Majestic QE2

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 leaving Lisbon on the evening of 29 October 2008 on her final Mediterranean cruise from Southampton, looking majestic and full of grace... This ship, she is a Lady...
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QUEEN de saída a 29-10-2008

O QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 largando do cais de Alcântara a 29-10-2008, acompanhado por um bando de gaivotas e iluminado pela bela luz da tarde lisboeta
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QE2 final cruises

Passengers of the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 enjoying the late October afternoon sun in Lisbon yesterday, 29 October 2008 when the famous QE2 paid her pre final call to Lisbon on her way to the Mediterranean on the last cruise from Southampton. The next departure from QE2 home port will have no return.
She will be missed in the Tagus and the rumours about what the new Dubai owners plan to do once she is delivered are disturbing.
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PUSHING THE QE2

The Lisbon-based Svitzer tugs SVITZER LEIXÕES and SVITZER LISBOA pushing / towing the Cunard old lady on her pre-last call to Lisbon. The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 is the last great passenger liner still in effective need of real tugs while berthing or undocking from Lisbon. Photo taken on 29-10-2008 on QE2 pre-final departure from Lisbon. She is on her final Mediterranean cruise.
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QE2 in Lisbon 29-10-2008

Today 29 October 2008, the Cunard passenger ship QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 is paying another of her final calls in Lisbon.
She crossed the bar at 5h36 and berthed at the Alcântara cruise terminal at about 6h00, to depart this afternoon at 16h00.
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 sailed from Southampton on 27-10 for a final Mediterranean farewel cruise prior to the delivery voyage to Dubai, with departure from her home port on 11 November and a final call in Lisbon on 13 November.
The QE2 first called in Lisbon on 28 April 1969 on her shakedown cruise. Considered by many the most famous passenger ship of the world, her future seems less than bright as an hotel floating platform in Dubai, as her new owners are enthusiasticaly planing so many changes to the QE2 that she will be almost irrecognisable and probably a shadow of what she is now.
Photo of the QE2 in Lisbon on 3 June 1975, on one of my earliest pictures of the then Cunard flagship still showing the original slim white funnel.
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Penúltima escala do QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 em Lisboa

Entrou hoje, 29 de Outubro de 2008, a barra do Tejo pela penúltima vez o paquete britânico QUEEN ELIZABETH 2.
O navio chegou era ainda madrugada, 5h36 e atracou à estação marítima de Alcântara pelas 6h00, estando prevista a largada para as 16h00.
O QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 saiu de Southampton a 27-10 no último cruzeiro ao Mediterrâneo, sendo Lisboa o primeiro porto de escala da viagem que terá a duração de 2 semanas.
O QE2 esteve no Tejo pela primeira vez na viagem pré-inaugural a 28 de Abril de 1969. Fará a última escala a 13 de Novembro próximo, na viagem de entrega a caminho do Dubai onde vai ser transformado numa plataforma hoteleira flutuante constando que as alterações serão mais que muitas não havendo o cuidado de preservar o navio como grande paquete.
Fotografia do QE2 em Lisboa a 3 de Junho de 1975, numa das minhas imagens mais antigas do navio, então com a chaminé branca original.
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Lançamento do NRP TEJO

Lançamento à água do contratorpedeiro português NRP TEJO, em Lisboa no estaleiro da Administração Geral do Porto de Lisboa onde o TEJO foi construído pela ociedade de Construções Navais, emprsa de capitais franceses que antecedeu a CUF na gestão do estaleiro da Rocha.

Uma dúvida: que TEJO é este, o que foi cedido à Colombia ou o segundo navio que o substituiu na nossa Marinha?
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MAXIM GORKIY at Flam, Norway

The MAXIM GORKIY alongside Flam cruise berth on 22 September 2008 while on her final round cruise from Bremerhaven to the Norwegian Fjords.
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Shipping in Bremerhaven

The cruise ship MAXIM GORKIY looking distant in the port of Bremerhaven, 24-09-2008. Fleet mate ALBATROS can be seen together at Columbus Cruise Terminal.
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SANTA MARIA MANUELA

Lindíssima fotografia do lugre SANTA MARIA MANUELA, de Aníbal Paião, publicada no Blogue oficial do SMM (ver aqui), em que se descreve o renascimento do antigo bacalhoeiro construído em Lisboa em 1937 e salvo da sucata mercê de um conjunto de empenhos e boas vontades pouco vulgares em Portugal no que toca à salvaguarda do património marítimo.
Muitos parabéns aos responsáveis pelo renascimento do SANTA MARIA MANUELA e não deixem de visitar regularmente o blogue.
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CORVO NA DOCA "OESTE DE SANTOS"

