The Queensferry Crossing, the new road bridge across the Firth of Forth, is due to open in May 2017. The unique bridge forms the centrepiece of a major upgrade to the cross-Forth transport corridor in the east of Scotland, with…
The latest issue of Ships Monthly is out now. The main feature is about the Royal Navy in 2017, with Conrad Waters providing an examination of the current state of the Royal Navy and its ships, as it enters a momentous year…
Russia recently demonstrated its growing naval prowess with the deployment of a task group to join the combat mission in war-torn Syria, with the fleet going through the English Channel, shadowed by the Royal Navy warship. The Northern Fleet group,…
The latest issue of Ships Monthly is out now, available from Kelsey Shop and all good newsagents and supermarkets. This edition has a special feature on World Navies in 2016, which looks at some of the new warship classes that have recently…
Distinguished steamers Waverley, Shieldhall and Kingswear Castle, together with the reincarnated diesel-powered veteran Balmoral, headline most day tripper’s list, but there are many other smaller motor vessels carrying in excess of 100 passengers on coastal and lake trips, including a…
People around the country are being encouraged to mark Merchant Navy Day on 3 September 2016 to honour the brave seafarers who kept our island nation supplied and fed during both World Wars and to recognise the importance and value…
The latest edition of Ships Monthly is out now. It contains the usual variety of features, with 7-page feature on the Battle of Jutland, by two eminent authors. Among the other items are a News Feature celebrating 20 years of…
Following the successful delivery of Harmony of the Seas on 12 May, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, has signed a letter of intent for three additional cruise ships. One of them is intended to be delivered to Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the other two…
Just out is the latest Ships Illustrated, No.9: Maritime Britain, by well-known photographer and Ships Monthly contributor Gary Davies. This outstanding new book provides a pictorial record of shipping in and around the waters of Great Britain over the last quarter of a century. It…
This month’s mystery ship is a paddler described as ‘Dayboat of the Flushing Line’. So can anyone name the ship, and say which route she operated? Can you provide further details of when and where she was built, and which…