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HISTORIC STEAMER: Sailing dates for the year

In early April it was announced that The Solent Steam Packet Limited (TSSP) has received a £1.4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund...

MOD Tugs: Gone where?

Two former Ministry of Defence tugs disappeared without trace after being smuggled out of a Cornish port during the early hours of 3 March....

IRISH SEA: Cork-Swansea hopes gone

Revival of a ferry link between Ireland and South Wales has been ruled out in the present economic and competitive climate. A report commissioned...

Hurtigruten: Another collision

Hurtigruten’s cruise ship Kong Harald (1993/11,204gt, pictured) ran aground just before midnight on 4 March at the entrance to Trollfjord in Norway. The ship...

CARNIVAL CRUISES: More grief for Carnival

Following the problems with Carnival Triumph (see SM, May), the company has suffered two further serious breakdowns. In mid-March Carnival Legend had engine problems...

ROYAL NAVY: Duncan and Dragon

The Type 45 construction programme has concluded with the delivery of the last of six destroyers to the Royal Navy. Duncan arrived at her...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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