No. 362 April 2020

April 2020

Front cover

The 118gt Pilot vessel Knab of Lerwick Harbour Trust. She was built in 2006 by Rigas Kb at Riga. See Port of Call article.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
Sis Ellerman Passenger Liners of the 1920s

A DAY WORKING WITH THE SOUTHAMPTON/SOLENT PILOT CREWS

CARDIFF MARINE OF GREECE
The Shipping Empire of George Economu

LAST TO LEAVE THE SHIP

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in April 1940

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS
The Hindsia and the Pass of Glenclunie

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
The Artists and Shipping of Trieste

PORT OF CALL
Lerwick

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Sutherland SS Co. Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
Coronavirus chaos, CMV fleet changes

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

FERRY NEWS
Ireland-Spain changes, E-Flexer debut

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Stena Estrid

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Greenock

READERS’ CORNER
Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS
South Wales Tugs, The T.I.D. Tugs of World War Two, RMS Mauretania, CalMac Shipping in the 1970s