Turkish ship of the line burned off Eupatoria [Yevpatoria] in 1854

Sketch by Lieutenant Lodder. Illustrated London News dated 13 January 1855

A correspondent reported on 22 December 1855 from Eupatoria, Crimea that a day earlier a Turkish ship of the line on a distance of about miles was seen on fire. She was lying there shipwrecked in the November gale. Boats of HMS Curacao (1) went sent for extinguished. To protect them was the new gunboat HMS Viper (2) while there was a large number of Cossacks present on the beach. She was however one mass of flame and the boats returned to the Curacao. The Viper steamed a few miles along the coastline to the picket-house where the night before Tartars had been driven away by the Cossacks. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side.

Notes

1. Part of Tribune-class screw steam frigates, ordered on 4 July and reordered on 18 July 1851, laid down by Pembroke Dockyard in January 1852, launched on 13 April 1854, completed by 14 November 1854, decommissioned in 1869 and scrapped by 17 July 1869

2. Part of Arrow-class wooden-hulled screw steam 2nd class gunvessels (until 1856 classified as dispatch vessels), launched by R.&H. Green, Blackwall Yard, England on 23 July 1854 and sold to Marshall to be broken up at Plymouth, England on 19 May 1862. 

British sailing transport Lord Raglan in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 89, present position Eupatoria, remarks waiting for orders.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British expedition underway on the Tien-Tsin River[Peiho or Hai river] in November 1854

Illustrated London News dated 27-1-1855

The HMS Rattler (1) commanded by captain Mellers brought Sir John Bowring (2) to Peking. She was accompanied by the American steam frigate USS Powhatan (3) and steamship John Hancock with on board the American Commissioner Mr. M’Lane (4_. As auxiliaries were on the river available the American schooner USS Fenimore Cooper and the lorcha Chusan.

Notes

1. Screw steam sloop, ordered on 24 February 1842, laid down by Sheerness Dockyard in April 1842, launched on 13 April 1843, commissioned on 12 December 1844 and broken up at Woolwich between 22 July-26 November 1856. Participated with the HMS Eaglet and American USS Powhatan at the naval battle near Tai O vollage, Lamtau/Kowloon against Chinese pirates.

2. Sir John Bowring (17 October 1792 Exeter, Devon, England-23 November 1872 Clarement, Devon, England), 4th Governor of Hong Kong between 13 April 1854-9 September 1859)

3. Screw steam frigate, laid down by Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA on 6 August 1847, launched on 14 February 1850, commissioned on 2 September 1852, decommissioned on 2 June 1886, sold on 30 July 1886 and broken up on 5 August 1887.

4. Probably Robert Milligan McLane (23 June 1815 Wilmington, Delaware, USA-16 April 1898 Paris, France), appointed as commissioner to China in 1853.

British sailing transport Sir R. Sale in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 88, present position Eupatoria, remarks waiting for orders.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

French transport l’Euphrate off Messina bound for Crimea in 1854

Sketch E.A. Goodall. Illustrated London News dated 27-1-1855

Built for the Australasian and Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company and bought by the Paquebots Poste de la Méditerranée She departed in the evening of 25th [1854] from Marseille with 420 men drafts for the 16th, 12th, 17th, 31st and 64th French Regiments serving in the East, bound for Crimea, on the 30th was she at Athens and the next day at Constantinople. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. 

British sailing transport Burmah in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 85, present position Eupatoria, remarks waiting for orders.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

French fishing vessel Gastibelza CH.510092 1980-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Cherbourg. Built in 1980. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Dirckse Soetlief returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 18 August 1699

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 August reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Dirckse Soetlief 12,5 whale.

French fishing vessel La Presqu ile II CH.922541 2004-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, MMSI 228579070 and call sign FGD7678. Built by Chantier naval Alu Acier Marine, Longueville 50, France in 2004

Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaen Breed returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 18 August 1699

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 August reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaen Breed 11 whales.

