No. 419 February 2025

February 2025

Front cover

The 2,871gt Platform supply ship Havila Aurora of Havilaship arriving at Aberdeen in September 2013. She was built in 2009 by Manuel Pires Guerreiro at Setubal and now sails as Oceanicasub XI for Oceanica Netherlands. See Port of Call.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
The Belorussiya Class (Part One)

A POSTCARD FROM…
International Maritime Museum Hamburg

75 YEARS AGO
A Chronicle of Shipping Events

THE ROYAL NAVY’S ATTACKERS AND ARCHERS
A Record of University RN Units

80 YEARS AGO
British Ships lost in February 1945

THE LOSS OF THE TUSCANIA
A Tragic Tale

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Norway with Everards and other artworks

PORT OF CALL
Aberdeen

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Adriatica’s Postwar Conventional Fleet

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world, including incidents, containers, and bulk & tanker ships.

CRUISE NEWS
NCL Update, Storm causes havoc with Ambience and Explorer of the Seas

FERRY NEWS
Bretagne and Hebridean Isles retired, Jersey contract issues

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Vertom Lisa

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Southampton in May 2013

BOOK REVIEWS
A Photographic History of P&O Cruises, Ships of the Clan Line, The Evolution of the Passenger Ship, MS Pont Aven