No. 372 March 2021

March 2021

Front cover

The 11,720gt Hjaltland of Northlink Ferries leaving Aberdeen on 7th September 2013.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Three Spanish “Sisters”

VLADIMIR YOURKEVITCH – A history of this Ship Designer

HOW MY NAUTICAL CAREER STARTED – Commander Peter Tambling and the SS Sneyd

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in March 1941

HONG KONG ‘DUSTBINS’ – A look at shipping during the 50’s and 60’s in Hong Kong

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – The Rangitoto

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – The Renaissance of the Greeks – Part One

PORT OF CALL – Orkney

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Lambert Bros.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Marco Polo to be scrapped, Others will follow

FERRY NEWS – New DFDS Route, 2020 ends in Tiers

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Eidsvaag Opal

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Liverpool in April 1969

READERS’ CORNER – Guess the Unknown Ship for a chance to win a book

BOOK REVIEWS – Britain and the Ocean Road, Boat Trains, Never to Sail in Her, Ocean Freighter Heyday