No. 404 November 2023

November 2023

Front cover

The 2,355grt Aberthaw Fisher of James Fisher. She was built in 1966 by Ailsa Shipbuilding at Troon and finished her career as the mining dredger Moonstar. She was broken up in 2000.

Photo by FotoFlite

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS
Himalaya and Chusan

JAMES FISHER & SONS LTD. OF BARROW
175 Years of Shipowning and Enterprise

LIGHTS OUT
The Royal Sovereign Lighthouse

TEN CENTURIES OF THE WOOLWICH FERRY
A brief history of this Thames crossing

80 YEARS AGO
British Merchant Ships lost in November 1943

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Everards around the Coast – Part 13

PORT OF CALL
Port of Tyne

FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Clan Line in Post World War II Years

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS
MSC partners Formula 1, Britannia mishap

FERRY NEWS
Further delay for Glen Sannox, Condor Islander arrives

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Explora I

PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Bergen in 2015