No. 394 January 2023

January 2023

Front cover

The 27,632grt Oronsay of Orient Line in the KGV dock in August 1967. She was built in 1952 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow. On 7th October 1975 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up by Nan Feng Steel Enterprises. See article on the World’s largest graving dock.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Australia, Neptunia & Oceania

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in January 1943

DIANA SHIPPING OF GREECE

WHAT’S IN A NAME – The unlucky Liverpools

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRAVING DOCK – The King George V dock in Southampton

A WORKING LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME INDUSTRY

THE STORY OF THE HSU FAMILY’S SHIPPING DYNASTY – Eddie SS Co., Oak Maritime and Sincere Navigation

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Everards around the Coast – Part Three

PORT OF CALL – Saint Martin/Sint Maarten

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – George Pyman & Sons

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – New Icon is all at sea, World Class delivery

FERRY NEWS – Connemara to leave, Cowes Floating Bridge problems

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Seacat Columbia

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in May 2022

BOOK REVIEWS – Stena Line, River Thames Dockland Heritage, Leith Built Ships – Volume 3, Olympic, Titanic, Britannic