before heading out tomorrow for ports unknown.

The 453-foot Perry class frigates -- the USS Halyburton and the USS Nicholas are stopping over to reprovision before heading back out to sea.

The Nicholas is expected to anchor offshore while the Halyburton will tie up at Dockyard, John S. Darrell's Saleem Talbot yesterday told The Royal Gazette .

Meanwhile the Ukrainian-registered MV Fatezh paid an unscheduled visit to the Island on Tuesday morning after taking a beating in this week's gale.

The 379-foot, 6,079-ton bulk carrier was enroute from Savannah, Georgia, to Las Palmas, Spain, carrying general cargo but was forced to divert when her load shifted during the storm.

At anchor in the Great Sound, the Fatezh was expected to head back to sea late yesterday or early today, said Mr. Talbot.

Meanwhile Stephen Paynter at Meyer Agency reports The Bermuda Islander and Somers Isle made their scheduled stopovers before heading back out into the storm.

Somers Isle on Sunday unloaded a total of 89 containers including 13 refers, one power boat, and 49 bundles of lumber. She set sail Monday for Fernandina Beach, Florida.

The Bermuda Islander arrived Monday to off load a total of 110 containers including 13 refers. She sailed out Tuesday for Salem, New Jersey.

Container Ship Management's Oleander also made her scheduled run from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, and off-loaded a total of 119 containers including 32 refers, said spokesperson Glennis Dickinson.

She was also carrying four cars, one maffis of electrical switching parts, one 55,000-pound concrete shelter, three electrical poles, and 54 pieces of lumber. The Oleander sailed back to New Jersey at noon on Tuesday.

Harbour Radio meanwhile reports two ships made unscheduled stopovers earlier this week.

The Panamanian registered Star Geiranger evacuated a crew member complaining of stomach pains on the morning of December 5.

The 655-foot general cargo carrier, sailing from Charleston, South Carolina, to Rotterdam, resumed her journey shortly after.

On Tuesday the Panamanian registered Pauline Marie I sailed into St. George's Harbour seeking shelter from heavy seas.

The 222-foot general cargo carrier was enroute to New Bedford, Massachusetts, from the Canary Islands.