Singapore frigate RSS Intrepid 69 2004-

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Singapore-flagged, homeport Changi, MMSI 566011700 and call sign S6KJ. Ordered in March 2000, launched by ST Engineering (Marine), Benoi, Singapore on 3 July 2004 and commissioned on 5 February 2008. Part of Formidable-class stealth frigates derative of the French La Fayette-class and a replacement of the Sea Wolf-class missile gun boats in service since 1972. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 432 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by St. Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 54. Date building ordered 3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 152. 

Japanese frigate JS Kumano FFM-2 2019-

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MMSI 431999616. Ordered in 2018, laid down by Mitsui, Tamano, Japan on 30 October 2019, launched on 19 November 2020 and commissioned on 22 March 2022. Part of Mogami-class preceded by Abukama-class succeeded by New FFM (Upgraded Mogami-class). 

British screw steam transport Hope in the Crimean War on 28-10-1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 28 October 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Melbourne”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 64, present position Constantinople, Turkey, Commissariat stores.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

Canadian supply ship ms (ex-Cynthia 2008-2010, Amorito 2010, Neermoor 2010-2013) Asterix AOR 509 2008-

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IMO 9348182, MMSI 636014884 and call sign A8XE9. Liberia-flagged (2010-2015), Antigua&Barbuda-flagged (2010) and Canada-flagged (2015-). Laid down by Lloyd Werft Wismar (TKMS), Wismar, Germany with yard number 147 on 21 October 2008, launched on 27 January 2009, completed on 1 May 2010 as container ship Cynthia, acquired in 2015, converted by Davie Shipbuilding/Federal Fleet and leased to Canada/Royal Canadian Navy in December 2010

American whaler Friendship visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 8 November, ship, name master West, tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 2,700 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.

Papua New Guinea patrol vessel HMPNGS Francis Agwi 403 2021-

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Papua New Guinea-flagged, IMO 4734221, MMSI 553111887 and call sign P2DS. Built by Austal Australia as a Guardian-class patrol boat under the Pacific Maritime Security Program in 2021.

German blockaderunner Rudolf Albrecht in 1940

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Motor tanker Rudolf Albrecht. Not loaded. Left Ponta Delgada, Azores on 8 May 1904. Arrived at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on 17/18 May 1940. Transfer. Seized to be used as Etappen-V-Schiff.

Source

Bundesarchive RM 7-223.

Swedish car carrier (ex-Maersk Welkin 2006-2008, Hoegh Chiba 2008-2012, Alliance Richmond 2012-2014, Hoeg Chiba 2014-2024) Auto Way 2024-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 16 March 2026

Norway-flagged, homeport Oslo, IMO 9302558, MMSI 257824000 and call sign LAVD7. Owner/manager Wallenius Lines AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding&Marine Engineering, Geoje, South Korea in 2006. Singapore-flagged 2006-2012, Liberia-flagged 2012-20 and USA-flagged since 2014. 

British screw steam transport Hope in the Crimean War on 28-10-1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 28 October 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Melbourne”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 64, present position Constantinople, Turkey, Commissariat stores.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

Australian whaler Caroline visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 3 November, barque, name master Roberts, tonnage 196 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 900 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Thais torpedo boat HTMS Chumpohn 1936-

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Pennant 31. Part of Trad-class preceded by Number 1-class succeeded by Kantang-class. Italians design, in fact a smaller Italian Spica-class. Laid down by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy on 7 July 1936, launched on 18 January 1937, commissioned in March 1937, became a museum ship. 

German navy supporting attack at Gdynia, Poland according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated September 1939. An item reported that German naval forces supported the attack on the fortifications of Gdynia, Poland by successfull bombarding the Polish batteries and naval base at Gdynia.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

British flotilla leader HMS Seymour 1915-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 23 November 1915, launched on 31 August 1916, commissioned on 30 November 1916 and sold to be broken up in January 1931.

British screw steam transport Kangaroo in the Crimean War on 28-10-1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 28 October 1854 drawn up by  Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Melbourne”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 29, present position Varna, Bulgaria, sent with despatches to bring back troops.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

Australian whaler Nimrod visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 3 November, barque , name master Browne, tonnage 231 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 500 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Greek crude oil tanker Ionic Semeli 2025-

Schelde off Vlisingen, Netherlands 26 March 2026

Marshall Islands-flagged, IMO 1037933, MMSI 538011707 and call sign V7A3335. Owner/manager Ionic Tankers (Mgt) Inc., Athens, Greece. Built by Japna Marine United Corporation (JMU), Yokoh,ma, Japan in 2025. Also called a liquid bulk carrier. 

