No. 384 March 2022

March 2022

Front cover

The 2,065gt supply ship Grampian Frontier was built in 1997 by Yorkshire Dry Dock Co. at Hull. She is in North Star Shipping’s present fleet. See article on North Star Shipping.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Two Dutch Princesses

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in March 1942

NORTH STAR SHIPPING OF ABERDEEN – Trawlers, Standby Ships, Supply Ships, Wind Farm Service, Operational Vessels

MV YEOMAN BANK

THE SIXTY MILERS OF THE NSW COAST

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Thames Barges on Art Cards – Part Two

PORT OF CALL – Bari and Brindisi

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Alexander Shipping Co. Ltd.

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – New chapter for MSC, New Covid issues

FERRY NEWS – New beginnings and endings, Condor for Weymouth?

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Svitzer Suez 1

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in June 1968

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – P&O Ferries, The Development of Crude Oil Tankers, The Practical Guide to Celestial Navigation, The Life of a Boat