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Last ship of the year

SCOT VENTURE

The last Coaster of 2008 

30/12/08

Photo's courtesy of Pat Dover

Santa's arrival at Wicklow

Santa arrives on Wicklow lifeboat to visit the RNLI Station.

20/12/08

CIL tender GRANUAILE

A tender from GRANUAILE arrives to pick up a technican in the harbour

With the technican onboard , GRANUAILE leaves the shelter of the bay to work on the CODLING LANDBY.

19/12/08

SABRINA

SABRINA continues her passage south with MISTFJORD in tow , Scot line's SCOT RANGER is seen northbound .

The barge SABRINA also arrive to shelter in port with the former ferry MISTFJORD

Photo 's couurtesy Pat Dover

14/12/08

The split barge BLACK DEEP shelter's in Wicklow bay as bad weather swept over the East Coast , later the same day she moored overnight at the East pier, the weather improved the next morning and she resumed her passage South.

13/12/08

An Otter seen near the lifeboat slip at Wicklow harbour

09/12/08

Wicklow Head

The coaster SHETLAND TRADER motor's north past Wicklow Head

Built 1992 at Rosslauer Shipyard Elbe as the Lass Mars

An Air Corp 'CASA' maritime patrol aircraft transit's north over Wicklow head , the building on the hill now houses various electronic equipment , during the Second World War or 'The Emergency 'as it was known in Ireland ,  was manned by coast watchers monitoring maritime and military activity in the bay, a book has recently been published telling the story of the Coast watchers and the work they carried out in remote posts scattered around the Coast.

A Bell 222 heads north over Wicklow bay

07/12/08

BRIDGET CARMEL

01/12/08

JOPI heads South back to load stone at Arklow after delivering a cargo to the Irish Rail Coast protection project near the 6 Mile Point.

BRIDGET CARMEL photographed with the help of car headlights.

A Coast Guard s61 helicopter head's North over Wicklow harbour.

15/11/08

The Black Castle

04/11/08

Darkness falls on Wicklow harbour as SCOT MARINER discharges general cargo from Sweden.

04/11/08

SABRINA

The barge SABRINA seen alongside the Packet Pier , bad weather disrupted the vessels passage north to Scotland.

any details on this vessel are welcome.

The beam trawlers MARY KATE and BRIDGET CARMEL tied up in Wicklow port on a cold Saturday morning.

01/11/08

Photo's Tommy Dover

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