SHIPS MONTHLY July 2025
The July 2025 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features, covering every aspect of the shipping world.
NEWS
Waterfront – Freight ship on the Mersey, Sea Shepherd on patrol, busy summer in Stornoway, Channel Seaways’ stand-in, CSOV Purus Chinook named, and former Falmouth tug broken up.
Ferry – James Joyce makes her return to UK waters, Glen Rosa saga rumbles on, and back to business as usual at Holyhead.
Cruise – End of the road after 45 years for Celestyal Crystal, Costa fleet reduced in size, and more large ships for MSC.
Naval – Royal Navy reveals the future of undersea operations, Serco secures new contracts, and sail training ship hits bridge.
Cargo – Container ship MSC Elsa 3 sinks off India, cargo vessel in Norwegian garden, and Maersk boxboat adrift.
Preservation – NHS-UK Historic flagships for 2025, Shetland Bus remembered, and Little Ships’ return to Dunkirk again after a decade.
Ships Pictorial – Ships from around the world, including on the Tyne, the Forth and the Scheldt, and at Barcelona, Vancouver and Auckland.
Shipspotting – The vessels of Baleària, the Spanish ferry company founded in 1998, which operates a variety of ships on a range of networks.
FEATURES
Building QE2: A photographic journey – Queen Elizabeth 2 was the last liner built on the Clyde, and possibly the most famous. Bob Wright recounts how the ship inspired his first photography expeditions when he was just a teenager in Glasgow.
Ipswich Callers – Photos of ships visiting Ipswich, a key trading hub on the coast of East Anglia.
Big Picture – an outstanding photo of Ellerman’s classic motor ship City of Johannesburg on the Tyne.
Cruise ships in Cork – Some of the historic and notable cruise ships which have visited Cork, which has one of the world’s largest natural harbours.
HMS Ark Royal – A review of the career of the fourth Ark Royal, the final conventional aircraft carrier to see Royal Navy service.
Maritime Mosaic – Photographs of ferries at Larne in Northern Ireland, sailing from there to Cairnryan.
Wightlink profile – History of the company serving the Isle of Wight with car ferry and high-speed passenger services to three different destinations.
Built in Leith – The rise and fall of the Henry Robb Shipyard at the Port of Leith, which was founded in 1918 and closed in the 1980s.
Caledonia – The paddle steamer Caledonia, built in 1934, which provided Upper Clyde ferry services, and also served as a minesweeper.
