FREDERICTON was working up at sea this week, and I was lucky enough to catch her just as she weighed anchor and headed out of Halifax Harbour on Wednesday last week. When I boarded the ferry, the engines were running as apparent from the funnel emissions.
The next image shows the decommissioned Deep Panuke platform in the background at the Woodside pier. This platform left Halifax later in the week, destined to be broken up at Sheet Harbour.
With the anchor hauled up, the ship starts to turn to head out. The NSCC building is in the background.
After leaving the ferry, I rushed out to the end of Cable Wharf to get some more photos, arriving just in time to capture FREDERICTON as she passed Georges Island. I was fortunate that there was still a bit of a light show left over in the sky from sunrise.
Passing the lighthouse on Georges Island.
FREDERICTON returned to Halifax in July after a 6-month NATO deployment during which her Cyclone helicopter crashed and 6 members of her complement were killed. In recent weeks, she has started operating a Cyclone again.
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