No. 358 December 2019

December 2019

Front cover

The 2,947grt collier James Rowan of the Central Electricity Generating Board was built in 1955 by Hall Russell at Aberdeen. On 6th July 1984 she arrived at Queen-borough to be broken up.

Photo by John B. Hill

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