Russian torpedo gunboat Lieutenant Ilyen 1886-1911

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Launched at St. Petersburg, Russia on 12 July 1886, reclassified as despatch vessel on 10 October 1907 and stricken on 13 June 1911. Part of the Baltic Fleet. 

Allied and Japanese naval forces battling in the Badung Strait according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 February 1942

Dutch light cruiser Hr.Ms. Tromp. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

American destroyer USS Stewart, Clemson-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the Japanese fleet seemed to have lost 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 2 transports in the battle off Bali, Dutch East Indies on 19 February.(1)

Note

1. The Battle of Badung Strait in the night of 19/20 February in which the Dutch cruiser Hr.Ms. Tromp was heavily damaged, the Dutch destroyer Hr.Ms. Piet Hein sunk and the American destroyer USS Stewart damaged and scuttled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies while docked. Three Japanese destroyers and 1 transport were damaged.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942

French tug (ex-Howard Hogue -2005, Sea Lynx 2005-2016, Union Lynx 2016-2022, Tug Master One 2022) Abeille Horizon 2022-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 19-3-2026

France-flagged, IMO 9178410, MMSI 228442700 and call sign FMVL. Built by Loland Verft, Leirvik I Sogn, Norway in 1999. Owner/manager Les Abeilles, Le Havre, France. Vanatua-flagged 2004-2005, Norway-flagged 2005-2016, Bahamas-flagged 2016, Belgium-flagged 2016-2020, Bahamas-flagged 2020, Belgium-flagged 2020-2022, Bahamas-flagged 2022 and France-flagged 2022. 

British merchant ship Carthage chartered for the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882

Between July-September 1882 was the United Kingdom in war with Egyptian and Sudanese troops ending in the British occupation of Egypt. The British government chartered between July-August a lot of merchant steamships for transporting troops, stores etc. from the United Kingdom to Egypt including the Carthage of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Gross tonnage 5,100 tons. Served as hospital ship of the expedition with her roomy decks including a 300 feet long promenade. Recently acquired by her owner.(1)

Note

1. According to Lloyds Register 1882 net tonnage 2,588 tons, gross tonnage 5,013 tons and under deck 4,733 tons and as dimensions 430.1 x 44.4 x 33.5, built by Carid&Co., Greenock in August 1881.

Source

The Nautical Magazine. Fifty-first year. Volume VII. July 1882. 

Dutch maintenance craft Adriaen Coenen 2022-

Texel, Netherlands 14 March 2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02339401, MMSI 244002324 and call sign PH8259. Owner/manager Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Hoorn, Netherlands. Built by Next Generation Shipyards, Lauwersoog, Netherlands in 2022. 

American whaler Sarah Lee visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 1 November, ship , name master Weeks, tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo full loaded.

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Dutch passenger ship (ex-Dockyard VII 1949-1983, Niederheind 1983-1984, Stad Harlingen 1984-1991, Stad Rees 1991-?, Niederrhein ?-1996, Ichtus 1996-2009, Denick 2009-2011) Texel 44 2011-

Texel, Netherlands 14 March 2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02322550, MMSI 244660821. Built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1949. German property 1983-1984 and 1991-1996. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 431 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by St. Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 53. Date building ordered3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 152. 

Japanese cargo ship Kamogawa Maru 1937-1942

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Similar Kamogawa Maru (1938), Keiyo Maru (1937), Sinko Maru (1935), Tamagawa Maru (1938), Yamagiri Maru (1938), Yamazuki Maru (1937), Yodogawa Maru (1938) and Zenyo Maru (1937). Call sign JDOMOwner in 1939 Toyo Kaiun K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki, Japan on 26 August 1937, launched on 16 February 1938, completed on 15 April 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 5 September 1941, converted into an armed auxiliary aircraft transport between 5 September-15 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) north of Lombok Strait, off Sumbawa Island, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942 and stricken on 15 March 1942. Gross tonnage 6,641 tons, under deck 5,757 tons, net tonnage 4,832 tons and as dimensions 549.4 x 58.3 x 32.0 x 9.6 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Horsepower 1,165nhp/4,700 bhp, one screw, 110rpm=14 knots, 1333rpm=17 knots, fuel oil bunker capacity including deep tanks 2,700 tons, range 47,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14/15(normal cruising)-17-19 (maximum) knots. 

