191110-CONTAINERSHIPS VIII

19 November 1960 - 19 November 2010
Celebrating 50 years of merchant ship observing, photography and research
Have a look at:
How it began! (revised 10.12.05) [since this page was originally written the 1948-built STOCKHOLM re-entered service as the CARIBE from 2003, becoming the ATHENA in 2005.];
MY FIRST WEEK OF SHIPS (last revised 19.11.05);
(with photos!) (first featured on 25.12.02);
[for more on the CITY OF YORK see http://www.teesships.freeuk.com/070609beginningx3.htm Per Miramar: arrested at Patras 8.96, beached at Patras 26.11.02 & capsized at Eleusis by 1.03]
MY FIRST SHIP (revised and reintroduced 19.11.05);
50-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS (new 19.11.10; slightly revised 22.11.10)
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New 22 November 2010

TEESSHIPS
50TH ANNIVERSARY SIGHTINGS
FRIDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2010
SOUTH GARE, RIVER TEES

CONTAINERSHIPS VIII

Although I was hearing on the radio this ship was approaching from the north, she still rather crept up on me, so my first shot was "over the hills" ... well dunes, if you could call them that!

There's another surfer!

This shot was taken "against the sun" - just to show there was a ray of sunlight .... miles away!
This shows better in the unenhanced original:

CONTAINERSHIPS VIII (9336244), Germany, 9902gt, completed Neuenfelde 1-2006

L as MIRA - 2006 CONTAINERSHIPS VIII