grebeman
Old Codgers Group
- Name
- Barrie
Whilst watching a tanker at anchor outside Plymouth Breakwater I noticed the tell tale puff of exhaust smoke that indicated she'd started her main engines, so I walked to the end of Mount Batten Pier knowing she'd be using the Cobbler Channel to access the fuel terminal in the Cattewater, and hence passing close by.
The harbour tug Prince Rock was the next indication of the action that was to occur
Then the pilot vessel Agility put to sea. In the background the iconic Smeaton's Tower, the upper part of the third Eddystone lighthouse that now stands on Plymouth Hoe
I watched her slow progress form some 1.5 miles out until she was close and I had to switch to a wide angle lens
She passes the end of Mount Batten Breakwater and enters the Cobble Channel
The channel passes below the citadel, built in the time of Charles the Second, so about 1660-65
The Prince Rock now begins to assist the tanker to turn
Having swapped sides the tug now steadies her swing as the launch under the starboard bow takes the first mooring line ashore
Safely berthed she can begin to discharge her cargo of fuel oil
Barrie
The harbour tug Prince Rock was the next indication of the action that was to occur
Then the pilot vessel Agility put to sea. In the background the iconic Smeaton's Tower, the upper part of the third Eddystone lighthouse that now stands on Plymouth Hoe
I watched her slow progress form some 1.5 miles out until she was close and I had to switch to a wide angle lens
She passes the end of Mount Batten Breakwater and enters the Cobble Channel
The channel passes below the citadel, built in the time of Charles the Second, so about 1660-65
The Prince Rock now begins to assist the tanker to turn
Having swapped sides the tug now steadies her swing as the launch under the starboard bow takes the first mooring line ashore
Safely berthed she can begin to discharge her cargo of fuel oil
Barrie