16/07/11
RMS TWISTEDEN
loads various grades of glass cullet at the Packet pier for Holland
after arriving from Belfast.
15/07/11
'Mirror's' race
in the harbour during the Annual Wicklow Sailing Club Junior training.
15/07/11
Sunshine -
Wish you were here !
15/07/11
The Liberian
flagged BUTES enters the harbour to load out glass cullet for
the Dutch port of Moerdijk on a Sunny Summer morning .
BUTES is one of
over forty vessels operated by WESSELS. For more details click here
She is only a
year old and was built on the Danube.
OAKMERE GMC
leaves the harbour
OAKMERE GMC
outbound passing
the Black Castle.
13/07/11
The liner MARO
POLO heads South out of Dublin port.
13/07/11
OAKMERE GMC pays
another visit to the port on Wednesday afternoon
13/07/11
Arklow Port
The
Norwegian sailing vessels HAVÓRN and KONSTANSE at Ark low,
little did we known what terrible tragedy would hit this Country
a few weeks later , as a man detonated a bomb and went on the
rampage with firearms that would result in such a huge loss of
so many young lives. Sincere condolences to the families
affected.
Any details regarding
the history of these vessels welcome.
13/07/11
The Coast Guard
helicopter EI-MES heads North over the harbour .
Whelk boats race
back into Wicklow to land catches . The whelk is exported
worldwide.
10/07/11
The Chinese
built TINA arrives with 'Crown ' timber.
Flag - Holland
Built 2010 -
Zhouyang, China
Operated by W
& R Shipping details here
This is the
second of this class to call to Wicklow , for more details of
the ship click here
11/07/11
RNLI Open day
2011
The Wicklow RNLI
Open day attracted a large crowd of spectators this year, the
day was filled with displays by the Fire and Ambulance services,
guided tours around the RNLI Station and its 2 lifeboats and
visits by the Air Corp and Coastguard helicopters in the
afternoon. The RNLI Station at Wicklow was established in 1857
and since that time local volunteers have been saving lives
along the Wicklow Coast , the charity relies on donations from
the public and the Open day is a way of thanking the public and
letting everyone see behind the scenes of a busy lifeboat
station.
Joint Fire and
Ambulance display
'Mike Echo Sierra touches down on the Castle
With engines
shut down on the s61n , the Air Corp EC-135 makes her approach
The Air Corp
EC-135 lands on the Castle
'Echo 271'
touches down.
l like this shot
as its not every day we have 2 helicopters on the Castle.
The CHC s61
fleet will be replaced by the new s92 helicopter in the future ,
the first s92 will be based in Shannon and is due in the
not too distant future .
With the Open
day finished 'Mike Echo' lifts off and heads back to her base at
Dublin Airport. Thanks to the crew for a fantastic afternoon.
10/07/11
OAKMERE GMC
sails from Wicklow harbour on Wednesday morning as the RED
DUCHESS heads south with timber.
06/07/11
The sail
training ketch OAKMERE GMC arrives in the port for a visit ,
the vessel is the former GREATER MANCHESTER CHALLENGE and was
ony recently renamed.
05/07/11
The Irish Coast
Guard helicopter EI-SAR is usually based at Waterford , she was
training at Wicklow heard on Sunday afternoon and went north for
Dublin after the excercise. It's possible she was standing in
for EI-MES.
3/07/11
The 'Anchors'
over looking Wicklow harbour. They belonged to a Greek ship that
went aground near Kiloughter around 1912, luckily without the
loss of life.
Early morning
shot of Wicklow Sailing Club yachts on the moorings in the
harbour
30/06/11
The converted
trawler WESTERN STAR (ZK 15) arrives at Wicklow harbour with a
group of good humoured Cyclists intent on sampling the delights
of our Country's roads , we hope that one man got his wish and sampled
pure Irish Cabbage washed down with copious amounts of the black
stuff !. The vessel is based in Holyhead and has visited the
harbour before.
WESTERN STAR
prepares to go alongside the East pier.
Equipped with
bikes they intended to cycle along the Coast to Arklow and down
South , any
details about this vessel welcome.
29/06/11
The sail
training vessel LORD NELSON seen from Ennereilly beach passes
one of the Arklow windfarm turbines , the vessel was bound for
the 'Tall Ships Festival' at Waterford over the weekend.
29/06/11
There was not a
whisper of wind as l took this photograph !
nice light at
sunset on the harbour
The Wild Garden
at the Murrough has trived over the last few weeks , the same
cannot be said for the grass seed sown at the same time.
Nevertheless it looks great.
