No. 383 February 2022

February 2022

Front cover

Elder Dempster’s 11,651grt Apapa berthed at Liverpool. She was built in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow. In 1968 she became Taipooshan of Shun Cheong SN Co. before being broken up in 1975. See West Africa Passenger Liners article.

Photo by Don Smith/photo-transport.com

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Victoria of 1931
WEST AFRICA PASSENGER LINERS
80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in February 1942
A TRIBUTE TO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TAIKOO SHIPYARD, HONG KONG – Extracted and edited from the Far Eastern Review, 1924
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Thames Barges on Art Cards – Part One
PORT OF CALL – Walvis Bay
FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Greek Line

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world
CRUISE NEWS – Silversea latest, MSC update
FERRY NEWS – New colours for Channel favourite, Route revived
NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Michael H. Ollis
PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Avonmouth in 1967
READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship
BOOK REVIEWS – PS Ryde, RMS Queen Mary, The Ship Models, The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks