May 2008

On sale: Thu, 1 May 2008

Swan Hunter Pictorial - A look at rise and fall of the renowned Tyne shipsbuilder Swan Hunter, builder of famous vessels such as the liner Mauretania and supertanker Esso Northumbria.

Home Lines? happy wanderer - Recalling the varied career of the liner Italia.
Peter C. Kohler

Puget Sound port - Profile of one of the great shipping and trading centres of North America, and its many ports.
Jim Shaw

Paper boats - British cargo ships built to carry newsprint.
Roy Fenton

Flying the waves - Development of a Canadian Navy hydrofoil.
Patrick Boniface

Scottish Innovators - History of Glasgow?s Allan Line Steamship Co, family-owned operator of North Atlantic liners.
Malcolm Cooper

Ship for all Seasons - Recollections of a bosun?s mate on HMS Contest during his time as a national serviceman.
James Hendrie

The Silver Lined Fleet - History of a successful British cargo company.
Peter Newall

Waterfront - Latest news includes light tenders at Dun Laoghaire and new craft for Serco Denholm.

Ferry - Fast craft at Plymouth, Viking at Douglas, Finnjet in Genoa and the SeaFrance strike.
Russell Plummer

Cruise - Cunard?s Queens in Sydney, Louis retires veterans and NCL?s one ship in Hawaii.
Tony Davis

Naval - Last of the RFA Knights, latest US destroyer and Sandown class minehunters moving away.
Gary Davies

Cargo - Cargo news from Goole, the MSC and Alang.
Roy Cressey

Preservation - Rame Head, Ryde and Swiss paddlers featured.
Nick Hall

Ships poster - Pull out and keep poster featuring the Trinity House vessel Mermaid alongside at Harwich.