It was a day for white ships in Halifax.
This morning's departure was FS Monge, the French navy's missile range instrumentation ship, which sailed for St.John's.
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When it was here last, I gave all the details and a little flashback to satellite tracking ships of the past.
Shipfax October 7, 2015
This time I was able to see the ship from a different angle, and to spot the Alouette III helicopter 242
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To add to the flashback from the previous post, here is the Soviet Akademik Sergei Korolev:
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See the Wikipedia post on the ship's namesake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev
The arrival was Pacific Princess. It berthed bow north at pier 22, and on departure backed out into the number one anchorage and turned to sea.
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Built as R Three in 1999 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire for Renaissance Cruise Lines, it was acquired by Princess Cruise Lines Ltd in 2002 and renamed Pacific Princess. I measures 30,277 grt, and is a relatively small ships, with a passenger capacity of 688 (lower berths) or 826 (all berths) and a crew of only 373.Princess Cruise Lines however only markets for 680 passengers.
Its next port of call is to be Reykjavik.
This morning's departure was FS Monge, the French navy's missile range instrumentation ship, which sailed for St.John's.
When it was here last, I gave all the details and a little flashback to satellite tracking ships of the past.
Shipfax October 7, 2015
This time I was able to see the ship from a different angle, and to spot the Alouette III helicopter 242
To add to the flashback from the previous post, here is the Soviet Akademik Sergei Korolev:
The arrival was Pacific Princess. It berthed bow north at pier 22, and on departure backed out into the number one anchorage and turned to sea.
Its next port of call is to be Reykjavik.