No. 371 February 2021

February 2021

Front cover

The 26,454grt liner America of United States Lines. She was built in 1940 by Newport News Shipbuilding for the US Government

Photo by Don Smith/Photo-Transport.com

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – America

ALBERT BALLIN – The Father of Modern Cruise Ship Travel

SHORT TRIPS IN 1960 – The Taranaki and the Port Halifax

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in February 1941

THE ARCADIA IN ALASKA – Alaskan Pioneer in 1970

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – The Silverfalcon

TIME SERVED ON THE LEVERNBANK

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Queen Beetle

PORT OF CALL – Oslo

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Moss Hutchison Line

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Viking Luxury for China, New Terminal for Southampton

FERRY NEWS – Viking Grounding, Irish Sea Anniversaries

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Zeebrugge

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Australian Coastal Steamships – Part Four

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – The Lancastria Tragedy, All at Sea in the 1960s, A Tramp for all Oceans, Ocean Fleets