Other Peoples Photos 66

Let’s start with a Jupiter (1990) in Galveston, thanks to Allen Baker.  The photo was taken about a year ago, after Hurricane Harvey.

Next, thanks to Lisa Kolibabek, another Jupiter, a much older one, which recently went into dry dock in Philadelphia.   Know the date of launch?

Compare her frontal view with that of Pegasus, similar vintage. Click here and here for other Jupiter photos and previous Jupiter posts.

Jupiter dates from 1902.  And staying with vessels named for heavenly bodies, Rich Taylor sends along this photo of Pollux.

A delightfully busy photo, here Pollux appears again with two smalll craft, River Ij ferry, and Prinsendam.

Also from Rich, here’s a pilot boat called Pilot on the Trechtingshausen lies between Koblenz and Bingen right in the upper Rhine.  Although a pilot boat, it resembles an American tug, albeit a long one.  For many similar photo from another photographer traveling from Basel to Amsterdam, click here.

And finally, here are two more from Phil Porteus.  Below is a small yard tug on the Rondout and

here’s a tug near the Bayonne Bridge but typically along the coast of New Jersey . . . Pops.

Many thanks to Allen, Lisa, Rich, and Phil for these photos.

 

More Sail Amsterdam 2015

Sail Amsterdam ended a month ago, but these photos come from a relative who works for Dutch law enforcement and could mingle freely with his vessel.  Thanks cousin.

New Yorkers should easily recognize this vessel, in spite of some slightly different trappings.

Guayas, the Ecuadorian tall ship, called in the sixth boro three years ago.  

Guayas was assisted by Aaron on the bow.  Can anyone identify the tug hanging on the stern?  Aaron appeared here once a year ago.

Sirius is an Iskes tug that outpowers Aaron by about four-fold.

Steam tug Scheelenkuhlen (70′ x 21′ x 6′ draft and 65 tons) dates from 1927.

Anny, built 1957, has a telescoping wheelhouse visible here and works Amsterdam’s canals, as seen here.

A876 Hunze, launched 1987, is one of five large tugs operated by the Royal Dutch Navy.

Shipdock VI measures 52′ x 13.’

I can’t tell you much about Jan.

Voorzan III dates from 1932.  Stadt Amsterdam has called in the sixth boro several times.

Triton 2008 is another Iskes tug. 

They’re all beauties . . . from Zeetijger to

Maasstroom.

And this has to be a tanker that delights when she calls into port at the end of the day.

Let’s call it quits for today with a tug operated by the Port of Amsterdam . . . PA5 aka Pollux. 

 

All photos by “Hans Brinker.”

Dutch Tugs 2

Arion is one of the smaller Iskes tugs, here towing City of Dubrovnik out toward the mouth aka Ijmond of the North Sea Canal. 

Aaron is the smallest of the fleet.

Friesland . . . built 1982.

Here’s another shot of Triton (farther) and Telstar (nearer).

Another shot of Triton, built 2008 in Turkey.

Pollux (Germany built in 1963) and Saturnus (Germany 1978).

Svitzer Svezia, Italy 1988.

PA 1 aka Castor looks like it could tow if equipment were added, but it’s actually an enforcement vessel.

And we end with a 1927 boat . . . aptly named . . . Obsessie.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.