''Sea Breezes'' is a monthly magazine devoted to the worldwide

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. Focusing on maritime news, including specialist coverage of naval, ferry, coastal, sail and cruise sectors, it also explores ships, ports, maritime events and places in depth, in regular feature articles.

History

''Sea Breezes'' was first published in December 1919 as the house magazine of the

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. The first editor was Thomas Edwin “Pardy” Edwards. It soon expanded its focus to include news about commercial shipping in general and featured many articles about historical ships and shipping in the

age of sail The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the int ...

. Ten issues were produced each year. To reflect this change in focus the title was changed in 1937 or 1938 to ''Sea Breezes - The Ship Lovers' Magazine'' and the price increased from 3d to 6d per copy. It was at that time published by Charles Birchall and Sons, 17 James St, Liverpool. The magazine ceased production in October 1939 for the duration of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Paper had become difficult to source and the editor, Lieut-Commander J. Francis Hall RNR was on active service with the British Navy. Production of the publication began again in 1946. The title had again changed, and was now ''Sea Breezes - The Ship Lovers' Digest''. In 1965, twelve issues were produced each year. The physical format of the journal underwent various changes. The first color photograph was used on the cover in August 1973.

Present day

The publication continues to be produced by a team based in the

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. More than 1000 issues of the journal have been published. By 2019 it had a readership of over 65,000.

References

External links

''Sea Breezes'' website

History of ''Sea Breezes''
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