Cruise ships are regular visitors to Halifax during the summer months, but things ramp up in September and October, sometimes with three or more in port at a time - sometimes they can be seen arriving in a line in the harbour approaches. Friday only saw two arrivals, but at least they did line up for a photo.
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| Zuiderdam and Serenade of the Seas. |
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| Zuiderdam. |
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| Serenade of the Seas. |
The Grey Funnel Line was also active this week. HMCS ST. JOHN'S was busy getting ready for a training cruise, which may be combined with a relief mission to hurricane stricken locations down south, Hurricane Irma having just devastated several islands and now heading for Florida.
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| HMCS ST. JOHN'S. |
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| HMCS ST. JOHN'S. |
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| HMCS ST. JOHN'S. |
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| HMCS ST. JOHN'S. |
On Friday, HMCS MONTREAL arrived back in Halifax from a training cruise.
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| HMCS MONTREAL. |
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| HMCS MONTREAL. |
On the port side of her funnel, in a location where RHIBs are normally carried, there were two Meggitt Hammerhead target drones stacked.
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| The Meggitt Hammerhead drone can be see to the left beside the funnel, and there seems to be another under it. |
Hammerheads are remote control drones that are used for training and target practice. They are built locally by A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. for Meggitt Training Systems.
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