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Dublin Swift has left Cardiff bay, next stop Falmouth

Got a repaint before beaching to remove Warner Bros branding

Scroll to the end of link below

https://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-st-brendan-past-and-present/

Also link below to the first of the Rickmers quartet to be beached the former Stena Nordica which sailed alongside the Stena Normandica from Rosslare for B&I while Normandica sailed for Sealink.

Moby Vincent has been beached at Aliaga.

Looks like Dublin Swift and Stena Europe are going to share drydock number 2 in Falmouth this weekend.

Dublin Swift due into Falmouth on the 20th.

Europe moving to drydock on the 21st, also reported on Facebook its being painted !

There was also a very nice image of the Horizon in drydock posted on Linkedin by David Barnicoat, taken near the end of its period of drydock, which also suggests some painting to be done on the Europe !

More info on the new career for the former Connacht

https://maritime-executive.com/article/turkish-ngo-with-a-murky-past-acquires-a-fleet-for-gaza-aid-deliveries?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR32QNMsrZES3T71Rl7nIo24HbBcCwjmLC3ce51rFvYxCCMsO-xplC1ZeW0_aem_AYYRwIBk6-EtVtEskgQlGbcpUpkXn24wED5uOt-JgmvbJpIOhLK_f8MWnWNsaVouffpRSe6zDUSA-SDT74MWsPuJ

Lovely image of the Horizon back home in Rosslare taken yesterday by The Coffee Dock Rosslare Harbour and posted on the Ferries facebook page.

Interestingly they did not update the hull branding "Connecting Europe..." to the new font that Edda, Embla and Adventurer got when drydocked and keeps the lighter blue band on the bow at the waterline.

Finally all services from Rosslare have been restored to full capacity

Also some great images of Bore Song on its new route - Dublin Liverpool on Flickr

Click right from link

https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324348/

Click Left from link

https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324903/

Now at Aliaga anchorage, another one about to be beached.

Image of the Stena Europe looking its best ! in Falmouth

https://www.flickr.com/photos/33847785@N00/53655477366/

Wonder when it will be reunited with its two missing lifeboats ?

Been thinking about this one, they could have been brought down to Falmouth on the Horizon and lifted off or brought on a trailer on the Nordica and loaded on Europe at the changeover on Sunday, but a bit more difficult to unload in Falmouth. No doubt we will find out soon.

Stena Horizon left drydock last night in Falmouth but has not got any further than Falmouth bay so far, due back on service for tomorrow nights crossing to Cherbourg.

Europe has arrived in Falmouth

Visible on webcam

https://www.falmouthharbour.co.uk/maritime-and-leisure/webcam/

The Stena Europe has finished Irish Sea service and has departed for Falmouth to begin another chapter in its life, hopefully its Mediterranean adventures will be more successful than last years and maybe it might get a lick of paint while in Falmouth this time.

Nordica just arriving to the Wexford coast having left Liverpool at 16.30, travelled at over 24 knots on the trip down, really giving the engines a run, on schedule to return to service tomorrow morning, Europe due into Falmouth tomorrow evening and Horizon due to depart Falmouth tomorrow evening.

Moby Vincent on the way to Aliaga, not long left for the former Rosslare - Fishguard - Stena Normandica/ St Brendan.