French shell fishing vessel (ex-P’tit Ecu 1984-2001, Todemae 2001-2004, la Petite Lauryne 2004-2009, Equinandra 2009-2012, le Soleil 2012-2018) L’Andreas SB.601016 2018-

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, MMSI 22731620 and call sign FT72228. Built by Bénéteau, St. Hilaire de Riez 85, France in 1984. LS601016 (les Sables d’Olonne 1984-1997, FC.601016 ( Fécamp) 1997-2008, CH.601016 (Cherbourg) 2008-2012, SB.601016 (ST. Brieuc) 2012-nowadays. 

French whaler Pie IX visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 6 November of the French whaler Pie IX master Leerosnier 35 months 2,000 barrels whale oil 9,000 lbs bone

French fishing vessels Phoenix SM.571899 (1983) and Pors Moguer GV.735500 (1987)

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

(ex-Notre Dame de Bon Secours DP.571899 (Dieppe) 1983-1989, Baccara SB.571899 (St. Brieuc 1989-1996) Phoenix (SB.571899 1996-2001/SM.571899 2001-) 1996-. France-flagged, homeport Saint-Malo, IMO 8525238, MMSI 227511000 and call sign FUBH. Built by Forges Caloin, Etaples-sur-Mer in 1983.

(ex-Digny SM.735599 1987-2001) Pors MorguerSB.735500 2001-2016/ GV.735500 (2016-2019). France-flagged, IMO 8713782, MMSI 228213000 and call sign FHVT. Decommissioned in July 2019? Built by Vergoz, Concarneau, France in 1987.

French whaler Espadon visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 6 November of the French whaler Espadon master Homond 32 months 1,000 barrels whale oil 12,000 lbs bone

French shell fishing vessel (ex-Virgo Fidelis 1987-2000, Carpe Diem 2 2000-2008, Chrisdami 2008, Hermine Oranne 2008-2009) Hermine Bastien Steeven SM.734551 2009-

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, IMO 8542092, MMSI 228157800 and call sign FI6093. Built by Ateliers et Chantiers Maritime, Honfleur, France in 1987.BL.734551 (Boulgne sur Mer) 1987-2006, LH.734551 (Le Havre) 2006-2008 and since then SM.734551 (Saint Malo).

French whaler Georges visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 6 November of the French whaler Georges master Luhrs 30 months 900 barrels whale oil 10,000 lbs bone

French shell fishing vessel (ex-Edelweiss 1982-2000, Narval 2000-2002, Cavallino 2002-2007, Boreal 2007-2013, Alexis 2013-2015) Alsestela SM.547400 2015-2024) Augustine Angélique 2024-? (anno 2026 Alsestela SM.547400)

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, MMSI 227656210 and call sign FT2518. Built by Chantier Naval de Prequ’ile, le Croisic, France in 1982. LS.547400 (les Sables d’Olonne) 1982-2002, SB.5374000 (St.Brieux) 2002-2025 and SM.547400 (Saint Malo). 

French whaler Nil visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 6 November of the French whaler Nil master Lebaste 14 months 1,000 barrels whale oil 15,000 lbs bone

Panama-flagged whale factory Vestfold 1930-1943

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Call sign HPEL. Panama-flagged. Owner in 1939 Vestfold Corporation. Laid down by Furness S.B. Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England for Hvalfangers A/S Vestfold (Johan Rasmussen&Co.), Sandefjord, Norway in July 1930, launched on 16 April 1931, completed in July 1931 and sunk by the German submarine U-268 when part of convoy HX-222 with a cargo of fuel oil and landing craft on 17 January 1943. Gross tonnage 14,547 tons, under deck t9,942 tons, net tonnage 8,277 tons and as dimensions 538.1 x 74.x 33.3 feet. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Vos 1734-1738

Bookkeeper Huygen en Beets, De Rijp

1734

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 30

1735

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 40

Bookkeeper Aris van den Broek, Zaandam

1736

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 80

1737

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 130

1738

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 30

Total

Whales 8.5 Barrels blubber 310

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

French shell-crab trawler (ex-Yá Temps 1988-2010) Spartan CH.711421 2010-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Granville, MMSI 227321260 and call sign FW8333. Built by Mécasoud, St. Nazaire, France in 1988.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Kooyman 1734-1737

