Not a good week so far for guests arriving on the liners at St Peter Port. The Minerva arrived yesterday on a foggy morning which did not lend itself to show Guernsey at its best. The Minerva has a interesting history, with its hull originally intended as a Russian Spy Ship, the hull is ice-classified, and has gone through many owners by sales of the parent company. The Minerva was extensively refitted for the 2012 season.
The Minerva was on a long stay on Monday and did not leave until 2100 for what should have been and idyllic evening on the anchorage with the sun setting over St Peter Port. It did not happen, and she left for Portland on a misty mid-summer night.
Wednesday should have brought the Saga Ruby to Guernsey on her journey from Cobh but the conditions were not good for tenders and Captain Dunlop continued on course to the liner's home port of Dover. This was probably the last chance that the island had to see the Saga Ruby before she is taken out of service. These photos are from a earlier visit in April 2008 where she stayed into the night off Castle Cornet.
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