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Welcome, this website will mainly be photographs of ships on the River Severn, England. The main locations that have been photographed are docks at Sharpness in England, Newport, Cardiff and Barry in Wales. There will also be galleries of other locations around the UK.
Most of the photographs are of coasters, but also included will be other types of shipping that I photograph.
"Latest Photo's" has regular updates and please feel free to comment or vote on any of the photographs.
All early photo's were taken with a Canon EOS 300D, but in January 2009 I upgraded to a Canon EOS 40D, lenses used include 17 - 55mm f2.8 IS USM, 70 - 300mm f4-5.6 IS USM.
I hope you enjoy looking through these photos and find something of interest.
All photo's are copyright of the author and cannot be used without prior permission.
Many thanks
Jim Rothwell |
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Sharpness Docks lie on the River Severn, they are 9.5 miles upriver from the Severn Bridge.
Due to the huge tidal range of the Severn the docks are only accessible at high tide.
The docks can handle ships of 6000 tonnes loaded, a max beam of 16.7m and any length.
The locks, docks and waterways are the responsibility of British Waterways, but the quays are run by Sharpness Dock Ltd. |
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 | | Latest Photo's (42 Photos) 
Most Recent Updates:14/11/09
Wilson Elbe, Evert Prahm and Perseas at Sharpness. 14/11/09
Celtic King, Fv Carpe Diem, Navigas 1 and Stolt Puffin in Barry Docks. 08/11/09
Arklow Sea at Sharpness Docks. 07/11/09
HMS Exploit, HMS Express at night in Penarth. 01/11/09
Platform Bard 1 off Cardiff. 01/11/09
Blue Sky, Arklow Star and Fokko Ukena off Portishead. 31/10/09
HMS Express in the River Severn. 25/10/09
HMS Exploit and HMS Express in Penarth Marina. 21/10/09
HMS Tyne and Seamark in Roath Basin Cardiff. 18/10/09
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 | | Earlier Photo's (49 Photos)
Dredger Malago, workboat Godano and the tug Bristolian on the Severn. 13/10/09
Sea Ruby on the River Severn. 12/10/09
Priscilla sat at Lysaght Wharf on the River Usk. 11/10/09
Autosun, River Tyne, Petuja passing Battery Point Portishead. 11/10/09
5 Scanned photos. 10/10/09
Arco Dart, Bro Developer and Antonietta in Cardiff Docks. 04/10/09
Sprinter on passage on the River Severn. 30/09/09
Perseas outbound from Sharpness. 29/09/09
CEG Galaxy & Perseas under the Severn Bridge. 26/09/09
Wisdom unloading steel coil in Newport. 24/09/09
HMS Express & Vigilance in Penarth Marina. 19/09/09
FS Tigre & FS Guepard in Cardiff Dcks. 19/09/09
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 | | Devonport Navy Days 2009 (36 Photos)
Visit to Navy Day on 5th September 2009.
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 | | Bristol Harbour Festival 2009 (24 Photos)
Photos of the various vessels present at the harbour festival on 02/08/09
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 | | Sharpness Century Quay (22 Photos)
Photo's of ships at Century Quay. Until 1974 this was part of the Cullis Quay but was renamed and modernised in that year to celebrate the centenary of the docks. Thanks to Mike Nash for Info.
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 | | Sharpness Collett Quay (20 Photos)
Photo's of ships berthed along Collett Quay. Named after COL. J. H. Collett, chairman of the Gloucester Harbour Trustees 1937 - 1942.
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 | | Sharpness Cullis Quay (16 Photos)
Photo's of ships berthed along Cullis Quay. Named after W.P. Cullis, chairman of the Gloucester Harbour Trustees 1929 - 1937.
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 | | Other Sharpness Locations (45 Photos)
Ships photographed in the tidal basin, dry dock, canal, etc.
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 | | Gloucester and Upper Severn (33 Photos)
Photos of Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, upper reaches of the River Severn includes Gloucester Docks Ship Festival held on 29th - 31st May 2009
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 | | River Severn Gloucester - Severn Bridge (48 Photos)
Ships photographed on the River Severn between the Severn Bridge and Gloucester.
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 | | River Severn Severn Bridge - Estuary (34 Photos)
Photos of ships downriver of the Severn Bridge or in the Severn Estuary.
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 | | North Wales (33 Photos)
Ships photographed at various locations across North Wales.
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 | | Cardiff and Penarth (46 Photos)
Shipping photographed around the docks of Cardiff the former docks at Penarth and Cardiff Bay.
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 | | Barry Docks (32 Photos)
Ships photographed in the area around Barry Docks.
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| | Other South Wales Locations (50 Photos)
Ship photo's at other locations across South Wales.
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 | | Bristol Harbour (25 Photos)
Ships photographed in the floating harbour and on the River Avon.
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 | | Holiday Ships (35 Photos)
Ships photographed on various holidays around the UK and the world.
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 | | The Duke Of Lancaster (17 Photos)
Some shots of a ship that it took me 15yrs to go and photograph after first reading about her in Ship's Monthly. Beached at Llanerch-y-Mor on the Dee estuary, not so much a "Fun ship" but a sad reminder. 29/01/09
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 | | Portsmouth (25 Photos)
Pictures of Portsmouth harbour including some from Meet the Navy 2008. 31/01/09
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| Hits (today): | 45 |
| Hits (this week): | 1113 |
| Hits (this month): | 4232 |
| Hits (this year): | 36079 |
| Hits (all-time): | 36079 |
| Collections: | 19 |
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Arrivals:November 2009
Spaarndiep 17th Cement
Nestor 19th Fertilizer
Annerdiep 22nd Fertilizer
In Dock
Bargarth - Dry dock
Vista V - Dry dock
Blue Bay - Unload Cement
Celtic Forester - Unload Feed
All movements are approximate and should not be taken as fact. |
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Morning tides at Chepstow this week are from 06.43am and Evening tides from 19.04pm. Photo opportunities will be limited this week with few ships heading for Sharpness.
Tide times are taken from the Admiralty Tide tables and are for guide only. |
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