Part 55

Part 55 of Shipping Wonders of the World was published on Tuesday 23rd February 1937.

It was the final issue of the series and was the only one not to have either a colour plate or photogravure supplement. The majority of this issue was devoted to the index for the entire series.

The Cover

The final cover design was a composite design based on the cover of part 45 along with the cover of part 1 of the new part work Wonders of World Engineering superimposed.

Contents of Part 55

Fascination of the Caribbean

The World’s Largest Merchant Ships

Glossary of Sea Terms

Errata

Index

Wonders of World Engineering

(End of Volume 2)

The Caribbean

Cruising in the Caribbean, concluded from part 54.

Glossary of Sea Terms

A selection of the more frequently used nautical expressions, terms and phrases, with their various meanings.

Errata

A listing of 25 corrections across both volumes of Shipping Wonders of the World.

Index

The index is planned to cover the whole work as comprehensively as possible, and thus to cater for the needs both of the average reader who wishes to refresh his memory on some point and also of those who are using Shipping Wonders of the World for reference purposes. The index begins with a list of abbreviations, followed by the A-Z section which fills the rest of this issue.  Only the first page of the index is reproduced below since the search option (at the top of each webpage) and contents page enables items of interest to be located more easily.

St George, Grenada

“THE CHIEF TOWN OF GRENADA, St George, is the seat of government of the Windward Islands, which stretch north from Trinidad to Martinique. In the harbour of St George vessels anchor in 50 or 60 feet of water, and are loaded and discharged by lighters. The Government wharf can be reached only by vessels drawing 8 feet or less. The ship in the harbour is the Specialist, of the Harrison Line. She has a gross tonnage of 4,287, a length of 370 ft 4 in, a beam of 50 ft 5 in and a depth of 25 ft 9 in.”

The World’s Largest Merchant Ships

A table showing the largest merchant vessels of the world in January 1937, arranged in order of size and giving details of dimensions and speeds. In the table, which is reproduced below, the dimensions of length, beam and depth are given in feet. In every instance the length given is the length between perpendiculars.

Wonders of World Engineering

The index included a four-page insert advertising the new part work published by the Amalgamated Press from Tuesday 2nd March 1937. Three pages from this insert are reproduced below. Interested readers wanting to learn more about this series should visit the Wonders of World Engineering website to find out more.