No. 377 August 2021

August 2021

Front cover

The 184,089gt Iona, P&O’s newest ship departing from Southampton on 8th June. (See this month's Cruise News.)

Photo by Andrew Cooke

Contents

Features

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Thoresen Vikings

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BELSHIPS  – Christen Smith, The Pioneer of the Heavy Lifters

THE VICTIMS OF HONG KONG’S TYPHOONS 1960s-1980s

AN ENCHANTING STORY HMS – Enchantment to Lady Enchantress

80 YEARS AGO British Merchant – Ships lost in August 1941

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – United Baltic Company

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – The Renaissance of the Greeks – Part Six

PORT OF CALL – Mumbai

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – The Northern Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd.

 

Regulars

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Iona’s Homecoming, Rotterdam trials

FERRY NEWS P&O – update, Latest disposals

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH SAAM – Acaxual and SAAM Centzunat

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in October 1967

READERS’ CORNER – Identify the Unknown Ship