No. 391 October 2022

October 2022

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The 23,754grt Independence was built in 1950 by the Bethlehem Shipyard Corporation at Quincy. She joined C.Y Tung in 1974 and then in 1982 joined his Hawaiian Cruises as Independence. In 2006 she was renamed Oceanic and in 2009. She was renamed Platinum II for her final voyage to Alang. She ran agound there in February 2010 and was broken up in situ.
See this month’s Forgotten Fleets article.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The First Train Ferries

THE CENTENARY OF RETHYMNIS & KULUKUNDIS – London Greek Shipowners

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BRITISH TRAMP – The Clearpool

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in October 1942

THE DORSET TO NEW ZEALAND – Short article recalling a voyage as a steward’s boy

TEH HU SS CO. – Hong Kong Shipowners

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – The Ocean Tramp – Part Two

PORT OF CALL – Brunei Darussalam

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – American Export Lines

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Prima delivery, Cruising cull goes on

FERRY NEWS – Pentland Ferries incident, Tallink offload ships

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – RSD-E Tug 2513 Sparky

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in 2013

READERS’ CORNER – Answers to the Unknown Ship