Descripción

48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the motor coaster Claudia VII; Photo inside front cover of HMS Herald (F131); Great full-page photo of the QE II threading her way through an assortment of inshore minesweepers, steam tugs, paddle tug, hovercraft, and warships in Spithead last year; On the Waterfront; New Ship News; Naval Review; Where Are They Now? - part 2 of a list of ex-RN ships still in service with foreign navies including the ships recently sold to Egypt; Where to see the big ships; 'Hanseatic' - Hamburg - part 2 of a short history of the rise and fall of a successful post-war German company and its ships - the German Atlantic (formerly Hamburg Atlantic) Line; Guide to Ships of the Royal Navy - part 5 - Submarines and Survey Craft, Depot and Repair Ships, Experimental and Trial Ships, and hovercraft; Maritime Diary; The Loss of the 'Athenia' (brief article); Barque 'Polly Woodside' Restored - a report from Australia; Foreign Warships visiting Portsmouth; Dutch Coasters; Ship Sales; Casualties; Letters; Thames Ship Society Profile; Nice photo of the HMS Royalist in 1946 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book