Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News Round-up.
Foreign ships detained.
London-Gothenburg link.
Incidents around the coast.
Merchant Navy 1932.
New University research ship.
The FotoFlite File
Drug smugglers sunk.
Unusual ship in Liverpool trade.
Merchant Ships at War.
The Victory ship.
Ships of the Vestey group, including Merchant Ships of Yesterday
Warships of Yesterday.
Cruise ships expected.
Letters and Readers Requests.
Book Reviews.
Classified advertisements.
FRONT: The Hong King-managed tanker New Venture. 291.640dwt. of New Dynasty Shipping Inc.; she was completed by Hitachi Zosen. Nagasu, in 1992.
Article Snippets
The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand passenger ferry Wahine, 4,436grt, completed by Barclay Curie & Co., Glasgow, in 1913. The ship remained in service until 1949 and served during the two World Wars. In August. 1951. the ship left Wellington with troops for Korea, and on Aug. 15, she was lost when she went aground on Masella Island, in the Arafura Sea. All the troops were rescued.