Regulars:
waterfront - Quantum of the Seas being float out, former HMS Plymouth goes for scrap, Windsor Castle     ' goes to Leith and Ferguson shipyard doses.
Ferry - Condor buys trimaran, upgrade for Barfleur, end of road for LD routes. Russell Plummer
Cruise - Third ship ordered by Princess Cruises, refit of Queen Victoria brought forward and partial rebranding for Louis Cruises. William Mayes
Ships pictorial - A selection of high Quality photographs showing ships around the world.
View from the Bridge - Captain lan Hutley has had a long career at sea, starting with P&O cargo ships, and later P&O cruise ships. Nicholas Leach
Naval - New Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels, Indian Navy's first indigenously designed and built warships and patrol craft HMAS Bundaberg goes up in flames. Gary Davies
Cargo - Evergreen names its latest boxboat, Mary Maersk sets new record, Zhen Hua bridges the bridge to Forth, and the world's first ethane- powered ship to be built.

Chartroom:
Ships mail - A selection of letters from readers.
Ports of call - Cruise ship calls around the UK in November. Edwin Wilmshurst
Mystery ship - Can you cast any light on this month's mystery ship?
Ships library - Reviews and details of new maritime books.
DFDS Sail OUt - A look back over the long history of North Sea ferry sailings from the Danish port of Esbjerg to Harwich, recalling some of the notable ships used down the years by DFDS. Russell Plummer

Ship of the Month - Profile of the cruise ship Minerva, a small ship with style, to celebrate Swan Hellenic's diamond anniversary. Peter Newall

Features:
Tragedy into triumph - Less than four months after the outbreak of World War I a British fleet was destroyed in battle - tha,Royal Navy's first defeat at sea in more than 100 years. Nick Hall
Maritime Mosaic - Photos showing some of the ships at the   . anchorages at each end of the Panama Canal, where typically 20 to 30 ships can usually be seen waiting to transit the canal, lan Buxton
'Ship Beautiful' - A pictorial celebration of the famous liner Aquitania to mark the centenary of her maiden voyage from Liverpool, which departed on 50 May 1914 samantha Tennant
White-hulled classics - Focus on the white-hulled cargo liners of San Francisco's States Line, which went out of business in the late 1970s. Jim Shaw
A Saudi venture - Profile of Saudi Europe Line's fleet of attractive genera] cargo ships which, between 1975 and 1984, were operated by Orri Navigation^ Malcolm cranfield
New lease of life - A look at cruise ships that have been rebuilt or altered during the course of their careers to serve almost as new ships. Steve Newman

COVER: Swan Hellenic's small cruise ship Minerva, which is the focus of Ship of the Month (see pages 33-37), pictured before her latest refit.