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Feature extracts from the latest and recent issues of Sea Breezes Magazine. Full text and pictures is in our print magazine, along with other features, and is available via subscription here or through all good newsagents.
Ships
Apprentice on “Beechwood”
And A Radar Assisted Collision.... I had just turned 16 and completed 9 months as a deck boy on the RASC coaster “Sir Evelyn Wood”. I joined the “Beec
History of Steam Lighter (Clyde Puffer) “VIC 32”
VIC 32 was built by Dunston’s of Thorne, Yorkshire in November 1943. (Peter Redshaw maintains she was launched on July 3rd. Ask him where he got thi
“France” – Afloat
On the morning of 15th August 2006 a ship named “Blue Lady” was taken from her offshore anchorage and towed onto the gently shelving beach at Alang o
Ports
Port of London - The Estuary
As a youngster living beside the Thames Estuary in the early 1950s I was an avid shipwatcher and spent countless days with my telescope on the end of
Murmansk - The Great North Russian Industrial Port
Words by Robert Straughton. Pictures by John Wright and Elisabeth Christopher aboard the Fred Olsen cruise ship "Braemar".Click on a thumbnail below t
Port of London - The Docks
The Port of London’s river and wharf facilities were becoming inadequate by the end of the 18th century. Ship arrivals from overseas in 1702 numbered
Places
The Cook Strait Ferry Service
A trip across the Cook Strait, that notorious stretch of water that separates New Zealand’s North and South Islands, on one of the regular passenger f
Stan McNally: Making Radio Waves
Tales of the heroism on the high seas have always had a strong hold on our collective imagination – particularly here, in this cheerfully bolshy littl
Shetland Uncovered
Shetland is the most northerly group of islands in the United Kingdom. Of the one hundred islands there are sixteen which are inhabited although the
Events
Captain William Bligh - Victim or Villain?
William Bligh, the Captain infamous for provoking a mutiny on his ship “Bounty”, was born 255 years ago on 9th September 1754, in Plymouth, Cornwall.
The “Lakonia” Tragedy – A Hope For Christmas
On Thursday, December 19th, 1963, my family and I sailed on the Greek registered ship the TSMS “Lakonia”, from Southampton. We were bound for Gran Ca
Tugs & Tows
Tugs & Tows - March 2010
Pictorial news from the world of tugs and tows, by Robert Straughton. Click on a thumbnail below to open a slideshow in a new window.
Tugs & Tows - September 2009
Pictorial news from the world of tugs and tows, by Robert Straughton. Click on a thumbnail below to open a slideshow in a new window.
Other Features
People in Shipping - Richard Woodman
Richard Woodman grew up in a London suburb, an unusual place to conceive a passion for ships and the sea where opportunities for sea-training in post
Tons of Tonnes - The Story of Ships' Tonnage
Much of the success of the Roman Empire was due to the fact that the Romans were very good at standardisation. The Roman inheritance is still very muc
Obama's Navy
When Barack Obama assumed the role of Commander in Chief of the United States he inherited a navy that had seen its share of sacrifices. The fleet has
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