Queen Mary is under threat
Chris Graham on 17th November 2021
We report on the worrying news that the Queen Mary is under threat if urgent repair work isn't carried out within the next two years.
Ships Monthly
The Royal Navy’s Black Swans
Chris Graham on 11th November 2021
Conrad Waters charts the success of the Royal Navy’s Black Swan class specialised convoy-defence vessels during World War II.
1943 HMS Medusa on manoeuvres
Chris Graham on 4th November 2021
Due to Covid-related disruption during the summer, 1943 HMS Medusa exercised with the Royal Navy Coastal Forces squadron.
London’s first party boat!
Chris Graham on 30th October 2021
Richard Clammer recalls the unusual history of an 1879 paddle steamer that became London’s first party boat!
Famous Royal Navy battleship
Chris Graham on 24th October 2021
Patrick Boniface reflects on a famous Royal Navy battleship and nuclear-powered submarine both with the famous name, Dreadnought.
River Medway shipping remembered
Chris Graham on 18th August 2021
Geoff Lunn, who has lived near the River Medway for most of his life, recalls times when the waterway was full of interesting shipping.
P&O’s Far East Service ships
Chris Graham on 8th August 2021
Stephen Payne takes a nostalgic look back at the various ships that P&O operated on its once very popular Far East Service.
Historic tall ship on scientific voyage
Chris Graham on 30th July 2021
The historic tall ship, Pelican of London, is now on a 13-week scientific voyage around the UK, undertaking various important studies.
HMS Belfast reopens
Chris Graham on 25th July 2021
We’re delighted to report the planned reopening of HMS Belfast to the public, and the exciting improvements that have been made. HMS Belfast: It’s great news that this historic light cruiser is now open to the public once again, and…
British Atlantic intermediate liner Cameronia
Chris Graham on 9th July 2021
One hundred years on, Peter C Kohler recalls the British Atlantic intermediate liner Cameronia, the first to be built after World War I.
The record-breaking Normandie
Chris Graham on 6th July 2021
Mark Berry charts the all too short life of the record-breaking Normandie, surely one of the greatest transatlantic liners ever built.
Tiger class light cruisers
Chris Graham on 29th June 2021
Conrad Waters recounts the history of the Royal Navy’s three Tiger class light cruisers, which were first conceived during World War II.
World of Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic
Chris Graham on 10th December 2020
World of Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic In the recently-published World of Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic – the 16th in this fascinating bookazine series brought to you by the publisher of Ships Monthly magazine – you can read all…
WW2’s Tribal class destroyers
Chris Graham on 22nd October 2020
Conrad Waters presents a pictorial review of the Tribal class, the Royal Navy’s World War II ‘super destroyer’.
