These two tankers are seen here heading north on the Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic Ocean, on 17/09/2022. Nearest the camera is Vogue Dignity - IMO: 9420851, an Oil/Chemical Tanker. Built in 2009 by Guangzhou International Shipyard, Guangzhou, China, with a GTW24,066 this Oil/Chemical Tanker sails under the flag of Liberia with a home port of Monrovia. Powered by MAN-B&W 6S50MC-C engines developing 9,762KW, she is owned and operated by Wallem, Hamburg, Germany, while furthest from the camera is Monte Rosa Explorer - IMO: 9895317, a LPG Tanker. Built in 2021 by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Samho-eup, Yeongam, South Korea, with a GTW52,868, this LPG Tanker sails under the flag of Singapore.
This photo was taken from Deck 11 - port side, aboard P&O Cruises - MV Britannia - IMO: 9614036, when Britannia was making steady progress when heading back home to Southampton where she would arrive in the following morning.
MV Britannia was completed on 26/02/2015 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. She was laid down on 15/05/2013, launched on 14/02/2014 and Christened by the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II, on 10/03/2015 with her maiden voyage on the 14/03/2015. She is from the Royal Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 143,730, has seventeen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,647 and 1,398 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH and is capable of 21.9 knots and a cruising speed of around 19 knots.
MV Britannia had departed from Ocean Cruise Terminal, Southampton, on 04/09/2022 for a lovely 14-night Mediterranean Cruise; Southampton - A Coruña, Spain - Valencia, Spain - La Seyne-sur-Mer(Toulon), France - Barcelona, Spain - Cádiz, Spain - Southampton. She had departed from Cádiz on 15/09/2022. © Peter Steel 2022.
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