Moment 58,000-ton cruise ship squeezes into tiny Cornish port dwarfing dozens of moored sailing boats
THIS is the moment a 58,000-ton cruise ship squeezed into a tiny Cornish port.
Dozens of moored sailing boats were dwarfed when German vessel Vasco da Gama sailed into Fowey and dominated the waters.
The monster boat carrying 1,258 passengers moved into the port where it looked to be the same height as nearby churches.
Mesmerising photos show the passenger ship sail into a tight space between yachts and fishing boats.
Weighing around 60,000 tonnes and measuring at 236m (775ft) long, Vasco da Gama even made tourist ferries shrink.
Carrying more than half of the town’s population, some locals were concerned the Nicko Cruises-operated boat would pump toxins into the air.
But Fowey’s Harbour Master Captain Paul Thomas said the ship was a “big deal” for tourism in the town.
Polruan Coastwatch station manager Ray Wrigg added: “She’s well up – I can’t see many of the houses immediately opposite.
“That gives you an idea of how high she is.”
The ship moored at the port in May with residents and tourists being left in awe.
It’s arrival came shortly before a small dock in Edinburgh was visited by a similar sized liner.
The Port of Leith welcomed the enormous Carnival Legend as part of a trial of their new deep water berth in July.
The massive 8,500 tonne cruise ship is 293m long – the length of three football pitches – and can carry over 2,000 passengers and 930 crew members.
More likely to be spotted near Hawaii, Alaska or the Caribbean rather than the Scottish capital, the Carnival Legend is the largest vessel to ever dock in the Leith port’s history.