EDITORIAL.
This No. 130 appears two months late.
For health reasons, Frédéric Stahl - editor of your magazine, has to take off and we have decided to continue publishing despite this situation.
Frédéric's absence will be extended for an indefinite period, his convalescence will necessarily be long, no date of recovery can be envisaged for many months.
Ships & History will resume its publication rate but in the face of so much uncertainty, we have decided to let the current subscriptions end and not to renew them for the moment. Indeed, a subscription is a commitment that we make to you and that to date we cannot guarantee, for reasons of delays and perhaps irregularity. However, we are considering alternative proposals for current subscribers...
This issue will be different, especially concerning the News section which bears the signature of Frédéric.
Thank you to the authors who answered without hesitation and who mobilized to offer you this special issue. These are great regulars on our pages; René Alloin, J. Yves Brouard, Philippe Caresse & Jean Moulin (who is in charge of taking over the complex part of the news).
And to continue in the information, a surge in the price of paper was confirmed in 2021 and continues in 2022...
There has been a consequent increase in the price of paper since September 2021 and it continues to this day. We estimate it at around 45%, which represents a net increase of 22% on our printing invoices. To give you an idea, paper, which used to be bought at around 750 euros per ton, is now billed at around 1,200 euros per ton, and its price continues to rise...
We've been bending over backwards for months, cutting back on our margin. An already tight margin that cannot be reduced for long. The decision taken today does not delight us, but we must necessarily pass on this increase in our prices, our economic balance depends on it. A choice that can be explained by the soaring price of paper for months.
It has now been twelve years since our rates have been increased, unlike many other sectors. We wanted to spare you, not touch your wallet. Today, we no longer have a choice and we sincerely regret it. The price of your magazine will take 8%, it now goes to 13.00 euros.
The LELA PRESSE Team is counting on your understanding, your indulgence and your support in these difficult times. We do not give in to panic… Especially not! It would be the worst thing to do. "Keeping a cool head when the boat is rocking is the best way to weather a storm."
Sylvie Broquet-Ledet.
SUMMARY of this N°130:
- Some topical issues. By Jean Moulin.
- The odyssey of the Fantasque Class - 4th PART: Years 1943. By René Alloin.
- The heavy cruiser HMS EXETER. By Philippe Caresse.
- The secret liaisons of French submarines. By Jean Moulin.
- The Pocket Liberty. “Pocket” Liberty? By Jean-Yves Brouard.
- The Antiope type submarines from the 1927, 1928, 1929 budgets. By Jean Moulin.
We talk about it in the press and on the net:
If in current media matters one thing is difficult to deal with while remaining stuck as closely as possible to the news, it is precisely... the news! And oh miracle on the sidelines of the media, the internet and other information in continuous flow stands out with constancy in the magazine Navires & Histoire which pulls out of the game with a sacred know-how, proof once again with the war in Ukraine treated of in a very balanced way while keeping an approach that does honor to the word journalism, an open file with a fine spirit of analysis that is not very common these days.
For the rest of the content, these are pages of stories focused on the Second World War with submarines, cruisers etc., without forgetting an article dedicated to the concentrated version of liberty-ships, namely the Pocket Liberty of the Transat, a completely new subject in itself.
Good and intense reading of this excellent review published by LELA PRESSE editions. © Fleuves & Canaux
