Special Edition marking the 70th Anniversary of Liverpool Nautical Research Society, December, 2007
Portrait of a Liverpool Shipowner- A review of the life
of Frederick James Harrison G Cubbin
A Great Union- The joint winner of the 2004
LNRS Award R Williams
Stuart & Douglas- A story of a Liverpool Company
in the palm oil trade DKC Eccles
The Port of Ulverston- A study of the port and
particularly its shipbuilding C Dawson
100 Years of Marine Insurance in Liverpool- An outline of Liverpool's role in marine insurance AJ Barratt
The Wireless Colleges of Liverpool- The story of Liverpool's wireless colleges since the earliest days WG Williamson
Characters I have Sailed with- Reminiscences of some
of the characters who were encountered in a
career at sea J Pottinger Massey’s Patent Electric Log- The progress towards developing a reliable method of recording distance travelled at sea
G Bodey The Introduction of Steam Engine Powered Ships-
The story of early marine propulsion N Swindells Western Prince- The loss of the SS Western Prince and the consequences thereof T & S Felton
Notes on Contributors
The Liverpool Nautical Research Society Society Projects
The Liverpool Nautical Research Society - Award Scheme
The Society at work
Vol 51, No 2, September, 2007
The Empress of Britain of 1956 John Shepherd
The Day the Manchester Ship Canal Ran Dry Graeme Cubbin The Wallasey Ferries of 1907
Book Review ‘Lighthouses of Liverpool Bay’
Small Ships – Deep Water, 1950 – 1960 Alan McClelland
The Greek Line and Liverpool Malcolm McRonald
The Bond of the Sea Leslie Leigh
Memories of the Jervis Bay (Part 2) Adrian Thorpe
Introduction of Heavy Oil in Diesels James A Pottinger
The Last Voyage of the Queen Mary John Shepherd
Vol 51, No 1, June, 2007
Marconi’s ‘Spans’ David White
Morse in the Air William Williamson
The Booth Liner Hildebrand of 1911 John Shepherd
The Capture of the Elsinore P. Dunbavand
Obitury – Captain John Temple
Memories of the Edmund Gardner Alun Pari Huws
The Lusitania takes the Blue Riband
Master of the Perseus John Fletcher
Memories of the Jervis Bay Adrian Thorpe
Letter to the Master of the QE2 Sir Ivan Thompson
The St Tudno joins the United States Navy Roy Fenton
Vol 50, No 4, March, 2007
Big Ships in the Mersey Peter Clowes
The Cunard Liner Sylvania of 1957 John Shepherd
The Dragon and the Liver Bird:
Chinese Seamen in World War II Charles Foley
The Geordie Tramp William C Reeves
Memories of the Tuscania
Two Dinghies for the Calchas John Fletcher
The Windsor Castle Remembered Peter Elson
Captain R Minto and Charles Lightoller J E Cowden
Liverpool and the Atlantic Passenger Trade H Hignett
Vol 50, No 3, December, 2006
Christmas on a Cape Horner Captain Fred Klebingat
The Delivery Voyage of the Alabama Captain M. J. Butcher
The Foundering of mv Derbyshire Charles Dawson
Saving the ‘Planet’ Peter Elson
Blue Funnel : The Fleet, 1865 – 1914 Prof. F E. Hyde
The Container Revolution James A Pottinger
A Drink Problem on the Royal Iris John Shepherd
From Cunard Liner to Seaplane Carrier :
The Campania of 1892
Vol 50, No 2, September, 2006
The Tactician and Hurricane ‘Hattie’Capt. Graeme Cubbin
The Ortega and the Difficulties she Surmounted
T E Edwardes
A Mild Case of Tankeritis Captain Brian Scott
South Africa, Suez and Sphinxes Ron Hunter
Donald McKay(1810-1880) Shipbuilder F C Bowen
Memorable Days on the Java – New York Run James Barron
The L.N.R.S. Award – Winning Entry 2005 Charles Jocelyn
More About the Suez Canal/ The Empire Windrush Fire
The Case for Barging Alan McClelland
The Royal Voyage on the Empress of Scotland
Vol 50, No 1, June, 2006
The Andrea Doria/ Stockholm Collision John Shepherd
White Star Relics: the Nomadic and the Oceanic’s Bell
George’s Landing Stage, Liverpool T B Maund
The Suez Crisis of 1956
The Empire Windrush – an Icon of England John Shepherd
The Pioneer Inman Liner City of Glasgow Frank C Bowen
The Manxman – Past, Present and Future Bill Ogle
McTay Marine Antony J Barratt
The National Line : A Liverpool Promoted Enterprise of 1863
Readers Letters / Book Reviews
Vol 49, No 4, March, 2006
The Loss of the Primrose Hill David Eccles
Captain Jack Goes Shopping John Fletcher
The Bibby Liner Cheshire of 1927
Saga of a Mersey Pilot Cutter Capt. J P Thomson
Marconi Marine, 1900 – 1950
Memory Calls Fred G Shaw
Wireless Memories of the Mauritania Bill Haynes
Robert Napier – A Clyde Shipbuilder, 1815 – 1900
Don’t Miss the Tide, Mister Capt Brian Scott
