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Laid up in Glasgow

You have reported on and provided good photos of the ever-changing parade of cruise ships along the south coast, and also at Tilbury and Leith/Rosyth, but there is another cache which I have not seen mentioned. The three Azamara vessels, Azamara Journey, Azamara Quest and Azamara Pursuit, have been parked since June in the King George V dock at Shieldhall on the Clyde near Glasgow.

David Wise, Glasgow

British Victories

Regarding the article by Roy Fenton about the British Victories (SM, July), I served on Karmala, one of the ships mentioned, joining her as a deck apprentice in King George V Dock, London in 1963. The photograph must have been taken on a nice

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