251. GRAND MISTRAL - the Russian 80' Grand Mistral design maxi seen approaching the finish line of the maxi's race during Cowes Week, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 4745
252. SNOW CRYSTAL (1973/14512grt/IMO 7321075) discharges oranges at the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, Southampton, England. Flying the flag of the Cook Islands when she was broken up in 2010. Date: 1996 Image ID 284
253. SNOW CRYSTAL (1973/14512grt/IMO 7321075) discharges at the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, Southampton, England. Flying the flag of the Cook Islands when she was broken up in 2010. Date: 1996 Image ID 285
254. NIMBUS seen here off Lepe Beach in the Solent's western approaches, racing during Cowes Week regatta. Date: 1996 Image ID 4743
255. GRAND MISTRAL - a Russian round-the-world Grand Mistral design maxi, racing during Cowes Week, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 4744
256. JERVIS BAY (1992/50235grt/IMO 9005534, ex-JERVIS STAR. Renamed KAYAM for voyage to the Indian breakers in 2014) discharging at Southampton, England as a UK Coastguard helicopter lands after... Date: 1996 Image ID 464
257. LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS (1991/53783grt/IMO 8902541) arriving in Southampton, England assisted by the tug SIR BEVOIS (1985/250grt/IMO 8414166. Renamed SVITZER BEVOIS in 2007, then TUG BEAVER in 2014 and... Date: 1996 Image ID 507
258. LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS (1991/53783grt/IMO 8902541) arriving in Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 508
260. NEWPORT BAY (1993/50400grt/IMO 9005558, ex-NEWPORT STAR. Renamed MAERSK DARLINGTON in 2009) outbound from Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 556
261. NEWPORT BAY (1993/50400grt/IMO 9005558, ex-NEWPORT STAR. Renamed MAERSK DARLINGTON in 2009) loading at Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 557
262. NEWPORT BAY (1993/50400grt/IMO 9005558, ex-NEWPORT STAR. Renamed MAERSK DARLINGTON in 2009) loading at Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 558
263. NYK VEGA (1995/60177grt/IMO 9074042. Renamed SANDRA BLANCA in 2001 then MSC MESSINA in 2007) arriving in Southampton, England. Howard Smith's tug LYNDHURST (1996/379grt/IMO 9129495. Renamed ADSTEAM... Date: 1996 Image ID 597
264. REPULSE BAY (1992/50235grt/IMO 9005546. Renamed MAERSK DALTON, then MSC DALTON, then LEUC) outbound from Southampton, UK. She was scrapped at Alang in 2014. Date: 1996 Image ID 699
265. STENA NORMANDY (1982/17043grt/IMO 7901772, ex-PRINSESSAN BIRGITTA, ST. NICHOLAS. Renamed NORMANDY, ARV 2) departs Southampton, UK for Cherbourg, France. Date: 1996 Image ID 921
266. ICARUS on the down-wind run to the finish line, Cowes Week regatta, Isle of Wight, England. The former Royal Yacht BRITANNIA is seen attending the regatta. Date: 1996 Image ID 4741
267. NICORETTE - the Swedish maxi, racing at Cowes Week, Isle of Wight. Date: 1996 Image ID 4742
270. CANBERRA (1961/44807grt/IMO 5059953) alongside at 43-berth in Southampton, England for refit. Date: 1996 Image ID 1333
271. FUNCHAL (1961/9563grt/IMO 5124162) operated by Arcalia Shipping of Lisbon, berthed in Southampton, England as P&O's CANBERRA (1961/44807grt/IMO 5059953) passes outbound, beginning a cruise very close... Date: 1996 Image ID 1429
272. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, then CARIBE, then ATHENA, then AZORES, then ASTORIA), Southampton, UK.... Date: 1996 Image ID 1452
273. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, then CARIBE, then ATHENA, THEN azores, THEN astoria), Southampton, UK.... Date: 1996 Image ID 1453
274. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA then CARIBE then ATHENA, then AZORES, then ASTORIA), Southampton,... Date: 1996 Image ID 1454
275. MINERVA (1996/12331grt/IMO 9144196. Renamed SAGA PEARL, EXPLORER II, SAGA PEARL, EXPLORER II, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, EXPLORER, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, MINERVA II). Launched as OKEAN, a Russian... Date: 1996 Image ID 1478
276. MINERVA (1996/12331grt/IMO 9144196. Renamed SAGA PEARL, EXPLORER II, SAGA PEARL, EXPLORER II, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, EXPLORER, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, MINERVA II). Launched as OKEAN, a Russian... Date: 1996 Image ID 1479
277. NORWAY (1961/76049grt/IMO 5119143, ex-FRANCE. Renamed BLUE LADY prior to scrapping) is towed past Calshot into The Solent for compass adjustments after her 1996 refit at the A&P shipyard in... Date: 1996 Image ID 1494
278. NORWAY (1961/76049grt/IMO 5119143, ex-FRANCE. Renamed BLUE LADY prior to scrapping), following a major refit in Southampton, England, is towed into The Solent for compass adjustment. Date: 1996 Image ID 1503
