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    SHIPS MAIL

    May 22, 2020 5 minutes

    On the Clyde

    Mention of HMS Tamar in Naval Review reminded me of a couple of photographs of her as she was on the move at her builders at Scotstoun in the River Clyde under tow on a rather grey and rainy 14 January. I grabbed a quick shot (above) on that miserable day while I was looking for a friend’s flat in Renfrew. She happened to be on the move at the same time.

    Colin Smith
    Dundee

    Swedish flagged

    I read that ships in the Tallink fleet have Estonian, Latvian and Finnish flags (SM, Jan). However, according to other information I have seen, Silja Symphony (Helsinki-Stockholm) and Galaxy (Turku-Stockholm) are all, in fact, Swedish-flagged.

    Jerker Ståhl
    Lidingö, Sweden

    Bulgarian Shipping

    Thanks to Malcolm Cranfield for his interesting article about Bulgarian

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