No. 401 August 2023

August 2023

Front cover

The 16,144gt Athena arriving at Barcelona on 8th April 2011. She is the oldest cruise ship still afloat at the age of 75 and made the headlines in 1956 when, as the Stockholm, she collided with and sank the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956. See this month’s Port of Call article.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Federico C

SAMUEL CUNARD – A biography of a man whose name is synonymous with cruise ships

THE SAGA OF PALMERS OF JARROW

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in August 1943

OLD TIGERS OF THE FAR EAST – Part One

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Everards around the Coast – Part Ten

PORT OF CALL – Barcelona

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Hunting & Son Ltd. of Newcastle

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Queen Anne float out, Portsmouth’s largest ship

FERRY NEWS – Conquering the Channel, Corran Ferry problems

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Bore Way, Bore Wave, Bore Wind

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Barcelona 2017