28/06/11
SCOT MARINER
departs for Corpach after completing discharge at the Packet
pier, the departure of a ship always attrachs attention at the
Bank wall.
SCOT MARINER
SCOT MARINER
27/06/11
Sunday 27th June
2011
ISLAND FLYER
certainly lives up to her name as she speeds South out of
Wicklow harbour.
SCOT MARINER
approaches the port on a warm Sunday evening , the building in
the foreground is known locally as 'the coffee house' and was
used by the RNLI many years ago.
Shoals of
mackeral kept local anglers busy over the weekend , while the
numbers caught were low and not a patch on what it use to be ,
it's always good to see.
Alex watches as
SCOT MARINER eases alongside the Packet pier...
This seal has
been hanging around the North pier over the past few days.
27/06/11
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Arklow Port
The beam trawler RONY
seen from the ' 19 arches ' bridge at Arklow
The caterman fishing
vessel CLAUD EDITH (WD-237) arrives in Arklow to land her catch
. The
vessel operates along the Coast catching whelk and occassionally operates out of Wicklow harbour.
She arrived in Ireland in 2006.
The dredger JENNY T
arrived in Arklow on Friday , she was built in 1977 and flies
the Irish flag. Any details welcome.
JENNY T
alongside the former CIL lightship SKUA at Arklow.
25/06/11
SOSPAN DAU at work north
of Arklow harbour , she spent Friday night in the port before
departing south early next morning.
Built at Dieppe
in 1978 and converted into a trailing suction hopper dredger by
Gebr. Kooyman, Zwijndrecht in 2001
For more details
of the vessel click
here
22/06/11
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ARKLOW REBEL
leaves Wicklow after loading scrap metal
The run across
the Irish sea to the Mersey takes about 12 hours
22/06/11
ARKLOW REBEL is the first 'R' class vessel
operated by Arklow Shipping to visit the port , she arrived in
the early hours of Tueday morning to load scrap metal for
liverpool.
ARKLOW REBEL
2005 / 2999gt
Built by Scheepswerf Barkmeijer Stroobos, Stroobos
21/06/11
New life on the river
A proud mother watches over her young on the
river Vartry near the Parnell bridge.
19/06/11
Along the
Wicklow Coast
Brides
Head
Coastal Walk
from Wicklow harbour to Wicklow head, well worth a visit.
19/06/11
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Arklow Port
SALTEES TERN
The research vessel KEARY on
the 'blocks' at Arklow port.
The Belgian Beam trawler VAN EYCK and SALTEES
TERN
MARY KATE has
had some more gear fitted.
The dredger SOSPAN-DAU arrived at Arklow port
on Friday , she later went to anchor north of the harbour.
17/06/11
TELESTAR receives
attention on the quay
17/06/11
SCOT PIONEER
discharges timber
2006,
2518gt
Peters,
Kampen (1206),
hull by Leda - Kocula (Croatia) as
HARNS
2008
SCOT PIONEER
SCOT
PIONEER motors out of the port for Belfast after discharging
timber.
14/06/11
Island Shipping's multi
purpose vessel HUSKY seen at the South Quay prior to her
departue early on Tuesday mornnng for Great Yarmouth to work on
a offshore project
13/06/11
Sunset at Wicklow harbour
13/06/11
Aer
Chór na hÉireann
The former
Bristol Pilot cutter MARGUERITE seen at the South Quay during a
weekend stopover , she is another classic 'Bristol Pilot cutter
' built by E Rowles near Bristol in 1883. For more details about Bristol Pilot
Cutters click
here
11/06/11
The Ro/Ro vessel
CELESTINE southbound out of Dublin
Fishing on the North Pier
is always a relaxing experience..
After leaving
Fishguard at 3am on Saturday morning a group of rowers assembled by
George O Brien arrive at Wicklow harbour shortly after 8pm. The epic charity row was organised to raise funds for the
Wicklow Hospice
The skiff DANCER
of Arklow was used by the rowers to cross the Irish sea in
shifts , the other skiff 'The Star' was brought out of the
harbour and allowed all the rowers to arrive together.
Well done to
George and all the crew ..
11/06/11
STS
LORD NELSON
The STV LORD NELSON heads
North past Wicklow harbour on Tuesday morning bound for Dun
Laoghaire , the ship in the background is the Dutch JEANETTE
inbound for Dublin port. She is operated by the Jubilee Sailing
Trust and is purpose built and designed designed to allow people
of all physical abilities to sail side by side on equal terms.She was built by
James W Cook & Co, Wivenhoe in 1986.
terms. 
