Author: PLUMMER, RUSSELL; ET AL
Title: Ships Monthly - the Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, January 1980 - 'Director' Class Naval Tugs
Description: U.K.: Waterway Productions Ltd, 1980. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Features: Cover photo of white ensigns flying from the frigates Jupiter, Naiad and Brighton; Nice photo of HMS Brecon (M29); Full-page photo of P & O passenger liner Stratheden in 1956; On the Waterfront; 'Trad' Tankers Pictorial; European Commentary; New Ship News; Keeping the Peace - part 2 - Jack Philip-Nichols continues the story of his experiences in his first ship, the cruiser HMS 'Curacoa'; 'Director' Class Naval Paddle Tugs - M.J. Gaston reviews the history of a dying breed; Callers at the Cape - a pen and camera review of some of the stately ships which have called at Cape Town; Two of a Kind - the Graigfelen and the Glynafon were recently scrapped; Coals from Newcastle - remarkable upsurge in the coal trade between the North-east Coast ports and power stations in the south of England - a review of the background of the present-day collier fleet; Battleships at Bremerton - report on a recent visit to the USS 'Missouri' and 'New Jersey' on Seattle's Puget Sound; Letters; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Duke of York in 1947. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; HMS Brecon, Jupiter, Naiad, Brighton, Stratheden, HMS Curacoa, Director Class Nava Paddle Tugs, Graigfeln, Glynafon, Collier Fleet, USS Missouri, USS New Jersey, Bremerton, HMS Duke of York. Good .

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