A ship tied up at the quay in Kinsale, Co. Cork last year. The vessel was mostly deserted but we saw revellers boarding it regularly, walking around the deck and then off again!
2011Mon26Sep
Hold Her Steady
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Kinsale, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20
A very happy crew member of the Köln when she docked in Cork in 2005. Now that I’ve archived my photo collection to DVD (only 41 DVDs for 2009 so far!) I’m converting RAW files to Jpeg to reduce the insane storage requirements of 179GB of data for 2009 alone. As an example, I squashed [...]
2009Tue15Dec
Thumbs up for Comandante João Belo
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, UrbanMembers of the crew of the F480 Comandante João Belo as the ship was known in 2005. In 2008 it was sold to Uruguay, with official transfer on 8th April 2008, renamed ROU-01 URUGUAY.
2009Wed09Dec
F211 – Fregatte Köln
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanThe Fregatte Köln docked in Cork Harbour in 2005. Glorious day for a photowalk!
2009Fri04Dec
Eyes on Fregatte Köln
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, UrbanCrewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see. Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me [...]
Samskip Pioneer, a container ship, docked in Cork last weekend. We were down by the Marina in Blackrock on a blistering hot Saturday. While us Irish sat in the shade, Spanish students sat out in the 3pm sun, some wearing long sleeve tshirts! I know, I know, they’re used to the heat but the mind [...]
2008Wed26Nov
Cunard
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, VehiclesCunard, owner of the Queen Elizabeth 2 which docked in Cobh a few weeks ago.
2008Tue21Oct
Lifeboat 9 on the QE2
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200Lifeboats are dotted around the The Queen Elizabeth 2. They’re high up above some of the lower decks as far as I can remember and there are plenty of them. Hopefully won’t ever be needed.
2008Mon06Oct
Queen Elizabeth 2
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Sky, UrbanLuxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 tied up at the quayside in Cobh, Co Cork last Thursday. This was moments before she cast off. You can see a tug in the background of this image. It was bitterly cold down on the quay, but we were lucky that the evening sun cast a lovely golden [...]
2008Thu02Oct
QE2 Leaving Cork
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Vehicles, WaterThe Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2, flagship of the Cunard Line, docked for the last time in Cobh yesterday and left this evening just after 6pm. Here she is after turning in Cork Harbour and seconds before she increased speed and left the harbour for good. In 2009, she will become a floating hotel in [...]