In 1990 the ship
anchored in Wicklow bay for a few days
IDA made her second visit
to the port to discharge timber
Maybe one day
LORD NELSON will visit our port and the crew can view the
painting by Pat Davis of the sailing ship SOREN LARSEN on the
East pier , this vessel was the first ship adapted by the
Jubilee Trust and visited Wicklow in the 1980s. Her visit
even featured on a S4C telivision documentry.
Good to see the Anchors
on the Castle have been secured with new brackets. The anchors
are from a Greek steamer that went aground near Kiloughter in
the early 1900s.
Island Shippings
multi purpose tug
HUSKY moves up river after mooring overnight at the East pier.
08/06/11
The
Pacific Sandpiper was built and completed at Appledore in 1985.
The 103 metre vessel was specially designed for the
transportation of nuclear waste and was operated by Pacific
Nuclear Transport Limited. Her primary role was the safe
transportation of highly
radio active nuclear waste between the
UK and various ports around the globe.
The
Danish 31 metre tug NORSUND is operated by the Svenborg Towing Company, she
was built at a Dutch yard in 1971 as the RONNEBECK and took her present name
in 1997.
for
details of the Svendborg towing company click
here
Pacific
Sandpiper is now bound for
Hansweert in Holland from its home port of Barrow for
deep cleaning, before going on to Belgium to be broken up. She
is the fifth PNTL Barrow-based nuclear waste carrier to be
scrapped in the last decade. Earlier this year she was
decommissioned and stripped of equipment at Barrow. According to
some reports 95 per cent of the ship will be recycled and one of
her lifeboats is to be donated to the Société Nationale de
Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM), France’s lifeboat service station in
Brehal, near Cherbourg,
For
more details of PNTL ships click
here
RED DUCHESS
passes Wicklow head southbound with round timber from Scotland ,
the vessel is a regular sight in the bay along with the RED
BARONESS.
08/06/11
The tug NORSUND
arrived in the bay on Tuesday afternoon with the PACIFIC
SANDPIPER in tow , it looked like the tug was waiting for
favourable weather before proceeding South past Wicklow Head ,
she motored slowly as far north of Skerries that evening. Thanks to Pat
Davis for identifing the ship.
Photo Courtesy
Pat Dover
07/06/11
'Whit bank
holiday Weekend'
The 'LASSIE of
CHESTER' was a nice visitor to the port over the bank holiday .
She is one of the Morecambe bay Prawn trawlers known as a 'Nobby' and was
built in 1937 at Conway in Wales
by the Conwy branch of the famous Crossfield family. 'Lassie' was built with
extra planking to her hull, possibly because the original owner was over 6ft
tall, but also because she was intended to fish the turbulent waters of the
Liverpool Bar. The extra height gives her more of a "Smack like"
appearance than most other Nobbies
05/06/11
Friday 4th July
2011
Early morning
sun lights the ULRIKE G , she arrived the night before to load
out glass cullet for Holland
Built 2002 at
Brodogradiliste in Serbia as KATHRIN
, renamed ULRIKE G in 2003
Greystones
Harbour
Greystones
harbour development has come to a stand still and faces an
uncertain future
The hoarding
around the harbour has caused much annoyance to residents
, local represetitives are believed to be trying to reach a
compromise with the developers to see if a solution can be found
and the hoarding can come down.
The development
looks very impressive and hopefully it will see marine traffic
in the future.
Wicklow
Port
The work vessel
SGT PEPPER heads South past Wicklow harbour on a glorious Friday
afternoon , the last time l saw this vessel was at Arklow last
year.
Around the port
local boat owners make good use of the fine weather to carry out
maintenence on
their vessels
If you fancy
exploring the Wicklow Coast , boats are available for hire by the
hour !
Freefall
lifeboats are now a common sight on vessels entering the port .
The whelk
trawler JESSICA JENNIFER arrives in the port
The yacht
BANDERSNATCH of HOWTH is lifted into the river after a winter
lay up.
The parts of the
boat resting on the trailer are given a quick coat of paint
before going into the harbour
The yacht is
eased into the river
Finally the mast
is lifted into place..
A piper plays a
lament on the Castle during a short memorial ceremony for a
local man who recently passed away , even though he spent most
of his life in America , It was his
wish to return. It was a nice ceremony with a lot of family and
friends present .
The ship is
nearly fully loaded ,she sailed on the tide later that night.
RNLB ANNIE
BLAKER launches on a crew excercise in the bay
Inshore lifeboat
'Sheringham Shantymen launches on crew excercise
03/06/11
Thursday 2nd
June was a busy day in the skies over Wicklow harbour , with an
Air Corp 172 heading South and a Garda EC135 helicopter heading
north along the coast.
