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     Issues from year 2004 (No. 77, 78, 79, 80):-


Contents of Issue 77:-
  • News From All Ports
  • Navy Around Australia
  • The Caledon. "The firemen were all drunk and we kept running out of steam . ."
  • 50 Years of Tugs in Spencers Gulf. "Not much larger than a workboat, she could get between the wharf and a ship and push it out"
  • Australian Paddle Steamers Today. "Today's riverboats are a mixture of original vessels that have been painstakingly restored and modern craft, . ."
  • Beyond the River. "The undertaking was an extremely difficult one . ."
  • Diamantina "The 'River' class design dated from 1941 with both anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities being required."
  • Postcard from Singapore
  • Ship's Library
  • List of Museums - Part Five - South Australia
  • Museum News
  • What Ship Is That?
  • Sea Mail
  • Knot the News
 		Australian Sea Heritage Issue 77 cover
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 77, Summer 2004
Cover - Paddle steamer Adelaide (1866/58grt) towing a barge at Echuca.
Photo: Bob Fildes
Australian Sea Heritage Issue 78 Cover
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 78, Autumn 2004
Cover - On board Waratah cruising around Port Jackson on a clear, crisp day in 2003.
Photo: Alex Zelinsky
Contents of Issue 78:-
  • News From All Ports
  • Navy Around Australia
  • Navigation - Variation and Deviation "By the time Columbus reached the American coast, the two types of compas differed by three-quarters of a point . . . "
  • Firing Lady Hopetoun "There isn't anything safe to fall onto in the stokehold - everything is either hard, hot or both."
  • Photo Review of the Sydney Heritage Fleet
  • Cyclone Tracy's Fury Recalled: Booya's Wreck Found. "The hull is intact and in good condition with the propeller still in place."
  • The Trials and Tribulations of Tonnage"There are several different 'tonnage' measurements in use . . ."
  • What Ship Is That?
  • Ship's Library
  • List of Museums - Part Six - Western Australia
  • Museum News
  • Sea Mail
  • Knot the News
Contents of Issue 79:-
  • News From All Ports.
  • Navy Around Australia.
  • The James Craig Figurehead. It always seems a pity to spike a good yarn, but . . .
  • Active and Active II in South Australia. The ketches could be regarded as the 'semi-trailers of the sea' in their heyday.
  • Postcard from Piraeus.
  • 100 years on - a surprise donation to Polly Woodside. He put [the Captain] into a such 'good humour'...that the crew got hot cross buns on Easter Sunday.
  • Ship's Liveries and Embellishments. Everything changes - and ships are no exception.
  • Randell and Cadell - 150th Anniversary. The two captains raced into Swan Hill on 17 September, 1853;
  • What Ship Is That?
  • Ship's Library.
  • List of Museums - Part Seven - Tasmania
  • Museum News.
  • Sea Mail.
  • Knot the News.
 		Australian Sea Heritage Issue 79 Cover
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 79, Winter 2004
Cover - The bright orange/red tug Gurrong (2000/495gt) stands out well against a blue water background in Melbourne.
Photo: Bob Fildes
Australian Sea Heritage Issue 80 Cover
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 80, Spring 2004
Cover - Cesario Verde and Pedro Nunes (both 2002/342gt) on trials. These are 37 metre river catamarans built by Austral Ships for Transtejo, Portugal
Photo: Austral Ships
Contents of Issue 80:-
  • News From All Ports.
  • Navy Around Australia.
  • Memories of a trip in Troubridge. Passengers were comfortably provided for, . . .
  • Graveyard of a strait. I suppose there are no lights in these waters so blest by sailors as the two upon King Island
  • The Australian Shipbuilders Austral Ships Pty. Ltd. A new breed of Australian shipbuilding yard has taken over.
  • Flags and Funnels.
  • A Trip in PV Coonawarra. Here the wharf was under water, and an intruiging contraption . . .
  • Museum News.
  • Sea Mail.
  • Postcard from Brisbane.
  • Ship's Library.
  • What Ship Is That?
  • Knot the News.

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