No. 331 September 2017

September 2017

Front cover

The 8,397gt Wiebke of S.A.L. was built in 2000 by Sietas at Neuenfelde.

Photo by FotoFlite

Contents

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Papenburg Sisters

S.A.L. HEAVY LIFT OF HAMBURG – 150 years of a family of shipowners

BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS – Lost in October 1917

TUILLIER – A major family of Swiss shipowners – Part Three

FIRST TRIPPER – The Sheaf Wear

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Midnight Sun (Part Five)

PORT OF CALL – Tristan Da Cunha

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – United Netherlands Navigation Co.

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Carnival Newbuild, Majestic Ceremony

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

FERRY NEWS – Newbuild for Brittany Ferries, Red Funnel sold

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – ALP Future Class

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

EDITOR’S MAILBOX – Readers’ letters

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – The Hovercraft, London Docks in the 1960s, Sailing Ships of the Bristol Channel, Sea Charts of the British Isles