02/05/11
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Arklow Port
Fitting out of
MARY KATE continues
LUDOVIC GEOFFRAY
pays a visit to Arklow
A 'tagged' Gull
watches activity at Arklow
01/06/11
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A 'Vartry Swan'
glides gently down river
Photo Courtesy
of Pat Dover
31/05/11
Wicklow lifeboat
RNLB ANNIE BLAKER launched in the early hours of Saturday
morning , the alarm was raised when a yacht with 2 people
onboard got fouled in rope South of Wicklow head , the lifeboat
crew managed to free the vessel and she was towed safely back to
the harbour , the yacht was secured alongside the South Quay
just after 1-30am.
28/05/11
The
STAVROS S NIARCHOS is a British brig-rigged sailing ship
operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. She is primarily
designed to provide young people with the opportunity to
undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than
pure sail-training. She is also used for adult voyages and
holidays, which help subsidise the operation of the ship. She
arrived in Wicklow Bay on Tuesday morning and
resumed her passage South along the coast to Rosslare Harbour a
short time later. Hopefully we might see her visiting the port
in the future.
STAVROS S
NIARCHOS heads South for Rosslare.
24/05/11
2 Arklow
Shipping ' R' class ships head north off Wicklow head the first
vessel ARKLOW RAVEN is for Dublin, while the ARKLOW RESOLVE is
bound for Warrenpoint
22/05/11
The Maltese
flagged ALEXANDER KUPRIN motors into Wicklow harbour on Sunday
afternoon
She was built in
1996 at Volgograd Shipyard ,Volgograd ,
Russia.
ALEXANDER KUPRIN
seen at the Packet pier with timber.
22/05/11
The Cobelfreight
Ro/Ro vessel VESPERTINE along with her fleetmates maintain a
weekly link between mainland Europe and Dublin port.
22/05/11
The BIM inshore
research vessel T BURKE at the East pier.Wicklow harbour. For
the past few weeks she has been working along the Wicklow Coast.
22/05/11
Wicklow
Triathlon Club held a 'Aquathon' on Saturday morning in aid of
Wicklow RNLI. The course was a swim around the harbour and a run
along the Murrough.
21/05/11
After a 750
metre swim around the harbour Dave Gillespie gets ready for a 5
km run . Well done to all who took part.
21/05/11
An early morning
shot of SUURHUSEN , built in 1995 at the Daman yard in Foxhol.
19/05/11
The Bockstiegel
operated SUURHUSEN seen after her arrival from Waterford to load
out scrap metal for Liverpool.
18/05/11
Charlie Kavanagh
makes use of the low tide to work on the hull of his yacht.
18/05/11
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Arklow Port
The Belgian beam
trawler VAN EYCK seen on another visit to Arklow port
18/05/11
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Wicklow Rowing
Club held a 12hour sponsored row around Wicklow harbour on
Sunday , part of the funds raised are going to Wicklow
RNLI.
15/05/11
Wicklow RNLI
lifeboats 'ANNIE BLAKER' and SHERINGHAM SHANTYMEN on excercise
in Wicklow bay.
15/05/11
Seen from the 'Bank Wall'
the IDA discharges timber.
13/05/11
Mussel
trawlers MITILUS and BRANDING in Wicklow bay.
Wicklow
lifeboat RNLB ANNIE BLAKER launches on a call out to a small
fishing vessel South of Wicklow head as the MV IDA enters the
port with timber.
IDA was built by
Hugo Peters at Wewelsfleth in 1986 as the SOONECK
With the fishing
vessel safely secured alongside the South quay , the Tyne class
lifeboat RNLB ANNIE BLAKER returns to station , where she will
be recovered by the shore crew and brought back up the slip into
the boathouse ,washed and made ready for service. Then the
volunteers will go back to their day jobs.
Late afternoon
in between the heavy showers .
13/05/11
KARINA G at the
Packet pier after loading glass for Portugal.She sailed on
Friday morning after 0700hrs.
12/05/11
KARINA G enters
the harbour stern first to load out glass.
Built 2007 Damen
Shipyard Bergum
KARINA
G
11/05/11
SCOT ISLES is
nicely reflected in the early morning sun as she discharges a
small part cargo of timber.
10/05/11
Arklow port
The belgian beam
trawler VAN EYCK seen in Arklow
MARIE KATE being
fitted out at Arklow
Kilmore Quay's
lifeboat RNLB KILLARNEY at Arklow , The Tamar class is ther
latest type in the RNLI Fleet and this is the first to be
stationed in Ireland , She is capable of 25 knots and can only
be described as 'State of the art'.
04/05/11
Photos Tommy
Dover
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