The Radio Forts & Sights of the Thames Estuary
A sailing from Queenborough, Sheerness on the Isle-of-Sheppey on 14th September 2024
A copy free feature of a 'Grand Forts Tours' on the 'X-Pilot' from her home port
Mini-Hovercraft ...
... watched us cast off
Yacht passes Grain Tower
Address: Number 1 The Thames
'Crewless' of Hamble powers out of the Medway Channel
Montgomery East Wreck Bouy
Bouys moved further out from wreck site
Montgomery main mast
loking towards Sheerness, note Dockyard Church
'Norsky' Finish Flagged Ro-Ro IMO 9186128
MSC 'Yukta X' Container Ship
leaving Oaze Deep for deep water cahannel to Princes Channel
MSC 'Yukta X' IMO 9146467
Knock John Naval Fort with Barrow #10 Bouy beyond
CMA CGM 'Goya' Container Ship IMO 9365972
Inbound in Knock John Channel
'Knock John Naval Fort
Knock John Naval Fort Service/repair rail
Radio Essex 222 still just readable
Knock John Naval Fort
Netting has been tied in place to prevent birds entering?
'Claus' Chemical Container Ship IMO 9268253
Outward bound in the Warp
Knock John Naval Fort with Gunfleet Windfam beyond
General Cargo Ship 'Fast Sim' IMO 9356517
North of Kentish Flats Windfarm
Shivering Sands (Tony Gillham, August 2024)
Shivering Sands Army Fort with Hopper Dredger 'Hanson Thames' IMO 9887786
loaded in the deep water channel to Princes Channel
Hopper Dredger 'City of Westminster' IMO 8902278
approaching deep water channel at Shivering Sands
Shivering Sands Army Fort with Knock John beyond
General Cargo Ship 'Erieborg' IMO 9463437
Inbound in the Oaze Deep
Red Sands Army Fort Gun Tower #2 & #3
Kayak paddles between Gun Tower #1 & Bofors Tower
'Sea
Vespa' motors around Forts |
Searchlight
Tower |
An unusual sight, flat calm but 5 miles from nearest land at Foulness
Kayak under Bofors Tower
Shouting across checking they had saftey equipment and radio
leader to left assured they were wisely fully kitted
Kayak group leaving for an hour and a halfs paddle back to the Isle-of-Sheppey
Mainland at Seasalter tide was on flood so will take them westard
Leaving Red Sands
'Meuse River' Hopper Dreger IMO 9866988
Inbound Oaze Deep
General Cargo Ship Seacon 'Charente' IMO 9155676
Outward bound Oaze Deep
Container Ship 'A2B Future' IMO 9122241
Otward bound in the Warp
Chemical Oil Tanker 'Theodor Essberger' IMO 9403906
Outward bound in the Warp
Ro-Ro Ferry 'Ostrand' IMO 9087362
Outward bound in the Warp
Tug 'Svitzer Monarch' IMO 9756470
at Sheerness Docks
Tug 'Svitzer Ramsey' IMO 9440899
at Sheerness Docks
Cement Carrier 'Cemvale' IMO 9048287
at Sheerness Docks
Cement Carrier 'Cemvale' IMO 9048287
at Sheerness Docks
'NACC Kingdom' IMO 9135486
at Sheerness Docks
Car Carrier 'Auto Eco' IMO 9736365
at Sheerness Docks
'Yesterday' the 'Pilot' right with her sister vessels on the River Thames at Gravesend (1970's)
from the X-Pilot Achive
'Flashback' to the Mystery Jets aboard filming 'Bubblegum' in 2016 with the red Sands Radio Antenna still standing
X-Pilot on the ATL (All Tide Landing, Queenborough (14th September 2024)
For Thames Estuary, Medway and Thames Cruises X-Pilot Sailings