BookkeeperCornelis Arisz Veen, Zaandam

1734

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Bookkeeper Pieter Roosen, Amsterdam

1737

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Total

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

American destroyer USS Mayrant DD-31 1909-1935

Flusser, Smith-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Roe, Paulding-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Duncan, Cassin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Paulding-class (DD 22-42) preceded by Smith-class succeeded by Cassin-class. Some times DD 24-28, 30-31, 33 and 36 are considered as the Roe-class and DD 32,35 and 38-42 as Monaghan-class. Silhouettes differs while the DD 24-27, 30-32, 34, 36-37 and 40 possessed 3 instead of 4 funnels, with the middle funnel being larger with two boiler uptakes trunked together. The edition Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I called the class instead of Paulding-class the Drayton-class which was unofficially also known as the Flivver Type. William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA with yard number 353 on 22 April 1909, launched on 23 April 1910, commissioned on 21 July 1911decommissioned on 20 May 1915, recommissioned between 12 January 1918-12 December 1919, stricken on 8 March 1935 and sold to M. Black&Co., Norfolk, Virginia, USA to be broken up on 28 June 1935. 

British merchant ship Clan Ross damaged by by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that on 24 June the British merchant ship Clan Ross, tonnage 5,897 tons, was attacked bye enemy aircraft causing the next damage: deck holed, hatches destroyed.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British sloop HMS Bridgewater L01 1928-1947

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Part of Bridgewater-class, preceded by 24-class minesweeping sloops succeeded by Hastings-class. Ordered on 19 September 1927, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 6 February 1928, launched on 14 September 1928, commissioned on 14 March 1929. out of service in July 1945 and sold to be broken up on 22 May 1947. 

French workboat le Paul

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

British merchant ship Waterloo sunk by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that on 10 July the British merchant ship Waterloo, tonnage 1,905 tons, loaded with ... , underway from ... to was sunk by a bomb dropped by an aircraft off Smith’s Knoll. Crew landed safely at Yarmouth, England. Part of convoy.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

Italian destroyer Borea 1925-1940

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Part of Turbine-class preceded by Sauro-class succeeded by Navigatori-class. Identification code BR. Laid down by Ansaldo, Genoa on 29 April 1925, launched on 28 January 1927, completed on 14 November 1927 and sunk during a British aircraft of the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious attacking the harbour of  Benghazi, Libya on 16 September 1940. 

French work boat VA.911826

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 992 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in South France. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion February 1945.

Source

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

French boat SM.347520

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

Ultimate fate of Russian battleship Mikhail Frunze still unknown according to report No. 10295 dated 4 January 1939 of the American Military Attaché at Riga, Latvia

Gangut-class battleship©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

In his report dated Riga, Latvia 4 January 1939 No. 10295 dealing with the Soviet Baltic Fleet in the Training Season 1938 used the American Military Attaché major G.B. Guenther a so-called reliable source.The hull of the battleship Mikhail Frunze (ex-Poltava) was still lying on the same spot at the Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad. There was none information about her ultimate fate known: refitted or broken up.(1)

Note

1. Part of the Gangut- or Sevastopol-class preceded by Andrei Pervizvanny-class, succeeded by Imperatritsa Mariya-class, laid down by Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 16 June 1909, launched on 23 July 1911, commissioned on 30 December 1914, in Boshewik hands since 1917, decommissioned in October 1918, used as barracks ship, conversion into an aircraft carrier considered in 1924, proposal to commission her as floating battery and reconstructing her in time as battleship dated 31 January 1930, conversion into a floating battery cancelled on 9 July 1939, renamed Frunze on 7 January 1926, stricken on 1 December 1940 and broken up since 1949.

Source

National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.

Japanese ferry Uko (h) Maru No. 1 1929-

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Call sign JCAE. Homeport Tokyo. Owner in 1939 Department of Railways. Built to be operated in the straits between Aomori and Hakodate and between Shimonoseki and Fusan and principal coaling centers in Japan. Built by Kawasaki Dockyard&Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan in 1929. Gross tonnage 313tons, net tonnage 96 tons and as dimensions 149.9 x 31.8 x 8.2 feet. 

