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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News Round-up - The latest news on what is happening in the British shipping industry today End of a naval era - The closure of the Portland Naval Base ends a tradition that can be traced back to Henry V111 A family affair - A brief history of the Larrinaga S.S. Co., one of Liverpool's most famous deep-sea tramp shipping companies. Merchant Navy 1945 - The latest instalment in the popular series listing the British shipping companies and their ships in 1945. The FotoFlite File - Another selection of photographs from the files of FotoFlite, Britain's premier aerial photographer of ships. New ship for P. & 0. - An impressive picture of the latest ship to join the fleet of P. & 0., the container ship Repulse Bay. Intelligence aids convoy - Fifty years ago, packs of U-boats were gathered in the North Atlantic, waiting to attack Allied convoys. But the U-boat commanders did not realise that their coded messages were being broken. Explorers off to Africa - Elder Dempster Line took delivery of a class of cargo liners known as the Explorer class; but only one was a true explorer Merchant Ships of Yesterday - Ships of the Federal S.N. Co. feature in this montj's selection of photographs from John Clarkson, of Preston. Chariots of fire raid base - The Royal Navy embarked on a new form of underwater warfare and its first successful attack was at Palermo. . ÃÃ
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