American whaler Martha visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 29 October, ship, name master Potter , tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 1,700 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

German large ocean-going submarine IXD2 in 1945

1945 Appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Type IX-submarine subclass Type IXD2 preceded by Type I succeeded by Type XXI. Of the Type IXD were three versions namely the IXD1, IXD2 and the IXD/42. Between 1937 and 1945 were totally 194 Type XI-submarines completed of the 200 under construction and the 290 planned of which 90 were cancelled. On 15 August 1940 were the first of the Type IXD2 ordered. Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen, Germany built 28 of this Type which were taken into service between 1942-1944. The building of another 22 boats was cancelled except for the two already under construction.The U-883 was completed and commissioned on 17 May 1944, the U-884 heavily damaged during an American air attack on 30 March 1944 was however never commissioned. 

Construction status of the German submarine U 2503 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXI. Yard Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Yard number Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion 19 July 1944. Remarks completed.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147. 

British destroyer HMS Strongbow 1916-1917

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Preceded by Yarrow M-class. Despite lacking geared steam turbines sometime described as Yarrow R-class destroyers. Ordered in July 1915, laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotland, launched on 30 September 1916, completed late 1916 and sunk by the German light cruisers SMS Bremse and Brummer off Norway on 17 October 1916.

Australian whaler Lucy Ann visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 14 October, barque, name master Richards , tonnage 214 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery , cargo 500 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Japanese cargo ship Tat(s)uwa Maru 1937-1954

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Similar Tatuharu Maru, Tatuho Maru, Tatuyma Maru and Tatuwa Maru. Laid down  by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Kobe, Japanon 1 May 1937, launched on 22 September 1937, completed on 1 February 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 18 November 1940, auxiliary transport since 16 December 1940, sunk after striking a mine off Shimonoseki, Japan on 10 May 1945, stricken on 10 June 1945, salvaged in 1946, taken into service on 9 December 1949 and sunk underway from Maulmein, Burma to Kobe on 10 May 1954. Gross tonnage 6,355 tons, netto tonnage 3,792 tons and as dimensions 410.9 x 56.0 x 30.7 x 10 (light)-25.6 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 750 nhp/4,500 bhp, coal bunker capacity 800 tons, range 5,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots. 

Japanese convoy underway to Christmas Island according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 February 1942

An item reported that a Japanese convoy consisting of 4 destroyers, 1 submarine and 2 transports were sighted on 22 February approaching Christmas Island, 300 miles south of Sunda Strait.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 430 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by St. Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 52. Date building ordered 3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 152. 

Japanese patrol vessel PS 66 1950s

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Operated by the Maritime Safety Board. Length about 121.6 feet

Hired British ship Brinkburn for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975.

Supplied by Messrs. Tatham, Bromage&Co., contractors for freightage of river material to Mojanga. Departed from Port Said on 16 April. Loaded with 12 paddle gunboats in sections namely the Espiègle, Eclatante, Impéteuse, Insolente, Précieuse, Poursuivante, Rusée. Zé, Bravo, Infernale, Invincible and Vigilante (last 4 gunboat-tugs. Delayed at Malta.

Source

Captain Pasfield Oliver, “The Madagascar expedition”: The United Service Magazine, volume XI. New Series. April 1895 to September 1895, p. 136-137. 

Italian long range submarine Archimede 1937-1943

Brin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Liuzzi-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Brin-class preceded by Archimede-class succeeded by Liuzzi-class. Laid down by Tosi, Taranto, Italy on 23 December 1937, launched on 5 March 1939, commissioned on 18 April 1939 and sunk by aircraft off the Brazilian coast on 15 April 1943 an stricken on 18 October 1946.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2502 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXI. Yard Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Yard number Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion 5 July 1944. Remarks completed.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147. 

Thais torpedo boat HTMS Songkla 1936-1941

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Pennant 33. Part of Trad-class preceded by Number 1-class succeeded by Kantang-class. Italians design, in fact a smaller Italian Spica-class. Laid down by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy on 29 August 1936, launched on 9 February 1937, commissioned in March 1937 and sunk during the battle of Koh Chang against the French on 17 January 1941. 

