No. 348 February 2019

February 2019

Front cover

The 16,893grt Ville de Bordeaux was built in 1978 by Kaldnes MV at Tonsberg. She later sailed as Seatrain West Point, Hapag Lloyd Kiel, Red Sea Entente, Lontue, Vermeer, Portinari and King Honor before being broken up at Alang in August 2011.
See article on page 54.

Photo by Fotoflite

Contents

FEATURES

18 MEMORABLE SHIPS
Warwickshire and Leicestershire

24 NAVIG8 AND GENER8
The Major ‘Navigate’ and ‘Generate’ Tanker Group

33 THE PRIDE OF WALES

36 CAPTAIN DAVID MUNRO
From Cabin Boy to Captain – Part One

40 THE DORSET TO AUSTRALIA

42 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Cie Maritime Belge – Part Two

46 PORT OF CALL
Yangon

54 FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Compagnie Havraise Péninsulaire

REGULARS

4 NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

8 CRUISE NEWS
Re-inventing Mardi Gras, P&O fined

11 CRUISE SHIPS PORTS OF CALL
Cruise ship calls around the UK in February

12 FERRY NEWS
New hope for Dunkirk veteran, Balaeria bonanza

14 NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Bravenes

34 PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Valletta in August 1978

62 READERS’ CORNER
Identify the Unknown Ship

64 BOOK REVIEWS
The Burns & Laird family interets in the formation of Coast Lines, The Great Liners – Episode 43,
A Photographic History of the Orient Line, The Titanic Pocket Book