Ships Monthly - The Magazine For Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, August 1978 - The Rise & Fall of the German Atlantic (formerly Hamburg Atlantic) Line

48 pages. Features: Cover painting of the paddle steamer Maid of the Loch; Photo inside front cover of HMS Wilton (M1116); Great full-page photo of the motor vessel Opobo; On the Waterfront; European Commentary; Naval Review; Under Sail; Where to see the Big Ships; Where Are They Now? - part 1 of a list of ex-RN ships still in service with foreign navies; Still in Steam - 'Maid of the Loch' - a review of the career of the last paddle steamer to be built in a British shipyard, 25 years ago this year; 'Hanseatic' Hamburg - part 1 of a short history of the rise and fall of a successful post-war German company and its ships - the German Atlantic (formerly Hamburg Atlantic) Line; Guide to Ships of the Royal Navy - part 4 - Mine Warfare Vessels and Coastal Patrol Craft; More Memories of Port Said, by Monica Smith; Ships of the Seven Seas - Manapouri, Fina Britannia, Vulcanus and Opalia; Ship Sales; Letters; Maritime Diary; Nice photo of the HMS Bramble in 1953 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book