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~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for June 2025 ~ 1of2 ~ ~ Clarity ~ alongside at Poole - May 2025
In mid-May there were some short-term changes at Channel Seaways. The company operates regular twice-weekly services between Poole and the Channel Islands - principally with their regular vessel Trinity chartered from Isle of Wight managed Faversham Ships who own a fleet of eight vessels. So whilst Trinity was away for maintenance another of the Faversham fleet - Clarity - stepped in to provide Channel Seaways’ services. Ships Dorset contributor Oliver Lee Park took these two photographs shortly after Clarity arrived in Poole.
~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for June 2025 ~ 2of2 ~ ~ Clarity ~ alongside at Poole - May 2025
Trinity and Clarity were spotted berthed together in Poole on 15th May … but by 19th May Trinity was entering dry-dock in Hull for her planned overhaul. Meanwhile, in Poole Clarity had picked up the regular Channel Seaways services. The ship is a “Damen Combi Freighter 3850” design - built and launched at the Dutch shipyard in 2011 as Calypso. Ownership passed to Faversham Ships in 2022. when the ship took the name Clarity.
Key Dimensions for Clarity … Gross Tonnage = 2,545 …Length = 89m … Beam = 13m … Deadweight Tonnage = 3,800 … Service Speed = 10 knots … Hold Dimensions = L63m x B10m x D8.4m … Grain Capacity = 5,250 cu. m … Container Capacity = 188TEU … in service since 2011.
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