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Offline Robert J Smith

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2018, 11:30:01 AM »
BEN WOOLLACOTT
ETA Tilbury 27/10/18 @ 13:00

via Kiel on 23/10
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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2018, 12:12:31 PM »
not showing on pla arrivals list at the moment

Offline Robert J Smith

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2018, 12:44:43 PM »
She had "ETA Tilbury 27/10/18 @ 13:00" showing on her AIS on Marinetraffic when she left Gdansk before it changed to Kiel.

Offline Phil English

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2018, 01:02:44 PM »
Ben Woollacott has been berthed at Kiel since Monday afternoon, with no further destination showing. I am sceptical that the new ferries have the necessary certificates and crew accommodation to cross the North Sea under their own power. However - I could still be proved wrong.

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2018, 01:35:11 PM »
Someone has just suggested to me that she might have stopped at Kiel for a check up at the nearby Voith Schneider facility!

I assume from that she has a Voith Schneider propulsion system?


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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2018, 08:10:46 PM »
DAME VERA LYNN has been on sea trials, so presumably not far behind.

Interesting that they have been registered Funafuti under Tuvalu flag by delivery contractors International Maritime Services Pty Ltd, Fremantle WA:
BEN WOOLLACOTT (ON 35781818, c/s T2HR5) / DAME VERA LYNN (ON 35791818, c/s T2HT5)

After delivery to TFL/Briggs Marine they will be:
BEN WOOLLACOTT (c/s MDTW8, MMSI 232017796) / DAME VERA LYNN (c/s MDTW9, MMSI 232017797)

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2018, 03:39:04 PM »
Two down, one to go.

The second Woolwich ferry, JAMES NEWMAN, under tow for Le Havre for scrapping

Offline Robert J Smith

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2018, 10:12:18 AM »
The last one, ERNEST BEVIN, left this morning at 05.30. Too early for me :-)

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2018, 10:30:03 AM »
DAME VERA LYNN just leaving Gdynia - ETA Kiel 2/11.
Suspect delivery contractors using one crew for both ships, and using Rendsburg as a safe staging point.

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2018, 10:49:11 AM »
Wind and weather situation German North Sea coast this morning:
https://ibb.co/ipTTyL

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2018, 07:04:21 PM »
If the weather is ok, ( waves less than 2 m ) both Ferries will start her voyage to Tilbury dock on Sunday 07.00 hrs.

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #27 on: November 03, 2018, 03:56:19 PM »
Has anybody managed to get photos of the three ferries at the breakers ??
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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2018, 08:03:24 PM »
Anyone know for sure where the scrapyard is at le Havre?
I have an idea that it might be in the Tancarville Canal here (there's a public road opposite):
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ych85qsr

But I think that the ferries may have been parked in the "Garage de Graville":
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycfhzyee

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Re: Woolwich Ferry
« Reply #29 on: November 04, 2018, 11:50:35 AM »
Both are just approaching the southern locks before entering the Elbe. ETA Tilbury on the 6th

 

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