Contents
FEATURES
MEMORABLE SHIPS – Pretoria Castle and Edinburgh Castle
CARGO HANDLING FOR UNION-CASTLE
SHIPS ON STAMPS
80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in December 1939
CHAMPION OF THE SEAS
FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – Part Two – Going Overboard
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Services to India: British India SN Co. – The glory years
PORT OF CALL – Thames Nostalgia
FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Nationalised Electricity Colliers
REGULARS
NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world
CRUISE NEWS – Magnifica Evo-Lution, Northwest Passages
CRUISE SHIPS PORTS OF CALL – Cruise ship calls around the UK in December
FERRY NEWS – All change for Newcastle-Ijmuiden, Galicia float out
NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Ellen
PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton
READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship
BOOK REVIEWS – Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970, The War for the Seas, High Tea on the Cunard Queens, Beware the Porthole