- Port Authority & Service Vessels

151. TANGO (1984/9983grt/IMO 8306589, ex-OCTOGON, TUTOVA, RITZBERG. Renamed CFF SOLENT in 2004 then TANGO, then FAST INDEPENDENCE in 2005. Scrapped 2010) sailijng from the eastern docks in Southampton,...
Date: 27 August 1999
Image ID 2587

152. LA LOIRE (1995/58531grt/IMO 9110042. Renamed MOL LOIRE, APL NINGBO) takes aboard a heavy generator from the Port of Southamptons' floating crane CANUTE.
Date: JULY 1999
Image ID 6746

153. A pilot launch seen outbound into The Solent from Gosport, England. In the background are the iron-clad warship HMS. WARRIOR (1860) and the Portsmouth-Isle of Wight ferry ST. CATHERINE (renamed GB...
Date: 1999
Image ID 8517

154. CANUTE, the Port of Southampton's floating crane, loading a ships propeller aboard a containership.
Date: 1998
Image ID 1844

155. CANUTE, the Port of Southampton's floating crane, lifts a ships' propeller aboard a Japan-bound containership.
Date: 1998
Image ID 1852

156. CALSHOT (1929) a former tug tender which served many of the great liners of yesteryear during their stop-overs in Southampton, England and PROSPECT, one of the modern harbourmaster/patrol launches in...
Date: 1998
Image ID 2685

157. EMPRESS DOCK in Southamptons' eastern docks, is home to an assortment of vessels including tugs, bunkering tankers, pilot and Harbourmaster launches, numerous types of visiting small vessels and the...
Date: 1998
Image ID 7163

158. CANBERRA (1961/44807grt/IM0 5059953) makes her final homing-coming to Southampton, England surrounded by a huge welcoming flotilla. The police launch MAYFLOWER helps with security.
Date: 30 September 1997
Image ID 1326

159. PROTECTOR - Harbourmasters/Southampton Patrol launch, Southampton in thick fog passes close in along the western docks.
Date: 1997
Image ID 7104

160. AVERITY (1981/1144grt/IMO 8024870. Renamed PANAGIA KANNALA then SMARAGDI in 2009) inbound to Southampton, England as the pilot launch pulls away after boarding the pilot.
Date: August 1996
Image ID 7768

161. PORT OF CHERBOURG, FRANCE - The Cherbourg pilote launch alongside the Brittany Ferry QUIBERON as she sails from Cherbourg for Portsmouth, England.
Date: 1993
Image ID 1846

162. R.N.L.B. DIANA WHITE - A Rother-class lifeboat in her boathouse at Sennen Cove near Lands End, Cornwall, England. She was based there from 1974 until 1991. Built by William Osborne at Arun Shipyards...
Date: 1984
Image ID 4787

163. R.N.L.B. DIANA WHITE - A Rother-class lifeboat in her boathouse at Sennen Cove near Lands End, Cornwall, England. She was based there from 1974 until 1991. Built by William Osborne at Arun Shipyards...
Date: 1984
Image ID 4788

164. ESMERALDA (1953/3673dwt, ex-DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA) accompanied by the top-sail schooner SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE (renamed SPIRIT OF THE PACIFIC) sets sail as she departs Auckland, New Zealand. The local...
Date: 22 December 1983
Image ID 2026

165. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, rounding North Head at the entrance to Aucklands' Waitemata Harbour in her heyday.
Date: 1976
Image ID 1088