World Ship Society Southend
News & Views
Contents Editions 1-26
Dated 06 03 21
Articles Tony The Closure of the Suez Canal 2 Liberty Enlightening the world 2 Armed Merchant Cruises 3 SMS Seadler 4 Motor Launches of WW1 4 Kathleen & May 5 Stambridge Mills 6 Prospector 1 6 Kishorn Dry Dock 7 Flying P sailing ships 7 Two Historic RH ships under threat 8 Steam Yacht Valfreyia 10 The Rise and Fall of Cruise and Maritime Cruises 10 The Flettner Rotor Sail 10 Queen Elizabeth Carriers-a brief profile 0 The battlecruiser HMAS Australia 10 Cap Pilar 10 John Brown of Clydebank – the battlecruiser HMS Tiger 11 The short life of HMS Thane 11 Hawich Navyard 11 United States 11 Liverpool Shippping pics 12 The Dieppe Raid of 1942 12 J class sailing yachts 12 Regulars on the Thames-Cdn & Cobelfret 12 Four ship Canals that Changed the World 13
RMS Titanic 14 The Cruiser Aurora 15 The Chelmer Navigation 16 Th Norway Campaign 17 Vosper Thorneycroft 18
Thames Estuary WW2 Defences--Shoebury Boom 18
Bugsier Tugs Atlantic and Pacific 19
Marco Polo 20
Astoria a Lingering goodbye 20
Offshore supply Vessel Stirling Elf 21
Flower Class Corvette 21
Stretching 22
German destroyers WW1 23
Yarrow& Co London 23
Port of Whitstable 24
Cammell Laird 24
WW1 U Boats 24
Kiel Canal 24
Whitstable 25
HMS Caroline 25
Highlands Seabird 26
Elbe No 5 26
Two roses 26
Cruises Tony
Cruise-French canals part 1 1 Le deuxieme voyage francais 4 British Isles Cruise on Oriana 5 Arcadia Cruise 2019 6 Braemer Cruise of German Waterways 2017 7 Log of Cruise of Columbus 8 Titanic Centenary Cruise 2012 9 Thames Cruise 1997 a cruise of three parts 10 Iberian Cruise 2016 Braemar 11 Post Lock Down Thames Cruise Aug 2020 14
One Fact Wonder
Fishing 20
Yorkshire Coble
An overview
British Ship Building 23
Shipbuilding today
Shipbuilding on the Thames
Shipbuilding in the North East
Employment figures
Shipbuilding Goole
Great Eastern 25
The Launch
Great Eastern and Titanic
The Later Years
Blue Funnel Line 27
Articles Eddie Long
Gothic 21
Liberty ships 21
A class Minelayers 22
Coals to Newcastle lamb to London 22 QMSV Dominion Monarch 23
LST’s 24
Royal Docks 24
The Story of the Flying Enterprise 25
Ship davits 26
Sitmar Line 26
Articles Phil Major
History of DFDS 23
Royal Daffodil 24
Royal Sovereign 25
Articles Richard A sign of the times -laid up liners 1 Tilbury 2 2 Flying Boats to Australia 2 MS Fridtjof Nansen 2 Operation Z 2 Southend Motor Navigation Co 3 Port Victoria 3 Bovril Boats 4 Harry Kings war 5 John Brown of Clydebank Ships of 50=s & 60’s 10 The History of the Newhaven- Dieppe ferry 11 History of Sheerness Dockyard 12 Canvey Island Changes the World 13 The History of Corringham Marshes Part 1 14
History of Corringham Marshes- Part 2 London Gateway 15 Ipswich Docks 16 P & O R class 17 Thames Estuary WW2 Defences--Shoebury Boom 18 Ridham Dock 19
The White Sisters 20
Richborough port 21
108 Years of motorships 23
Tug Master 100 years old 23
Barque Europa 24
Destroyer Depot Ships 25
Before Felixstowe Port 26
Kent Refinery 26
Short History of a Line GSNC 1 South American Saint 3 Hain SS 6 CMA CGM 7 Blue Star Line 8 Eagle Oil & Shipping 9 Counties Ship Management & London Overseas 10 Ben Line 11 Elder Dempster 12 Shaw Savill & Albion 13 Hapag Lloyd 14 Sir Reardon Smith 15 J Lauritzen 16 Lykes 17 British India 18 Mediterranean Shipping Corporation 19 Clan Line 20 China Navigation Co 21 Ellermans 22 East Asiatic Company 23 Canadian Pacific 24 Caledonian MacBrayne 25 British Tanker Company and BP Tanker Co 26
Shipbuilding East coast- part 1-Rowhedge 4 East Coast part 2- Wivenhoe Upper 5 East coast part 3 Wivenhoe Lower 6 East coast Part 4-Aldous of Brightlingsea 7 East Coast Part 5- J & H Cann of Harwich 8 East Coast Part 6 -Brooke Marine of Lowestoft 9 East Coast Part 7 Richards of Lowestoft 10 East Coast Part 8 James Pollock Faversham 11 Sheerness Naval Dockyard 12 London & Rochester Shipbuilding Rochester 13 Phillips Of Dartmouth 14 Appledore Part 1 15 Appledore Part 2 16 Appledore Part 3 17 Harland & Wolff Belfast Part 1 18 Harland & Wolff Belfast part 2 40’s 19 Harland & Wolff Belfast Part 3 50-54 20 Harland & Wolff Belfast Part 4 55-59 21 Harland & Wolff Belfast Part 5 60-69 22 Harland & Wolff Part 6 23 Swan Hunter Wallesend Part 1 1920’s 24 Swan Hunter Wallesend Part 2 1930’s 25 Swan Hunter Wallesend Part 3 1945-59 26
Graham’s Yarns Another lockdown 3 Sully Barges 5 High Tide 6 The Weather Forecast 7 Sailing Barge Names 8 Bargemen v Royal Navy 9 Essex v Kent 2 10 Seamanship 11 Well I declare 13
Sailing Barges at Dunkirk 15
A sailors yarn 17 Bridgers 18 How to Steer an aircraft carrier 19
Central Granary Millwall Dock 21
Dockmasters 22
RN Music 23
Rum 24
S B Cymric 25
Articles Max James Harry Bentley and James Arthur Bentley 7 The Livebait Squadron 19
Articles Stuart
The Gresham Ship project 24
Heritage Harbours 25
Boatbuilding Old Leigh 25
Rogers Pics to 06 03 21
bianca rainbow 11
Bjorg
Seychelles progress
Timbus WMS Gronigen
Edition 12 Ems tug
Laura ann
Futura
Harbour fashion
Crystal amethyst
Edition 16 Hoegh Singapore
MSC Vega
Multratug 6
Ocean destiny
Toronto express
Cape Bitte
Edition 17 Abis Belfast
Cap Harriett
Northern Destiny
Paula Vindoe
Arklow Moor
Maingas
Edition 18 LS Anne
Viona and Ansac Amity
Sten Arnold
Baltic Frost
Hilda Knutsen
Edition 19 Apollo
Atlantic Conveyor
CMA CGM Corneille
Ean Rijnborg
Timca
Edition 21 Jutlandia swan Federal sheena
Bro Nyborg
Endurance
Primula Seaways
Maersk Carolina
Edition 22 Ardea
BBC Pacific
Dole Asia
Maersk Okura
Edition 25 Grande Abidjan
MSC Koroni
Fast Julia
Sten Baltci
Multratug 4
MSC Matilde
Tanais
Thira
Nostalgia Corner
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