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Ships Monthly provides news and features for ship enthusiasts and maritime professionals, including reports on the ferry, cruise, new building and cargo ship scene as well as navies across the world.

 
ROYAL NAVY: The end of an era PDF Print E-mail

HMS Edinburgh completed the last RN deployment by a Type 42 on 28 March. (Maritime Photographic)

Another chapter in Royal Navy history has come to a close as the last of 14 Type 42 destroyers completed her final operational deployment. As HMS Edinburgh returned to Portsmouth after six months conducting routine maritime security patrols so ended 38 years of frontline service from a generation of warships that operated at the forefront of a number of conflicts which resulted in the loss of two of their number to enemy action.

The last of 16 that were built (two served in the Argentine Navy), and one of four Batch 3 ‘stretched’ versions, HMS Edinburgh will perform a number of farewell calls around the UK, including to the city after which she is named, before paying off at the end of May and decommissioning in early June. Extensively refitted as recently as 2010, Edinburgh and her sistership York are being offered for further service to foreign governments.

 
June's mystery ship PDF Print E-mail

Mystery Ship

Can anyone identify this liner, and where and when the picture was taken? Who operated the ship, and on which routes did she operate? Is this her usual livery or one given to her at a specific time?

 
 

 

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