Mens-Interest
Ships Monthly
PROPULSION REVOLUTION
Jim Shaw summarises the efforts being made by the world’s shipping industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships, and how these efforts are reshaping marine propulsion and vessel design in light of new IMO 2020 regulations.
7 min |
January 2020
Ships Monthly
THE HISTORIC FERRY BORE
Thomas Rinaldi profiles the historic motor ship Bore, now a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard in Sweden as the car/passenger ferry Bore for the Steamship Company Bore.
7 min |
January 2020
Ships Monthly
On duty from the Thames to Mesopotamia
Russell Plummer recalls the contribution made by excursion ships and ferry paddle steamers, large and small, during the two World Wars.
7 min |
January 2020
Ships Monthly
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 min |
December 2019
Ships Monthly
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 min |
December 2019
Ships Monthly
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 min |
December 2019
Ships Monthly
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 min |
December 2019
Ships Monthly
The World's Biggest Ships
A decade and a half ago Ships Monthly reported on the world’s biggest ships and most have continued to grow, as Jim Shaw reports.
9 min |
May 2017
Ships Monthly
ACL G4 Class Profile Of The New G4 Class Of Con-ros
Matt Davies goes behind the scenes on Atlantic Container Line’s new G4 ships, which are the largest con-ros in the world.
2 min |
May 2017
Ships Monthly
A Great British Ship
SS Great Britain is a ship worthy of the name ‘Great’. When launched in 1843, she was the biggest ship in the world, had an iron hull and was fitted with a steam-powered propeller. James Hendrie describes her career, which ended with her being placed on display in Bristol, the city where she was built.
6 min |
May 2017
Ships Monthly
Ship of the Month Barfleur
Barfleur fresh from her 2015 overhaul in Santander, where the twin funnels were enlarged to accept new exhaust scrubbers.
5 min |
April 2017
Ships Monthly
A Palace on the Seas
During her career, HM Yacht Britannia sailed over a million miles, visited 135 different countries, and docked in around 600 ports. James Hendrie looks back at the famous ship’s career on the 20th anniversary of her departure from service.
6 min |
April 2017
Ships Monthly
HMS Hermes - A Ship Of Many Lives
Conrad Waters looks back over the career of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, which served two navies in a variety of roles.
6 min |
November 2017
Ships Monthly
Queen Elizabeth - A Carrier For The 21st Century
Conrad Waters assesses the Royal Navy’s newest – and largest – aircraft carrier, and its progress towards delivery and entry into service.
6 min |
December 2017
Ships Monthly
Remembering The Battleship - Queen Elizabeth
As the new HMS Queen Elizabeth is being readied to enter service, Paul Brown recalls the previous warship of the name, a battleship which saw action in both world wars.
7 min |
November 2017
Ships Monthly
IRMA Causes Serious Disruption
Apart from the loss of life and destruction caused to island communities in the Caribbean region by Hurricanes Irma and Maria
1 min |
December 2017
Ships Monthly
The Ship That Could Not Be Sold
The story of the 1928-built ship Glen Strathallan is one of private indulgence, national service and public benefaction, as Stephen Brown explains.
4 min |
December 2017
Ships Monthly
A View From The Bridge
Patrick Boniface talks to Iain ‘Archie’ Boyd, master of the tug/utility vessel Voe Vanguard.
2 min |
December 2017
Ships Monthly
Military Provides Relief
The UK and Netherlands governments have each diverted major naval assets from NATO tasking to assist with humanitarian relief efforts in their jurisdictions in the Caribbean after the region was devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
1 min |
December 2017
Ships Monthly
Chinese Classics
Malcolm Cranfield looks at Chinese shipowning in the post-war era, when international trade and fleet expansion were facilitated by the use of offshore companies and flags of convenience.
4 min |
May 2017
Ships Monthly
Khrushchev's Ship
Jim Shaw recalls a voyage he made on the 44-year-old classic liner Baltika in 1984, which regularly called at Tilbury.
7 min |
April 2017
Ships Monthly
Ark Royal
Dene Bebbington looks back at some of the aircraft carriers which carried on the illustrious name of Ark Royal.
7 min |