21 May, 2022From the brush of David Bray In 1973 I was sailing as Second Mate on the RRS “John Biscoe”, a…
23 February, 2022Published in Sea-Breezes magazine by David Bray and Simon Adams We have a breakfast bar in our kitchen, but it…
29 December, 2021From the brush of... “Arlanza” was one of three ships built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, for the Royal Mail…
24 November, 2021From the brush of... In the development of merchant and naval shipping, the ocean-going paddle steamer was ultimately a dead…
25 October, 2021From the brush of... “Big ships need big tugs” said Sir William Hoy, Chairman of the South African Railways and…
26 September, 2021From the brush of... When I was about 11 I started reading “Sea Breezes”. At that time the most interesting…
10 July, 2021From the brush of... Almost forgotten nowadays is the fleet of small passenger-cargo vessels running regular services around the UK…
28 April, 2021From the brush of... As a kid in Great Yarmouth, the coasters of F T Everard were a familiar sight.…
12 March, 2021From the brush of... Delivered in 1973 for Norwegian American Line, and originally named “Vistafjord”, the “Saga Ruby” was the…
24 January, 2021From the brush of... The “Larpool” was a tramp steamer built in 1924 by Pickersgill’s in Sunderland for Headlam &…
