No. 364 June/July 2020

June/July 2020

Front cover

The 9,976gt cruise ship Le Champlain of Ponant Cruises in Reykjavik in August 2019. She was built in 2018 by Vard Tulcea in Romania.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Ancerville

ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO (Part One) – The Early Years

FIRST AND LAST – Victims of the Battle of the Atlantic

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in June 1940

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – Our Slow Boat to China comes home

THE DAZZLE PAINTED SHIPS OF WWI

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – American East Coast Steamships (Part One)

PORT OF CALL – Reykjavik

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Hall Brothers Steamship Co.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Covid-19 update, Iona floated out

FERRY NEWS – Chaos caused by Covid-19, P&O problems

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Nairana

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Liverpool in August 1967

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – River Thames Shipping since 2000, Arctic Convoy PQ8, Leith Built Ships, Bretagne