News Round-up: News of a major boost planned for the Royal Navy with new aircraft carriers and a new class of destroyer; the Master of a ship involved in a collision with the Nab Tower has been fined; and an appeal has been launched for a Fleet Air Arm memorial.
Report on fire on board a cross-Channel ferry.
Ships of Shame: Foreign flag ships that failed port safety checks in October.
Merchant Navy 1932: The next instalment of the series that lists British ship-owners and their fleet in 1932.
Cock tugs of the Mersey.
FotoFlite File.
Merseyside Memories, four pages of photographs of ships that used the Mersey in the 1960s.
Details and pictures on the world's largest cruise ship, the Voyageur of the Seas, built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland, and which entered service with Royal Caribbean International at the end of last year.
History of the Sugar Line.
Navy's role in jet crash disaster.
Merchant Ships of Yesterday: Ships of MacAndrews Line
Warships of Yesterday:
Letters and Reader's Requests.
Book and Video Reviews.
Classified Advertisements.
FRONT: The world's largest cruise ship, the Voyageur of the Seas, 142,000grt, of Royal Caribbean International and built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland - see page 28.
BACK: The Duke class, Type 23, frigate H.M.S. Montrose; ordered in 1988. she was built by Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Glasgow, and entered service in 1994.