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newmug

tricky D wrote: »

Half my satellite dish somewhere in the Irish Sea. /justsayin

What is this in reference to? Newmug not get it!

tricky D

Twas a very, very, very windy night, storm force iirc and my satellite dish done got broken. The Irish Sea is just comic licence. The cable doesn't quite stretch that far.

Connemara Farmer

tricky D wrote: »

Twas a very, very, very windy night, storm force iirc and my satellite dish done got broken. The Irish Sea is just comic licence. The cable doesn't quite stretch that far.

Talking of the sea, my internet was put on the blink by the sea! It's radio broadband, and has to cross the sea between the station and this house. Strangest thing I've ever heard. Engineer said it's worse when the sea is calm, so during the storms in early 14 the broadband was fine.

Poor Uncle Tom

Off Dunmore East atm.

Tabnabs

Unusual to see an American ensign on this side of the Atlantic, the Ocean Victory research ship is on its way into Dublin Port

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:357705/mmsi:303327000/imo:7121140/vessel:OCEAN_VICTORY

knucklehead6

Tabnabs wrote: »

Unusual to see an American ensign on this side of the Atlantic, the Ocean Victory research ship is on its way into Dublin Port

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:357705/mmsi:303327000/imo:7121140/vessel:OCEAN_VICTORY

OH MY GOD... IT'S AIS TYPE IS MILITARY OPS!!! QUICK!! Call out the crusties!!!


Protest at this warship invading irish territorial waters..


There really needs to be a sarcasm font

NicoleW85

I went in to Killybegs this morning to see MV Oriana moored nicely at the harbour, totally gleaming and dwarfing everything in sight! Beautiful liner with 1822 pax & 800 crew on board; population of Killybegs approx 1750
Needless to say, about half of them were loaded on to buses and taken off for a bit of sightseeing! A great boost for the north west

HeidiHeidi

NicoleW85 wrote: »

I went in to Killybegs this morning to see MV Oriana moored nicely at the harbour, totally gleaming and dwarfing everything in sight! Beautiful liner with 1822 pax & 800 crew on board; population of Killybegs approx 1750
Needless to say, about half of them were loaded on to buses and taken off for a bit of sightseeing! A great boost for the north west

And no pictures??? :eek:

NicoleW85

I got 3 on my iPhone but can't post from said phone. I don't think I can post pics on the app, I'll give it a go

HeidiHeidi

NicoleW85 wrote: »

I got 3 on my iPhone but can't post from said phone. I don't think I can post pics on the app, I'll give it a go

Ah you're grand, I'm only slagging!

But a lovely boat in a lovely setting is always worth sharing

Tabnabs

I see the Pacific Egret has passed peacefully down the Irish Sea http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:195761/mmsi:235076846/imo:9464871/vessel:PACIFIC_EGRET

They do one trip, UK to Japan for nuclear waste reprocessing. The loading and discharge ports (small) are shut when they are alongside and they only do a couple of trips a year. Apparently quite a good gig working on them. Lots of obvious jokes about glowing at night though.

I heard one story about one of their ships coming out of the Panama Canal and heading east for home when a Venezuelan naval ship intercepted them and told them to stop and prepare to be boarded for inspection. While the mate on the bridge is fending off the Venezuelans on the radio, the old man is on the phone to the Ministry of Defence in Britain, as per protocol. Just as the Venezuelans are getting close and getting ready to launch a crew, a trident submarine surfaces nearby. The Venezuelans leg-it pretty sharpish and the sub disappears into the deep again.

Probably a BS story, but a great tale nonetheless.

xper

Convenient for a Trident to be close by when needed. Not inconceivable that the Pacific Egret is shadowed on its travels with or without the crew's knowledge. Or perhaps they have been experimenting with some trans warp drive technology to get navy assets where they need them in minutes.

Speaking of which, I received the following alerts from Marinetraffic.com this morning in quick succession:

LE ROISIN arrived at
port DONEGAL
at 2015-07-10 10:48 UTC

LE ROISIN arrived at
port CORK
at 2015-07-10 11:11 UTC

The engineers in Haulbowline have upped their game!

