Japanese Trawlers?

Steyr · 19-10-2008 07:36PM

ValerieR wrote: »

Does anyone remember that huge Italian military ship that docked in Galway in the summer of 1996 (+/- 1 year)?
Would anyone have pics of it?
It was so big that it scraped off the docks' wall coming in and the pilot boat had a tough time pushing it against the quay !

Hi Valerie,

That was the Italian Frigate Zeffiro, she never scraped off the docks wall as she was long and slim, i was there at the dock gate when she came in on that sunny morning.

Here she is and its not my picture:

ValerieR · 19-10-2008 07:47PM

Steyr wrote: »

she never scraped off the docks wall

Ah, sorry - I thought she did touch the angle where the tankers normally dock. Must be the angle I was looking from ! :-)
405ft long - that was impressive though!
Thanks for the info.
Valerie

PS - yes, the weather was fab that day. It must have been when we still had summers !!! :-D

Steyr · 20-10-2008 12:21AM

ValerieR wrote: »

Ah, sorry - I thought she did touch the angle where the tankers normally dock. Must be the angle I was looking from ! :-)
405ft long - that was impressive though!

No problem , also you may remember they used a rope gun to fire the lines to the shore from the bow, never ever seen that done before.

28-12-2008 01:39PM

Does anyone know anything about the Château Thierry other than it also being a village in north-east France?

It looks like a very small ferry / WW2 beach landing craft.
It was in the docks on Christmas eve, not sure if it is still there.

Japanese Trawlers?

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