QV Russian Rendezvous II - On passage Gdynia to Southampton 4/5 Jul 08

11th April 2009

As the pickings on the way north from Zeebrugge had not been particularly rich, I hadn’t expected a lot of action in terms of ship photography on the way back again. However, as luck would have it, on the first day out from Gdynia, Captain Rynd decided that there would be just enough water under the keel to allow him to take Queen Victoria through the Drogden Channel that passes between the islands of Saltholm and Amager close to Copenhagen instead of taking the more conventional route that passes closer to the Swedish shore. This allowed him to trim a significant distance of the journey home but also provided me with an unexpected bonus in terms of ship photography. The passage produced a number of interesting ships, the weather and visibility were excellent, and the route through the channel meant that it was possible to photograph each passing ship from two or three different angles. The second day, on the other hand, was almost a ship free zone, so I’ve tacked the three that I did get onto the end of this collection.

Norholm	Finnkraft	Trelleborg	Trelleborg
Trelleborg	Finnkraft, Trelleborg	Bro Elizabeth	Bro Elizabeth
Seine Highway	Nils Holgersson	Nils Holgersson	Snow Crystal