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News Round-up - A review of the news from shipping today, including details of a fight to save the last of the Park-type ships built during the Second World War, and details of the ports of call for the Liberty ship Jeremiah O'Brien in European waters for the D-Day anniversary.
Cruising under a Blue Star - During the 1930s, the Blue Star Line operated one of their passenger liners as a cruise ship. Craig J.M. Carter looks at the career of the Arandora Star.
Merchant Navy of Yesterday - A selection of photographs of merchant ships of yesterday from the files of John Clarkson.
Merchant Navy 1973 - The next instalment of the series that looks at the fleets of British shipowners in 1973.
The FotoFlight File - Another selection of colour photographs from the files of the leading aerial photographer of ships.
The Liberty ship Jeremiah O'Brien outward bound from San Francisco to Normandy.
Normandy, June 1944. - A day-to-day look at the naval operation in the landings in Normandy during the month of June, 1944, including details of the merchant ships used as infantry assault ships, the U-boat hunters, the coasters that went ashore on D-Day, and the ships that were sunk as blockships, plus a guide to landing craft.
Letters and Readers' Requests. - Another selection erf your tetters, covering such subjects as the day that the Empire Baffin made a name for herself, and a plea by HMS Belfast for some Cariey Floats.
FRONT COVER: The 16-in. guns on one of the world's last battleships, the U.S.S. Iowa, which is now laid up.
BACKCOVER:
TOP: The tug Tynesider on the floating crane Mersey Mammoth at Troon on Apr. 15; the tug went aground in Loch Fyne on Apr. 3 and sank after being refloated; she was raised by the Mersey Mammoth.
BOTTOM: The Viking Line ferry Roselta sailing from Stockholm for Turku in March this year. Picture: Alan Moorhouse, Dunstable.