279. NORWAY (1961/76049grt/IMO 5119143, ex-FRANCE. Renamed BLUE LADY prior to scrapping), following a major refit in Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 1505
280. ORIANA (1995/69153grt/IMO 9050137. Renamed PIANO LAND in 2019) at night soon to be outbound from Southampton, England bound for the warmer climes of the Mediterranean. Date: 1996 Image ID 1520
281. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) assisted by the tug WYEGUARD (1983/60grt, ex-ANTJE. Renamed AFON WEN, HANDFAST) manoeuvring in the A&P drydock in Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 1594
282. RY BRITANNIA (1953/5769gt/IMO 8635306) and the Jubille Sailing Trust's tall ship LORD NELSON, both at anchor off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Regatta Week, 1996. Date: 1996 Image ID 12009
283. PENDEEN LIGHTHOUSE, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - Commissioned 26 September 1900. 17m tower. 59m above mean high water. ElectrifTrinity Houseied in 1926. Automated in 1995. 150,000 candela. Range 16 nautical... Date: 1996 Image ID 4777
284. SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS (1996/69130grt/IMO 9070632. Renamed THOMPSON DISCOVERY then TUI DISCOVERY in 2016. Thompson Cruises, a TUI subsidiary renamed Marella Cruises in 2017, ship renamed MARELLA... Date: 1996 Image ID 1697
285. COWES WEEK 1996 - a stiff breeze fills the colourful spinnakers off the Cowes waterfront, Isle of Wight, UK during the week-long regatta. Date: 1996 Image ID 4726
286. COWES WEEK 1996 - Racing off Lepe Beach, Solent western approaches, Hampshire, UK. Date: 1996 Image ID 4727
287. COWES WEEK 1996 - racing off Cowes waterfront, Isle of Wight, UK. Date: 1996 Image ID 4728
288. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16144grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA then CARIBE then ATHENA, THEN AZORES, then ASTORIA), berthing in... Date: 1996 Image ID 1817
289. BENTAGO (1983/6182grt/IMO 8119572. Renamed GREEN BERGEN, WILSON EXPRESS) arriving in Southampton, England for the first time. Berthed at right of picture is the Fred Olsen cruise ship BLACK PRINCE... Date: 1996 Image ID 1917
290. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, ATHENA, CARIBE, ATHENA, AZORES, ASTORIA) - The Grand Italia... Date: 1996 Image ID 2945
291. ITALIA PRIMA (1948/16114grt/IMO 5383304, ex-ITALIA, FRIDTJOF NANSEN, VOLKER, VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT, STOCKHOLM. Renamed VALTUR PRIMA, CARIBE, ATHENA, AZORES, ASTORIA) - Main entrance lobby. In 2013, new... Date: 1996 Image ID 2946
292. BARDA - racing during the 1996 Cowes Week regatta, UK. Date: 1996 Image ID 4723
293. REGINA MAERSK (1995/81488grt/IMO 9085522. Renamed MAERSK KURE in 2007) alongside on her maiden call at Southampton, England. Then a British government minister, Kenneth Clarke M.P. is interviewed on... Date: 1996 Image ID 5900
294. RY BRITANNIA (1953/5769grt) - Queen Elizabeth II's former Royal Yacht, seen here at Cowes Week regatta, Isle of Wight, England.
Britannia was decommissioned in 1998 at Portsmouth in the presence of... Date: 1996 Image ID 4797
295. WAVERLEY (1947/693/gt/IMO 5386954) - the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer. Built on the Clyde she replaced the original Waverley which was sunk during the evacuation of WWII allied troops at... Date: 1996 Image ID 6301
296. WAVERLEY (1947/693/gt/IMO 5386954) - the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer. Built on the Clyde she replaced the original Waverley which was sunk during the evacuation of WWII allied troops at... Date: 1996 Image ID 6474
297. WAVERLEY (1947/693/gt/IMO 5386954) - the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer. Built on the Clyde she replaced the original Waverley which was sunk during the evacuation of WWII allied troops at... Date: 1996 Image ID 6475
298. NORWAY (1961/76049grt/IMO 5119143, ex-FRANCE. Renamed BLUE LADY) arrives in Southampton, England for a major drydock refit at the A&P shipyard after her first crossing of the North Atlantic for many... Date: 1996 Image ID 7071
299. NORWAY (1961/76049grt/IMO 5119143, ex-FRANCE. Renamed BLUE LADY prior to scrapping) is towed into The Solent for compass adjustments after her 1996 refit at the A&P shipyard in Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 7075
300. IRENE [OF BRIDGEWATER] (1907) a wooden-built ketch seen outbound on Southampton Water, England. She was gutted by fire in Marigot Bay, St. Maartens in the West Indies on 23 May 2003. She was... Date: 1996 Image ID 7096
301. JAYNEE W (1996/1689grt/IMO 9130896) a bunkering tanker operated by John Whitaker Tankers of Southampton, England berthed at dockhead, Southampton awaiting her first job of the new day. Date: 1996 Image ID 7097
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