No. 407 February 2024

February 2024

Front cover

P&O’s 27,955grt Himalaya at Cape Town in June 1968. She was built in 1949 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness. See the article on P&O – POVERTY AND OSTENTATION.

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
The Rotterdam Lloyd Inter-War Liners

THE STORY OF LIGHT VESSEL 81
A ‘Royal Sovereign’ that became known locally as ‘Mournful Mary’

POVERTY AND OSTENTATION
P&O in the 1950s

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in February 1944

THE SHIPPING FORECAST
British Merchant Ships lost in February 1944

THE JAUNTY LITTLE METCALF MOTOR COASTERS

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Everards around the coast – Looe to Plymouth

PORT OF CALL
Sydney

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Irish Shipping Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
Seabourn pair meet in Antarctic, Explora I debuts in Miami

FERRY NEWS
New service for Balearia, Irish Ferries update

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Ōita 12000TD Craft – Baien/Banri/Tanso

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Waverley and Shieldhall

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