Poor Uncle Tom

xper wrote: »

The engineers in Haulbowline have upped their game!

Hiding their brilliance all along, I knew the Irish navy should be known for more than just "cycling home for their dinner..."

xper

I've been playing around with the Marine Traffic app. I see LE Niamh and LE Eithne rendezvoused briefly east of Gibraltar this afternoon as one relieved the other. Two ships in the Med at the same time a first for the Naval Service? I reckon they could have taken the rock! :P

knucklehead6

xper wrote: »

I've been playing around with the Marine Traffic app. I see LE Niamh and LE Eithne rendezvoused briefly east of Gibraltar this afternoon as one relieved the other. Two ships in the Med at the same time a first for the Naval Service? I reckon they could have taken the rock! :P

Look up Irish Naval Sevrvice on FB. They have a few pics of it.

NicoleW85

So the 2nd P&O cruise in the space of 1 month is due in to Killybegs at 07:30 tomorrow. Last month it was Oriana, the largest in the fleet and tomorrow it's Adonia; the smallest. Looking forward to taking a drive out in the morning to have a nosy! Oriana has been around the Canary Islands this week - well for some eh?

Jim Gazebo

Siem Topaz approaching Cork, headed for Ringaskiddy berth. Fine offshore vessel, anyone know what she's doing here?

Tabnabs

She's here for this https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CEUQFjAGahUKEwi4oNmJuPPGAhWBFtsKHYRYDTQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dttas.ie%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FMN34of2015_DrillingOperationsSouthCoastofIreland.pdf&ei=MQOyVfjDD4Gt7AaEsbWgAw&usg=AFQjCNGsvSIqyUGceEk-rwRX2PIf7QNcAA&sig2=9qukny-VJQyieP9VN6XJVA&cad=rja

Jim Gazebo

Tabnabs wrote: »

She's here for this

Cool, yeah I can see the Ocean Guardian rig coming across by West Cork and Kerry now on AIS

Tabnabs

The mighty Thor has arrived into Dublin port. I could see the luminescent tips of the legs from the Blackrock Road this morning!

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:152417/mmsi:218389000/imo:9577147/vessel:THOR

zagmund

Ha, I saw those legs last night and thought to myself that they were might big piles that had been driven for some construction work down the docks somewhere. I was wondering about the size of the driver they must have used for something that size.

z

Tabnabs

Look out Wicklow, you're about to have a visit from ISIS

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:183081/mmsi:232003765/imo:7711969/vessel:ISIS

tricky D

LE Orla off Howth. Some one probably been naughty.

Tabnabs

Small fleet of warships steaming slowly north up the Irish sea.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:368320/mmsi:316129000/imo:0/vessel:CANADIAN_WARSHIP_336

zagmund

Damnit, it's starting. Sound the alarm. Someone call the Americans. No, wait, they're coming too. Call the Germans. And the Russians, just in case.

z

neris

Was delivering a boat over to Cardiff last Sunday and this was lying off Greystones.








http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:415866/mmsi:355051000/vessel:EMDEN

HeidiHeidi

Anyone else having trouble getting marinetraffic.com to work this morning?

The live map won't load for me.....

Atlantic Dawn

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble getting marinetraffic.com to work this morning?

The live map won't load for me.....

Yes having the same problem since yesterday, thought first it was Google Maps that had crashed but I tried restarts and through different browsers, same problem. The Marine Traffic App on my phone is working fine.

roundymac

Worked ok for me all day, i'm in Cork don't know if that made a difference. It can be moody some days.

postitnote

LNG Carrier Al Oraiq, involved in a collision last week with Flinter Star in the North Sea, currently in the Celtic Sea en route to Belfast.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:712413/mmsi:538003072/imo:9360790/vessel:AL_ORAIQ/_:6c502d7437cfb038066a0af13ce480ee