Geoffrey Watson

Prince of Wales at Portsmouth 12/4/26. Commissioned 2019. IMO 4907907 Also showing some of the vehicles on deck.

Portuguese warship "Francisco De Almeida" at Portsmouth 12/4/26. Commissioned 2016 as the Dutch "Van Galen" IMO 4610310. #warship #portugal #portsmouth #marinephotographer #netherlands #nato #frigate #maritime #defence

Luxury yacht (Marshall Islands flag) "Friendly Confines" heading to London this morning. Unusual design having been built in Canada 2006 under the name Copasetic. 491GT IMO 9408669 #portoflondon #yacht #marinephotographer #canada #marshallislands #cruising

HMS Enterprise awaiting departure from Portsmouth. Commissioned 2003 3,728GT IMO 9234020 #royalnavy #portsmouth #survey #marinephotographer #H88 #hmsenterprise

Luzon Strait - Portsmouth 12/4/26. Built China 2002 as Tiger Max. 14,413GT IMO 9204960 #reefer #portsmouth #refrigerated #maritime #marinephotographer #china #liberia #freight #shipping #geest

Islander - Portsmouth 12/4/26. Built Netherlands 2005. 13,906GT IMO 9323704 Former names - Condor Islander, Straitsman, Dueodde #brittanyferries #roro #ferry #maritime #marinephotographer #logistics #portsmouth #channelislands #bahamas #netherlands

Thames Clipper's new vessel "Lightning Clipper" at Tilbury landing stage today. Parcel service (Amazon?). Built UK 2025 104GT IMO 1079321 #thamesclippers #portoflondon #freight #logistics #marinepghotographer #maritime #tilbury #britishshipbuilding #british

Galicia arriving Portsmouth 12/4/26. Built China 2020 41,671GT IMO 9856189 #brittanyferries #ferry #roro #portsmouth #france #china #marinephotographer #maritime #shipping #LogisticsIndustry

Saint-Malo inbound Portsmouth 12/4/26. Built China 2024 36,965GT IMO 9946336 #britannyferries #portsmouth #marinephotographer #france #china #ferry #logistics #maritime #shipping #roro

BBC Amethyst inbound Tilbury 27/4/26. Built China 2012. 12,838GT IMO 9504724

French flag "Energy Observer" inbound on the Thames this afternoon. Aiming for zero greenhouse emissions it has electric propulsion with a mix of renewable energy and a hydrogen production system that produces carbon-free hydrogen using seawater.

Sunrise…..

Lovely sunset last night.

CL Jane Austen - Outbound Thames 11/4. Built China 2022 30,259GT IMO 9943308.

Ambience outbound Thames 10/4. Passing Shornemead fort - one of the way (reporting) points at the bottom of Gravesend Reach.

Unity Bulk - Outbound Thames 10/4. Built China 2015. 24,185GT IMO 9703813 Former names - Ben I, Ben, Ben Wyvis.

Alinta - Jet jetty, Cliffe 11/1/76. Built Spain 1958 as Escombreras. Had a long life - scrapped Aliaga 8/08. In the foreground the remains of the schooner Hans Egede - built 1922. (Nothing left now). History below. derelictplaces.co.uk/.../the-hans-e…

Kavo Delfini - Outbound Thames 11/6/75. Built Germany 1960 as Stad Maastricht. Scrapped Xinzhou 8/84.

Paean discharging timber on the OLD deep water jetty, Tower Wharf 6/1/76. Built Yugoslavia 1960. Scrapped Gadani Beach 9/85. The 2 end cranes were 3 ton capacity. The middle 2 - 5 ton capacity.

Scottish tug "Craigleith" now back working on the Thames. Built Turkey 2017 as Sanmar Terminal XXII.