No. 365 August 2020

August 2020

Front cover

The 53,330grt United States was built in 1952 by Newport News Shipbuilding. This month celebrates the 70th anniversary of her keel laying. See article on SS United States.

Photo by Don Smith/Phototransport.com

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Blue Funnel ‘P’ and ‘H’ class of 1949-1951

ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO – The Inter-War Years to Today

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in July and August 1940

SS UNITED STATES – 70th Anniversary of her Keel Laying

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – Senior Ordinary Seaman

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – American East Coast Steamships – Part Two

PORT OF CALL – Suez and the Suez Canal

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Royal Hungarian Adria Sea Navigation Co.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Covid-19 update, Spirit of Adventure delayed

FERRY NEWS – Insolvency for FSG, Stena News

NEWBUILDS OF THE MONTH – Island Discovery and Island Aurora

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Piraeus

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – White Star Liners at War, River Thames Shipping since 2000, The Great Liners-47, No Earthly Pole