No. 412 July 2024

July 2024

Front cover

The 30,285gt Stena Superfast VII leaving Belfast Lough heading for Cairnryan. She was built in 2001 by Howaldtswerke-DW at Kiel. See Port of Call article.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
The ‘French Scientist and Scholar’class’ Classic Liners

SMITH’S DOCK OF NORTH SHIELDS AND SOUTH BANK
The biggest Shiprepair and Shipbuilding yards in the world

FIRST TRIP ON THE SUGAR IMPORTER
A Merchant Seamans Memoir

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in June1944

HMS NORTHUMBERLAND
Type 23 Duke Class Frigate

UNITED AFRICA COMPANY
The Predecessors of Palm Line

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Everards around the Coast

PORT OF CALL
Stranraer and Cairnryan

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Moss Tankers Ltd

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
Queen Anne arrives, NCL cancels 20 cruises

FERRY NEWS
Guillame de Normandie floated out, Glen Rosa launched

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Hunt Class MkIV Hybrid Catamarans

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Nuuk in July 2022

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