No. 385 April 2022

April 2022

Front cover

The 2,532gt cruise ship Sea Cloud of Sea Cloud Cruises was built in 1931 by Krupp Germania at Kiel as the private yacht Hussar. She is seen here in Bridgetown, Barbados in February 2009. See Port of Call article.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Saga, Hispania and Patricia

STUFT – Merchant Ships in the Falklands War – Part One

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in April 1942

THE FLYING ENTERPRISE – A true account of a ship’s Master staying with his ship until the very last moment

JUMBO FLEET OF HEAVY LIFTERS – Heavy Lift and Offshore fleet of the Jumbo Shipping Co.

MEMORIES OF A SHORT TRIP TO THE ‘MED’ – MV Vives

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Soviet Russian Shipping – Passenger Ships 1917-1950

PORT OF CALL – Barbados

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Watergate SS Co., R.S. Dalgleish Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Troubled waters for Genting, Princess fined again

FERRY NEWS – New P&O ferry, Stena update

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – The Duchess

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Rea Towing tugs at Liverpool

READERS’ CORNER – Can you Identify the unknown ship