The Atlantic Drift Card Experiment Arthur Jennion
Memories of MacBraynes from the 1960’s Gordon Hossack
My First and Last Brocklebank Ships James A Pottinger
The Unlucky Sisters Dakota and Montana Dennis Branigan
Vol 49, No 3, December, 2005
Christmas Memories John D Rogers
Ice Cold in Leningrad Martin Mitchell/ Capt. F. Weller
The Chicken Rock Lighthouse Christopher Nicholson
Obitury – Olive Williamson
The Problem of the Mersey Bar John Shepherd
A Year with the Carinthia (Part at Lakes 2) John Shepherd
Self Unloading Vessels of the Great Lakes H M Hignett
Clarke’s Automatic Bunkering Barges David Eccles
Book Reviews/ Readers’ Letters
A Voyage to South America Captain Brian Scott
Christmas Dinner on the Floristan, 1956 style
Tony Sedman
Vol 49, No 2, September, 2005
The L.N.R.S. Programme of Meetings, 2005 - 2006
Elder Dempster and the St Lawrence River Trade
J E Cowden
The L.N.R.S. Award 2004: Precis of Joint Winning Entry:‘The
Role of the Merchant Navy and Liverpool in the Battle of the
Atlantic, circa 1939–1945 Lynn Jackson
A Year with the Carinthia (Part 1) – Winter North Atlantic John Shepherd
The Early History of Water-Jet Propulsion Charles Dawson
The White Star Liner Celtic 1901
Harrison Lines Inkosi of 1937
Readers’ Letter, Notes and Queries, Book Review
The Loss of the Ben-my-Chree (3) at Castellorizo in 1917
Vol 49, No 1, June, 2005
Forgotten Ships of Liverpool, the Empress of Scotland
John Shepherd
Western Ocean Interlude Captain Brian Scott
De Lesseps’ Bubble that Never Burst – The Suez Canal
J E Hughes
Aground at New Brighton David Handscombe
The Navy League and the Lancashire Sea Training Home for Boys at Wallasey (Part 4) Gordon Bodey
A Year in the Life of Northwestern Shiprepairers
Linton Roberts
Salt and Coal, Steam and Iron Roy Fenton
Obitury Sir Geoffrey Volelin Bates MC Bt
Capt B S McManus
Company Loyalty James A Pottinger
The Liverpool Nautical Research Society Annual Award
Last Voyage of the Aquitania
Sailing Day John Fletcher
Vol 46, No 3, December, 2002
Two Tragic Bohemians Gordon Bodey
The Saga of the Flying Enterprise John Shepherd
What Ship ? - Hardship ! James E Morris
Notes and Queries
Change of Course for Merseyside Maritime Museum?
Reports on Meetings:
'Donkey Boiler Jets through 163 Feet of Ship'
A Small Ship to Portugal'
The Cunard Alps and Andes of 1852
Spot the Differences ... ? Classic Ships of the IOMSPCo
Ron Evans
Ro-Ro Services, Water Transport and Opportunities
Alan McClelland
Vol 45, No 4, March, 2002
The Battle of Hood and Bismarck : part 1 HMS Hood
Captain Robert Pape and the Barque Maitland Gordon Bodey
A Troubled Voyage on the ss Manipur James A Pottinger
Devonshire Built for Mersey Owners Derek Blackhurst
Bibby Line - Ships and More Ships Christina Spencer
The Liverpool Pilotage Service in 1966 Keith Taylor
Readers' Letters
Music to My Ears Francis Kitts
Supplementary Issue, January, 2002
Power Pioneers on the North Atlantic John Shepherd
Liverpool to New York, First Class, in 1902
A History of the Hales Trophy David Marsh
The 'Queens' at War
A Purser's Clerk on the Queen Elizabeth in 1963
John Shepherd
The First and Last Voyages of the Queen Mary
The Alsatian / Empress of France of 1914
Storm Warning : Shipping Slow to React
Vol. 45, Number 2, September 2001
Voyage with Brocklebanks to India on the ss Maihar in 1957 James A. Pottinger
Quadrantal Confusion Graeme Cubbin
Hirundo's Salvage of the Skibladner Gordon Bodey
The King Orry (3) at the Internment of the German High Seas' Fleet, November, 1918 David Handscombe
The Nestor and Ulysses of 1912
Big Boat in the Bay (part 2) Ron Evans
Wartime Turn-Round of Ships H.M.Hignett
Readers' Letters
Last Link with White Star - the Britannic of 1930
Volume 44, Number 4, March 2001
A Rather Thin White Line - Brocklebanks and the Second World War John Stokoe
Liverpool and the Confederacy Alan McClelland
Forgotten Liners of Liverpool - The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's Ben-my-Chree (3) of 1908 Ron Evans
The Fall and Rise of the Locksley Hall Gordon Bodey
The Baltic Lighthouses. A Voyage from Kiel to St.Petersburg on the ss Philately Captain R. Flamman
Readers' Letters
The Story of Two Corvettes Ron Evans
Vol 40, No 2, Autumn, 1996
The Loss of the Independence Hall Gresser et al
Gellatly, Hankey & Sewall David Eccles
Preston Container Trades part 3 Peter Kenyon
Talk by Sir Trevor Jones: report P J Tebay Merseyside Memorial to Seafarers