Shipping traffic heading to the east of Gibraltar on 1 August according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 6 August 1917

An item reported the sighting on 1 August heading to the east of 1 armed British steamship,1 Italian with 2 guns armed passenger ship, 1 Italian auxiliary cruiser, 1 armed passenger steamship, 1 armed steamship, 1 armed British steam transport, 1 Greek steamship and the with 2 guns armed British passenger steamship Mohacsfield from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Preliminary design for the American battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) dated 24 August 1912/3 September 1912

Nevada-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Design dated 24 August 1912©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Pennsylvania-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

New Mexico-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preceded by Nevada-class succeeded by New Mexico-class. Nearly final version of the design. In contrary to earlier preliminary designs was shifting the underwater side armour from the shell to an internal bulkhead. Contined the concept ‘all-or-nothing’ armour of the Nevada-class with increasing the thickness where really was needed and reducing elsewhere where less needed. USS Pennsylvania (BB38) and Arizona (BB39) were built to dis design.

Dimensions 600 (waterline) x 97’0 1/2”(outside armor) x 28’10” (mean draft) feet. Displacement 31,400 tons. Long. Coefficent ,629 (9 replaced in pencil by 7). Armament 4x3-35.56cm/14” B.K.R. guns, 22-12.7cm/5” quick firing guns and 4 submerged torpedo tubes.

Turbine propulsion, twelve boilers divided over 3 rooms, speed 21 knots. Range 8,000 nautical miles/10 knots.

Armour. Main side belt: widt etx. 17’4 5/8”, depth below water line 8’11 8/8, thickness 131/2-13 1/4-8”. Barbettes heavy part 13”, light part 4 1/2”. Turrets thickness port 18”, sides 9-10”, rear 9”, roof 5”. Conning tower proper, thickness 16”. Fire control 16”. Conning tower tube heavy 16”, light 6”. Uptake protection 13”. Protective deck, total 120#. Splinter deck, total thickness 80#-60#.

Weight summary normal condition:

Hull complete 13,390

Hull fittings 1,293

Protection 8,422

Steam engineering 2,399

Res. Feed 2/3 supply 209

Battery 1,658

Ammunition& 2/3 ordnance stores 1,310

Equipment&2/3 equipment stores, outfit& 2/3 stores 1,073

Oil fuel 2.3 supply 1,548

Margin 98

Normal displacement 31,400 ton.

Source

United States Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair. Spring Stules 1911-1925. S-584-023

French unidentified vessel

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

Shipping traffic heading to the east of Gibraltar on 31 July according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 6 August 1917

An item reported the sighting on 31 July heading to the east of 1 British cable steamship, 2 armed British steamships, 1 Dutch steamship, 16 ships, 1 armed steam transport, 1 armed Portuguese steamship and 3 Italian steamships each armed with 2 guns  from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

French shell bottom trawler Philcathane CH639451 1987-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Granville, IMO 8574215, MMSI 227319780, call sign FHGT. Built by Bernard Locmiquélic 56 in 1987

American sailing sealing ship McDonough in 1835

Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Rigging schooner. Arrived at New London in 1835 with 654 fur-seal skins.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

French shell bottom trawler Catherine Philippe CH449489 1979-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Granville, IMO 8541610, MMSI 228830000 and call sign FPIR. Built by Servain Granville in 1979. 

American sailing sealing ship Maria Jane in 1835

Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Rigging schooner. Arrived at New York in 1835 with 1,500 fur-seas skins.  

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

French unidentified boat

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

Shipment of huts and clothing from Trieste war stores to the Allied forces in Crimea in 1855

Illustrated London News dated 13 January 185

Within the last weeks were a large number of huts (made by Cilli, Steiermark) sent from Trieste to Crimea just like huts sent from Southampton. Lloyds steamships transported hundreds bales of fur to Constantinople. The British government contracted the house of Weikersheim and Co., Vienna, Austria for immediately delivering of furs and winter clothing and a house at Berne, Switzerland delivered also winter clothing especially shoes. All for the Allied forces in the Crimea. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. 

