Photos by Ray o Donoghue

HMS DEFENDER D36 escorted by Gerry o Sullivan and Alex approaching her berth at Marino Point, Cork.She is the fifth of six Daring Class Type 45 Destroyers completed from 2008 to 2013.The others are Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon and Duncan.

LUKE leaving Cork,passing Passage West,en route to Fredericia,Denmark.

DSG ALEX escorting HMS DEFENDER to her berth at Marino Point,Cork.

ARKLOW CASTLE loading scrap metal for Barriero,Portugal, at Passage West,Cork.. She arrived the short distance from Ringaskiddy after unloading a cargo from Norway.

LE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW P64,minus her weaponry,due to be fitted, alongside her sister LE WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS P63 at the Cobh cruise liner terminal.

LE WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS P63 alongside at the Port of Cork cruise liner terminal, Cobh. Alongside her is the latest addition to the Irish Navy, LE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW P64, seen here without her main gun,side cannons and machine guns soon to be fitted.

BALTIC SWIFT loading at Whitegate oil refinery for Immingham,U.K.

BBC PEARL alongside the wharf at Cork Dockyard.

POLAR COSTA RICA leaving Cork Harbour for TIlbury,U.K.The Harbour town of Cobh is in the background.

PONT AVEN leaving Cork Harbour on her weekly run to Roscoff,France.

SAN ANTONIO leaving Cork Harbour for Skagen,Denmark.

AILEEN M towing in Cork Harbour.

AILEEN M towing B802,an empty split hopper barge,arriving back for another load of silt at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour.

SAMSKIP EXPRESS leaving Cork Harbour for Waterford.

ARKLOW VALOUR arriving in Cork Harbour from Southampton,U.K.

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS P63 leaving Cork Harbour.

MY MELODY arriving in Cork Harbour with a cargo from Mantoudi,Greece.

NORDISABELLA leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,U.K. Pilot boat is Failte.

POLAR ECUADOR leaving Cork Harbour for Tilbury,U.K. Cobh is the town in the background.

OCEAN BANK towing the split hopper barge B801 .

FURE FERDER loading at Whitegate oil refinery for Le Harve.

ARKLOW VENUS arriving in Cork Harbour where she will drop anchor while waiting a berth at Ringaskiddy.

FRI OCEAN at anchor at the Cobh roads.

CORENTINE at Ballycotton pier.

KERSINY in from the fishing grounds and about to tie up at Dingle pier.

FIONA K II arriving back in Dingle from Douarnenez,France.

MAM AN ORAIGH returning to Dingle on a damp and misty afternoon.

CELTIC QUEST alongside the pier at Dingle.

LADY LAURA leaving Dingle on another harbour tour.

TERESA MAE alongside the quay in Dingle.

NUEVO SANTILLANA landing her catch at Dingle pier.

LADY BREDA back in Dingle after a harbour tour.

TRICKY BUSINESS alongside the pier at Dingle.

POLAR ARGENTINA arriving in Cork Harbour. She is one of six sisters. the others being Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru.

RNLI B892 towing Thrill Ride back to Crosshaven.

EEMS TRAVELLER at anchor off Cork Harbour while waiting for a berth at Ringaskiddy.

MEIN SCHIFF 3 at the Port of Cork cruise liner terminal,Cobh. She sails later for Southampton.

MAINPORT PINE leaving Cork Harbour for Las Palmas and then on to Walvis Bay,Namibia.

POLAR CHILE,escorted by DSG TITAN, arriving in Cork Harbour en route to Ringaskiddy. Cobh a busy port of call for cruise liners can be seen in the background. Hamburg Sud ships are now part of the Danish shipping line Maersk.

TWISTER at anchor in the Cobh roads off Whitegate oil refinery.

ARKLOW CADET loading scrap metal at Passage West for Barriero, Portugal.

HARPY alongside the Marina in Bantry.

ARKLOW FALCON loading scrap metal at Passage West in Cork Harbour for Barriero,Portugal.

PELES loading at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour for Pasajes,Spain.

ARKLOW VANGUARD leaving Cork Harbour for New Ross.

MINERVA ZENIA leaving Whitegate oil refinery in Cork Harbour.

STOLT GREENSHANK leaving Cork Harbour for Stanlow,UK.

OCEAN SUPPORTER, a recent addition to the Atlantic Towage fleet, approaching the pier in Bantry.

CONNEMARA leaving Cork Harbour for Santander,Spain.She had arrived earlier in the morning after an overnight sailing from Roscoff,France.

VEMAHONESTY leaving Cork Harbour for Vlissingen in the Netherlands.She had just completed bunkering Brittany Ferries Connemara at Ringaskiddy.