British transport California hired for the Abyssinian expedition in 1867

According to a letter dated Admiralty, Somerset House 6th September of the Director of Transport Services W.R. Mends to the Under Secretary of State for India was the iron screw steam transport California. Number transport 7. Tonnage 1,831 tons. Horsepower 200hp. Rate per ton per month. If discharged at home 24s10d and abroad 35s0d. Date of acceptance 31 August. Likely to sail early next week.

The British Abyssinian Expedition found place between 4 December 1867-13 May 1868 against the Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia to release the imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British government.

Source

Accounts and papers: thirty-five volumes. Army. Abyssinian expedition. Session 19 November 1867-31 July 1868. Vol. XLIII., p. 115.

British destroyer HMS Khartoum 1937-1940

Tribal. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sister ship and flotillaleader HMS Kelly©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

F45/G45. Part of K-class destroyers and flotilla leader of her class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. Laid down by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 27 October 1937, launched on 6 February 1939, commissioned in November 1939, in acutal service on 6 November 1939, beached after a Mark IX torpedo caused an uncontrollable fire and magazine explosion in the harbor of Perim in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940. 

British cargo ship Hsi-Ping seized by the Russians in 1904

Gross tonnage 1,981 tons. Underway from Ching-wang-tao to Shanghai. Type cargo? Seized off Port Arthur on 10 February 1904, ordered to Dalny, released after four days. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.

Source

Official history (Naval and Military) of the Russo-Japanese War. Vol. II. Liao Yang, the Sha Ho, Port Arthur. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London, 1912. 

Chinese frigate (ex-HMS Heliotrope 1939-1942, USS Surprise 1942-1945, HMS Heliotrope 1945-1948, ss Ziang Teh 1949-1949) Linyi or Lin I 1949-1972

as Linyi. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Flower-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Similar Kai Feng and Linyi. Built under the 1939 building programme. Part of Flower-class corvettes succeeded by Castle-class. Laid down by John Crown&Sons Ltd., Sunderland, England on 23 October 1939, launched on 5 June 1940, commissioned on 12 September 1940, decommissioned on 24 March 1942, handed over to the US Navy, renamed USS Surprise PG 63 of the Temptress-class patrol gunboats, decommissioned on 20 August 1945, given back to England on 26 August 1945, stricken US Navy Lit on 17 September 1945, sold to to merchant shipping as ss Ziang Teh or Xiang De in 1947, acquired by People’s Republic of China in 1949, renamed Linyi or Ling I decommissioned in 1972 and broken up. 

British merchant steamship Italy hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 4,169 tons. Cavalry transport.

Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary  force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.

Source

The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64. 

Australian whale chaser (ex-Wilfred Fearnhead 1948-1970/1971) Cheynes IV 1970/1971-

Albany Whaling Station, Western Australia. Photos by Bill Donaldson 22-3-2026

IMO 5389566. Registered Fremantle. Built by A/S Framnaes Mekaniske Verksted, Sandefjord Norway in 1948. Sold by the Union Whaling Co., Durban, South Africa to the Chenynes Beach Whaling Company in 1970, beached in Frenchman Bay Albany 1981, museum ship. The company ended her activitities in Australia in 1978, the museum was opened in 1980 under the name Whale World. Steam propulsion.  Gross tonnage 530 tons and as dimensions 45.45 (over all) x 9.0 (moulded) x 5.182 *maximum) metres or 1491. x 29.53 x 17.0 feet. 

Dutch research vessel (ex-TB Harlingen 362 2023-2024) Wim Wolff 2024-

Texel, Netherlands 14 March 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9958559, MMSI 246144000 and call sign PGBA. Awarded in January 2021. Built by Thecla Bodewes Shipyards, Kampen/Harlingen, Netherlandsin 2024. Owner/manager Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Hoorn, Netherlands.

Dutch Greenland whaler Breda of Vlielant burned by French privateers according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 8 September 1693

An item dated dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 September referred to a list of the Dutch Greenland whalers by two French privateers of St. Jan de Luz between 19 July and 1 August captured and burnt at Groenland. It included Commandeur Goll Watters, ‘t schip Breda of Vlielant, 2 whales. 

American whaling barque Friend cleared at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 18 December 1852

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 December was cleared the American whaling barque Friend master Low for cruising and back home 

Australian whaler Earl Stanhope visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 14 October, barque, name master Salmon, tonnage 295 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 1,200 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.