British sailing transport Arabia on 28 October 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 83, present position Balaklava, remarks to receive wounded troops. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British 2nd rate screw steam ship of the line HMS St Jean d’Acre leaving Cork for Crimea in 1855

Sketch by Mr. R.L. Stopford shows passing the Lighthouse. 

Illustrated London News dated 13 January 1855

An item reported that she arrived in noon Thursday [last] week at Queenstown coming from Plymouth in less than 40 hours. Commanding officer H. Keppel. Horsepower 600 hp. On board were already major general Henry Robinson-Montague 6th Baron Rokeby (2 February 1798-25 May 1883)and major general Henry William Sir Barnard (1799 Westbury, Buckingham-5 July 1857 Delhi, British India), horses and stores. In short time was the luggage and guard of the various drafts of 640 men from several regiments loaded brought by the steamship Prince. She departed 6.30 o’clock on Saturday morning, top-gallant masts lowered and with 1,700 men on board. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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.

Building ordered on 15 February 1851, laid down by Devonport Dockyard in June 1851, launched on 23 March 1853, commissioned on 21 May 1853, out of service on 13 September 1861 and sold to be broken up in January 1875. She was designed as answer on the French screw steam ship of the line Napoléon. 

British sailing transport Rip Van Winkle on 28 October 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 82, present position Varna, Bulgaria, remarks receiving cattle.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 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.(1)

Note

1. Full rigged, lost in the Great Storm with entire crew in the Black Sea off Balaklava.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British light cruiser HMS Falmouth 1910-1917

Active-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Topaze-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Town-class Weymouth subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Hawkins-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Arethusa-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Town-class Weymouth subclass preceded by Active- and Topaze-class succeeded by Hawkins-class heavy cruisers and Arethusa-class light cruisers (1913). Ordered under the 1909-1910 Programme. Laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, Scotland on 21 February 1910, launched on 20 September 1910, commissioned in September 1911 and torpedoed by German submarine U-66 on 19 August 1916 and sunk off Flamborough Head on 20 August 1916.

Arrival of ships at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 5 August 1917

An item reported the arrival at Gibraltar coming from the east on 30 July of 1 armed British steamship and the armed Italian steamship Matle Kovitz.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Italian and British warships lying at Tarento and Bari, Italy according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 5 August 1917

An item reported that according to an agent arrived in the harbour of Tarento, Italy 7 Italian and 3 British motor boats.Their homebase seemed to be Bari, Italy where also 4 destroyers were lying.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Chinese river gunboat Kung Chen or Kong-Tchen 1915-1938

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Part of Chien Chung-class consisting of Chien Chung or Kiang-Tchong, Yung An or Yong Ngan and Kung Chen or Kong-Tchen. Built by Yangtse Works, Hankow, China in 1915. Sunk in October 1938. German type. Dimensions 33,5 x 5,5 x 0,90 metres and a displacement of 90 tons. Speed 11 knots. Crew numbered 42 men. Armament consisted of 1-8,5cm howitzer and 3-4 machine guns. 

Latvian merchant ship Talvadis sunk by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that on 9 July the Latvian merchant ship Talvadis, tonnage 4,952 tons, loaded with ... , underway from ... to ... was sunk by a bomb dropped by an aircraft off Start Point, Of the crew were 12 men saved, 1 wounded. Part of small coastal convoy

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

American destroyer USS Warrington DD-30 1909-1935

Flusser, Smith-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Roe, Paulding-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Duncan, Cassin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Paulding-class (DD 22-42) preceded by Smith-class succeeded by Cassin-class. Some times DD 24-28, 30-31, 33 and 36 are considered as the Roe-class and DD 32,35 and 38-42 as Monaghan-class. Silhouettes differs while the DD 24-27, 30-32, 34, 36-37 and 40 possessed 3 instead of 4 funnels, with the middle funnel being larger with two boiler uptakes trunked together. The edition Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I called the class instead of Paulding-class the Drayton-class which was unofficially also known as the Flivver Type. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA with yard number 352 on 21 June 1909, launched on 18 June 1910, commissioned on 20 March 1911, decommissioned on 31 January 1920, stricken on 20 March 1935 and sold to M. Black&Co., Norfolk, Virginia, USA to be broken up on 28 June 1935.