Porta contentores CORVO atracado ao cais norte da Ponta da Rocha a 22-10-2008 durante a actual estadia em Lisboa.
O prolongamento do cais da Rocha para nascente, na década de 1920 veio criar a chamada Ponta da Rocha, que na época se chamava Doca Oeste de Santos.
Como a Doca Leste de Santos, que se devia projectar do Terreiro do Paço até Santos nunca passou das intenções, a designação perdeu-se com o tempo...
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COSTA 60 YEARS CRUISING

Images of COSTA MEDITERRANEA in Lisbon 2008-19-22 with "60 years of Costa Cruising" logo displayed on the hull. Costa has not been exactly cruising for 60 years as in fact they have been operating passenger ships since 1948, and they started with liner voyages on the Mediterranean - Lisbon - Brazil Plata run, using the ANNA C, ANDREA C, GIOVANNA C and FRANCA C.
Their most famous liner was the superb EUGENIO C of 1966...
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60 ANOS COSTA

A companhia COSTA está a comemorar 60 anos de cruzeiros embora o termo correcto swja 60 anos de operação de navios de passageiros, uma vez que os primeiros paquetes da empresa começaram a fazer a carreira da América do Sul em 1948. Os primeiros paquetes da Costa - então conhecida como LINEA "C" foram o ANNA C, ANDREA C, GIOVANNA C e FRANCA C, frequentando todos regularmente Lisboa a partir de 1948,
agenciados pela firma OREY ANTUNES, que ainda se mantém agente portuário dos navios da Costa.
Fotografias do COSTA MEDITERRANEA em Lisboa a 22-10-2008
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Contrastes no Tejo

Contrastes no Tejo: o maior navio de cruzeiros do mundo, o INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS com a proa em pano de fundo para o rebocador SEZÕES e uma flotilha de "Optimists" da Associação Naval de Lisboa.
O Tejo e os navios nas mais variadas escalas, desde o transportador gigante vocacionado para o turismo de massas do Século XXI ao velho rebocador e aos meninos e meninas aprendizes da arte de navegar à vela. Mais que tudo um rio com vida, quanto mais não seja naquele quadradinho de Tejo registado na imagem. Fotografia de 12-10-2008.
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MIR in close up

Close up details of the Russian sail training ship MIR taken on her last visit to Lisbon in October 2008.
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MIR at Lisbon 12-10-2008

Russian sail training ship MIR photographed alongside Lisbon Rocha cruise terminal on 12 October 2008 on her return voyage from Madeira Island. MIR was one of the Tall Ships participating in the 500 years of the city of Funchal. MIR sailed from Lisbon on 13 October for Hamburg.
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Doca de Alcântara: anos cinquenta

Aspecto da Doca de Alcântara, vista de poente durante a década de 1950. No travessão da doca encontra-se atracado o navio-escola SAGRES, actualmente em Hamburgo com o nome original RICKMER RICKMERS; à direita, atracado ao cais da Sociedade Geral, o navio de carga CARTAXO. Atracados ao cais norte da doca, junto à SAGRES, o ANA MAFALDA, da Sociedade Geral, o PÁTRIA da Companhia Colonial e pela popa deste, o RITA MARIA, ainda de casco preto. Pela popa do RITA MARIA vê-se o cargueiro MELLO (Sociedade Geral) e um dos contratorpedeiros da classe VOUGA. Fazer "click" sobre a imagem para a ampliar e melhor observar os navios. Fotografia da colecção LMC, de autor desconhecido.
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S.S. STORD I (1913) at Bergen

Images of the steamship STORD I, a Norwegian ferry built in 1913 and preserved in the port of Bergen, where the photographs were taken on 24 September 2008. See her interesting history clicking here...
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BERGEN AND LOCAL SHIPPING

What a beautiful port, Bergen, with so many interesting ships and so many places where we can see and photograph ships peacefully...
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VESTA - BERGEN MINI FERRY

This small ferry, VESTA operates in Bergen transporting people inside the old harbour. What a nice port and so many interesting ships, some of the preserved. Wonderful Norway full of ships...
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Estaleiro da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos

