No. 359 January 2020

January 2020

Front cover

The much loved Uganda of British India.

Photo by Fotoflite

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
A Quartet of Duchesses

SILVERSEA CRUISES
The First 25 Years

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in December 1939

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS
Snacker, First Trip as a Deckie Learner

SECOND HAND POLISH SHIPPING
Part One – 1947-1959

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Services to India: B.I. – An Indian Summer

PORT OF CALL
Saint John (NB)

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Passenger travel on British and American Banana Ships

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
Three deliveries in three days, Wind of change

CRUISE SHIPS PORTS OF CALL
Cruise ship calls around the UK in January

FERRY NEWS
DFDS deal cancelled, Alfred arrives in Orkney

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Mick and Keith

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Falmouth in July 1967

READERS’ CORNER
Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS
The Man Who Discovered Antarctica, Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, Sealink British Ferries, Ships of Splendour