Arrived this morning from Gibraltar for mobibization and is here until 31st August according to Harbour's website.
So she will have to shift for the Tall Ships.
Recent renaming as her lifeboats still have her former name, HARKAND DA VINCI, on them
Regards
Graham

Moving over from Battleship Wharf to take on bunkers at Bates this morning

On Bates tonight taken from the dark side - Cambois
Regards
Graham

Continuing the game of musical chairs, NOR DA VINCI and CS RECORDER at Battleship on 27th March
Regards
Graham

At the south side of the harbour again this afternoon.

NOR DA VINCI (9441233), Marshall Islands, 8691gt, completed Busan 9-2011
2011 GULMAR DA VINCI - 2012 IREMIS DA VINCI - 2013 HARKAND DA VINCI - 2016 NOR DA VINCI

.... so how many other DA VINCI names could she possibly have by the end of her career???

Blyth - 2 July 2017: Ron

They're still trying to find the Code.

A lifeboat crew sprang into action after a fire on a ship sparked a mayday call. Dive-support vessel NOR DA VINCI made the
call shortly after 1.10pm on Monday when a fire broke out in the engine room. The 8,700-tonne ship had left Blyth harbour and
was five nautical miles from the mouth of the River Tyne. A crew from the Tynemouth RNLI took to the water to help, arriving
at the scene eight minutes later to find that all 23 crew members were safe and the flames had been put out, but smoke was
still billowing from a pipe near the engine room. Two of the ship’s seven engines had to be shut off and they dropped anchor to
investigate the cause of the blaze. After more than two hours floating near to the east of the Tyne piers, with the RNLI lifeboat
standing by, the crew of the Nor Da Vinci located the fault and were able to set sail again. Adrian Don, Tynemouth RNLI
spokesman, said: “Our volunteer crew members responded to the alert as fast as possible, not knowing how bad the situation
was. “This could have been a major incident with the crew of the Nord Da Vinci potentially having to abandon ship but
thankfully they brought the fire under control quickly with no harm coming to anyone. “The lifeboat stood by in case the fire
restarted or any of the ships crew were injured during the firefighting and investigations of the cause.”
From Masmond Maritime clippings, currently in the River Scheldt
Regards
Graham

Hello,

YSE also went to Blyth on 30/7 and eat our sandwiches gazing at the mighty Nor Da Vinci and thinking she would still be in Blyth on our next visit in a few years time.



Some people obviously think that keeping her and her sister, Nor Artemis, at Blyth waiting for work is a big mistake, see:-

https://fromthesouthsea.com/2017/01/06/ ... a-problem/

And maybe the owners read the article as she promptly sailed the following day and caught fire. She went to Vlissingen and has now left there to sail to Galveston, Oh, Galveston.

Regards,
R.

"And maybe the owners read the article as she promptly sailed the following day and caught fire"
Richard I hope it wasn't a red-hot chili YSE sandwich tossed aside that did the trick