25th June 2010:
Norwegian Epic - new
page created on 2010 NCL delivery
Norwegian Epic at Rotterdam and Southampton prior to her maiden voyage
to Florida.
19th June 2010:
York Boat - updated page with new images from
June 2010.
24th April 2010:
Ocean Countess - new
images prior to the inaugural cruise of the
Ocean Countess with
Cruise & Maritime Voyages on 18th April 2010
The CMV logo is being applied to the funnel
23rd February 2010:
Nice - Chemin de
Fer de Provence - New images of this spectacular French metre gauge
railway running from Nice to Digne. Taken in the snow in February 2010
showing 1970s railcars in action. New trains will enter service later in the
year.
22nd February 2010:
Azura -
P&O Cruises - First image of
Azura
- approaching the dry dock at Trieste on 21st February 2010 prior to sea
trials.
13th February 2010:
PS Lausanne - CGN - Updated
page on the Lake Geneva paddle steamer
Lausanne of 1900, with many
new images. She was the second and smallest Sulzer-built vessel in the CGN
fleet - all subsequent paddle deliveries also came from Sulzer.
Lausanne was converted to
diesel-electric propulsion in 1948 but retained her elegant yacht-like
appearance. She appeared in the film Daisy Miller and was broken up in 1978.
15th January 2010:
Anzio I - Southend
Excursion Boat - Handbill for the Southend-Sheerness service (1960-63)
of Anzio I, originally the Lochinvar (1908) of David MacBrayne, and later
lost off the East Coast
13th January 2010:
White Star Liner RMS
Zeppelin - Information is sought on the use of RMS Zeppelin by White
Star Line. She was managed by White Star in 1919/20 after the Zeppelin was
taken as a war reparation from Norddeutschen Lloyd. This interesting card is
available for sale from
stan.m@virgin.net
11th January 2010:
What Ship is
This? - Information sought on a Penzance excursion boat - named either
Pioneer or Nora.
7th January 2010:
What Ship is
This? - Can anyone identify this cargo-passenger ship (maybe
Belgian/Dutch built from appearance)?.
17th December 2009:
Ullswater - New page started on
the excursion vessels of Ullswater
in the English Lake District
9th December 2009:
Southwold Photo
Diary - An earlier visit to Southwold in March 2008, with more images of Southwold Pier
and Lighthouse
8th December 2009:
Southwold - Vintage postcard images
of Southwold Pier
7th December 2009:
Shingle Street - Images of the
Suffolk Coast hamlet from both the sea and land
29th November 2009:
Main Line Steam in
London - Three pacific locomotives, Bittern, Tangmere and Sir Nigel
Gresley were in London on the 28th November 2009
22nd November 2009:
York Boat - New page started on
the River Ouse excursion operator at York
3rd November 2009:
Oasis of the Seas
- New page started on the world's largest passenger ship, the
Oasis of the Seas of
Royal Caribbean, which called
briefly in the Solent on the evening of 2nd November whilst on her delivery
voyage from Finland to Florida.
11th October 2009:
Greenway
Ferry
- New page on the expanding fleet of
Greenway
Ferry who run ferry services and excursions in the River
Dart and Torbay areas. Fleet includes the historic ex-Royal Navy
The Fairmile
1st October 2009:
Dorset
Cruises
- Updated pages on the Belles of Dorset Cruises (previously known
as Bolsons,
Crosons and
Dorset Belles), which run
from Poole and Bournemouth. With new images of vessels old and current.
