Fishery Protection Vessel and Freight Ferry

[Cookie]

Was down at the beach today and got some images of the Fishery Protection Vessel which is often seen around the isle of lewis.

more info on the sottish fisheries protection agency

the seas where quite rough and winds of up to 40 mph!

whilst I was out their the fright ferry the Muirneag

was attempting to get into stornoway harbor

LEWIS

Freight Ullapool - Stornoway

Status : Cancelled

Reason : adverse weather

Further information : Freight service from Stornoway to Ullapool & return has been cancelled due to adverse weather.

Last Updated : 20 Mar 2008 12:18

CALMAC

[Stuart]

Nice pics

[Zenarcher]

Nice pictures

Yes lots of boats are off even here.

Gusting 65mph here!

[Cookie]

Nice pics

thanks mate, but ain't you listening to what people are saying?

its bugging me know.

it isn't that hard to put something a little extra then the same old thing over and over again

[Zenarcher]

Was that boat on the AIS cookie?

[wysiwyg]

That FP vessel looks quite formidable - do you know if it is armed?

[Cookie]

Was that boat on the AIS cookie?

no wasn't AIS was playing up earlyer

it is now

http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=Stornoway

vigilant

That FP vessel looks quite formidable - do you know if it is armed?

I doubt it best person to ask is HEBWEX

Edited March 20, 2008 by cookie

[Zenarcher]

I dont think its armed.

[wysiwyg]

I dont think its armed.

I had a feeling it wouldn't be. Still it looks pretty agressive. Reminds me of some years ago when the royal navy had repeated skirmishes with icelandic trawlers and the like. I guess its all fished out these days though - shame!

[Budgie]

I don't think they are armed as they are not military, they are a government agency that protects the UK fleets and fish stocks.

They check that vessels fishing in UK territorial waters are using the correct gear, they don't over fish the area and that the vessels and logs are up to code.

Both of them were on our (Coastguard) AIS all day yesterday & the Muirneag managed to get into the harbour at around 5pm yesterday. She was dodging outside the harbour waiting for the wind to ease as I don't think she has a bow thruster which makes it difficult to berth with the cross winds they had yesterday.

[kold weather]

Very nice photos there Cookie, seems like a slight mist was present though as visablity was a little lower then it would be on a clear day?

How far away would you guess those ships were?

[Cookie]

Very nice photos there Cookie, seems like a slight mist was present though as visablity was a little lower then it would be on a clear day?

How far away would you guess those ships were?

yeah think their was a wee bit. also was very windy didn't help,

had to guess not very many miles out