Concessionado actualmente à firma NavalRocha, o estaleiro naval do Porto de Lisboa, à Rocha do Conde de Óbidos é a mais antiga infraestrutura associada à indústria naval em Lisboa e pertence à APL - Administração do Porto de Lisboa.
Durante muitos anos foram construídos navios na Rocha, com especial enfase para o período de gestão da CUF, a partir de 1937 e que se prolongou até ao início dos anos setenta. Hoje as carreiras de construção estão desmanteladas e o estaleiro dedica-se à reparação naval.
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CALA PULA in Lisbon 12-10-2008

Italian container ship CALA PULA alongside the LISCONT container terminal in Lisbon on 12 October 2008. CALA PULA is owned and operated by Costa Container Lines and their red hulled ships use to call Lisbon on Sundays.
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GRAND VOYAGER in the Med 9-10-2008

The superfast cruise ship GRAND VOYAGER slowly cruising the Mediterranean in stormy weather on 9 October 2008. Iberocruceros livery seems to have been adding design motifs to the ship's hull, a proof of bad taste and a way to turn an elegant beautiful ship into a display of grafitti and marketing nonsense...

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BREMERHAVEN SHIPPING

Busy shipping at Bremerhaven on 20 September 2008: the Phoenix Reisen cruise ship ALBATROS leaves Columbus Cruise Terminal in tandem with the car carrier HOEGH BRASILIA
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m.s. MSC LAUSANNE in Bremerhaven

The container ship MSC LAUSANNE loading at the Bremerhaven Container terminal on 20 September 2008
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FUNCHAL delivered 47 years ago...

The Portuguese cruise ship FUNCHAL was delivered exactly 47 years ago by the Elsinore Yard to Empresa Insulana de Navegação, at 14h30 on 12 October 1961.
The FUNCHAL was the flagship of Insulana and their best ship on the Atlantic Islands run. Ownership was transferred to CTM in 1974 and in 1985 she was sold to the Great Warwick Co. Inc, her present owners.
Over the years FUNCHAL turned into a classic passenger liner and she is now one of the oldest active passenger ships still operating under the original name and flag.
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FUNCHAL entregue em Helsingor há 47 anos

Pelas 14h30 de 12 de Outubro de 1961 o paquete a turbinas FUNCHAL foi entregue solenemente à Empresa Insulana de Navegação pelo Estaleiro Elsinore. Foi há 47 anos e passado todo este tempo o FUNCHAL continua a navegar com o nome original e a bandeira portuguesa. A velha Insulana desapareceu em 1974, mas o seu mais belo paquete, obra prima do Armador Sr. Vasco Bensaude continua a desafiar os anos, sendo actualmente o último sobrevivente da antiga frota de navios de passageiros portugueses.
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TRAFARIA PRAIA in Lisbon 2008-10-12

O cacilheiro ex-Alemão TRAFARIA PRAIA fotografado ontem no Tejo rumo à Trafaria via Porto Brandão...
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Embarque do Piloto...

O regresso ao porto de armamento após mais uma viagem do navio e o embarque do piloto da barra, em Lisboa, frente a Algés..., ou o princípio do fim da viagem. Na foto o Piloto aproxima-se do costado do navio na lancha PONTA DO SALMODO para subir a bordo pela escada de quebra-costas.
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Cruzeiro COMM no FUNCHAL

O COMM - Clube dos Oficiais da Marinha Mercante organizou um cruzeiro ao Mediterrâneo a bordo do paquete FUNCHAL. A viagem decorreu de 4 a 12 de Outubro e reuniu algumas centenas de oficiais da marinha mercante portuguesa, famílias respectivas e outros passageiros.
O cruzeiro partiu de Barcelona onde se fez o embarque no FUNCHAL a 4 de Outubro e incluiu escalas em Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Mahon e Cádis, tendo terminado em Lisboa.
The cruise ship FUNCHAL was chartered by the Portuguese Merchant Navy Officers Club (COMM) for a special cruise in the Mediterranean from 4 to 12 October 2008 calling at Barcelona, Ibiza, Palma, Mahon and Cadiz.
Fotografias do FUNCHAL atracado em Barcelona a 9 de Outubro de 2008. Photos of the FUNCHAL alongside the WTC terminal at Barcelona on 9 October 2008
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Cruzeiro CLUBE DOS OFICIAIS DA MARINHA MERCANTE

Decorreu com muita animação o cruzeiro INFANTE D. HENRIQUE, organizado pelo COMM - Clube dos Oficiais da Marinha Mercante e efectuado no paquete FUNCHAL pelo Mediterrâneo e Atlântico.
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