No. 410 May 2024

May 2024

Front cover

The 75,059dwr LNG tanker British Merchant of BP. She was built in 2003 by Samsung at Koje. In 2018 she joined Silver Energy SA as Merchant. See article on the Design Classes of BP Tankers

Photo by FotoFlite

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
The Brazilian ‘White Swans’ – Part Three

THE DESIGN CLASSES OF BP TANKERS
Over a century of design classes

THE FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER VICTORIOUS
The famous carrier that joined the US Navy in WWII

A SHORT TRIP THAT GOT LONGER AND LONGER
MV Larchbank

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in May 1944

CADETS IN LUXURY ON THE ARCADIA
Cruising – May to October 1954

EUXINE SHIPPING
A Short History

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Everards around the Coast – Exeter, Exouth, West Bay and Poole

PORT OF CALL
Ipswich

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Nitrate Producers Steamship Co. Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
American Queen Voyages cease sailings, Carnival update

FERRY NEWS
Stena update, Isles of Scilly await Aremiti 5

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Windea Intrepid and Windea Courageous

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Saint Maarten

BOOK REVIEWS
Hythe’s Hotspurs, Arctic Convoy PQ18, Churchill’s Atlantic Convoys, William Schaw Lindsay