No. 398 May 2023

May 2023

Front cover

The 12,619gt Stena Caledonia at Belfast. She was built in 1981 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast as the St. David, being renamed Stena Caledonia in 1991. Today she sails as the Port Link for ASDP Ferries in Indonesia. See article on the Four Irish Sea Sisters.

Photo by Neill Rush

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Mongolia

THE FOUR IRISH SEA SISTERS – Galloway Princess, St. Anselm, St. Christopher and St. David

A VOYAGE TO HONG KONG – The Bendoran

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in May 2023

THE ROTOR SAIL REVIVAL

LIKING THE LIBERTY SHIPS – The Maplebank

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

PORT OF CALL – Felixstowe

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Seajets, SH Diana naming, Allura for Oceania

FERRY NEWS – Calmac update, CMA CGM to buy La Méridionale

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Eco Trader 6800 Arklow Racer

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Bergen’s Fjordsteam Festival