
- 1 August 2011 17:43117799I believe PaulB's picture shows the Clipper Bordeaux and the Clipper Brunello. My understanding is that the Clipper Bordeaux has been renamed and will no longer service the ferries at Dover, so she has been replaced by the Clipper Brunello.
- 1 August 2011 18:40117820Why can't the ferries fill up at Hammonds BP stations like the rest of us?I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 2 August 2011 02:02117860Paul's photo shows the Dona Ana making her way over to the Western Docks with her replacement, the Clipper Brunello, coming the other way. The Dona Ana had been renamed whilst alongside on the Eastern Arm. She was previously the Clipper Bordeaux and has been refuelling P&O ships in Dover for a long time, together with the Coralwater. Dona Ana is now registered in Valparaiso and has since departed, presumably for Chile.
The port has been inundated with bunkering tankers and we have been making jokes about the Eastern Docks tanker haven. In addition to the Dona Ana, Clipper Brunello and Coralwater, a coastal tanker named the Pembroke Fisher has been laid up on the Eastern Arm presumably awaiting sale as the Fisher name on the funnel has been painted out. Meanwhile another bunkering tanker named the LS Christine has been over in the Western Docks refuelling the cruise ships. She also bunkers the three DFDS ferries during their saturday night layover in Dunkerque West.
Dona Ana on the Eastern Arm
Clipper Brunello and Coralwater on the South Jetty
Dona Ana and Pembroke Fisher on the Eastern Arm with Clipper Brunello and Coralwater on the South Jetty
LS Christine refuelling Ocean Princess with the DHB dredger David Church passing
- 2 August 2011 09:52117872Great photos and info as always Ed.Audere est facere.
- 2 August 2011 11:01117884There seems to be another one this morning too, servicing the cruise liner Crystal Serenity..its called Syros...they all are doppelgangers. bewildering. but Im having a bewildering day!
Yes great info there guys and as ever great stuff from our mariner out there on the high seas Ed Connell himself.email: dover7@msn.com - Keith Sansum1
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2 August 2011 17:53117971lots of nfo from that one photo paulb!!!!ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
