Ships Monthly Magazine - December 2019

In this issue

NAVAL
Finland’s Squadron 2020 project, Prince of Wales trials, China’s first helicopter carrier, and HMAS Hobart leads Task Group. Gary Davies.

MARITIME MOSAIC
Photos of ships in the Clyde in the 1960s, when the various docks were very busy. Bob Wright.

TWO EAGLES
Review of the two aircraft carriers HMS Eagle, which played a major part in Royal Navy carrier aviation in the 20th century. Conrad Waters..

Spirit Of Discovery

Saga Cruises’ first new cruise ship in its history, Spirit of Discovery, made her debut in July. William Mayes went on board to assess the facilities on the new ship, which is arguably the most significant new cruise ship for Britain since Oriana of 1995.

5 mins

Hebridean Isles West Coast Stalwart

Marking her 35th anniversary in 2020, Caledonian MacBrayne’s long-serving stalwart Hebridean Isles can be found as one of two regular vessels serving Islay on Scotland’s west coast. Mark Nicolson looks at a vessel which is a popular sight wherever she goes, with her name appropriately reflecting the areas served by CalMac.

4 mins

Space Ships

Patrick Boniface describes the ocean ships that recovered the space ships involved in the Apollo and Skylab missions of the 1960s and 1970s.

7 mins

Bravo!

Memories of the decrepit-looking cargo ship Bravoaltona arriving at Avonmouth in September 1976, and an awareness of a fleet of former Dutch ships with names commencing Bravo, led Malcolm Cranfield to research two different Greek-owned fleets.

3 mins

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