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Sunday, 19 July 2026

German passenger/ro-ro cargo ship (ex-Westfalen 1972-2006, Helgoland 2006-2016) Westfalen 2016-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Germany-flagged, IMO 7217004, MMSI 211200690 and call sign DCNN. Built by Cassens Werft, Emden, Germany in 1972. Owner/manager EMS AG, Emden, Germany.

American sailing sealing ship Alabama between 1823-1828

Antarctic sealing ground. Of Stonington. Rigging brig. Three voyages between 1823-1828, 30,000 hair-seal skins from southern seas.

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. (1978).

Jack up rig (ex-Mr. Mac 1986, Transworld Rig 74 1986-1991, West Omnikron 1991-2001, Ensco 100 2001-?) Grannos ?-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Liberia-flagged, homeport Liberia, IMO 8752661, MMSI 636009436 and call sign ELNS5. Owner as Enscoo 100 Ensco Offshore International Holding, Dallas, Texas, US, manager Ensco International, Houston, Texas, USA. Built by Uie Shipbuilding, Clydebank, Scotland in 1986.

German blockade runner Karin outward bound in 1942

Transport Number T. Name ship Karin. Company Deutsche Kriegsmarine/F.L. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 13 October 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Date arrival December 1942. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).

German offshore construction jack-up Wind Lift 1 2010-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Portugal/Madeira-flagged, homeport Madera, IMO 9516686, MMSI 255916046 and call sign CQ2475. Built by Vakaru Western Shipyard, Klaipeda, Lithuania in 2010. Owner/manager Wulf Seetransporte, Cuxhaven, Germany. Germany-flagged, homeport Cuxhaven, MMSI 218319000 and call sign DFIC in 2010.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Simonsz 1700-1709

BookkeeperPieter van Breeda, Amsterdam

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Whales 5 Barrels blubber 260 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 16 Barrels blubber 450 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 3 Barrels blubber 100 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 3 Barrels blubber 80 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 8 Barrels blubber 300 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 8 Barrels blubber 300 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 4 Barrels blubber 150 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 60 Quardelen whale oil

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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.

Dutch cargo ship (ex-MSC Skaw 2000-2002, Drechtborg 2002-2003, Normed Rotterdam 20003-2005, Drechtborg 2005-2014, Svetlana 2014-2020) Alexandra 2020-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9196163, MMSI 314512000 and call sign 8PAV9. Built by Van Diepen Shipyard, Waterhuizen, Netherlands in 2000. Netherlands-flagged 2000-2014 and 2018, Malta-flagged 2014-2020. Owner/manager Vertom Shipping&Trading BV, Rhoon, Netherlands.

British sailing transport Dunbar 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 23, present position Constantinople, Turkey, remarks under orders of rear admiral Boxer.

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.

Unindentified offshore support vessel

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Offshore construction jack up?

American sailing sealing ship Antarctic in 1828-1829

Antarctic sealing ground African coast. Rigging schooner. Captain Benjamin Morrell. Left New York, USA in 1828, returned home on 14 July 1829 with 4,000 fur-seal skins. Tonnage 172 tons.

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. (1978).

German heavy load carrier Bravewind 2020-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Portugal/Madeira-flagged, IMO 9886330, MMSI 255806364 and call sign CQEE9. Built by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard, Zhenjiang, China in 2020. Owner/manager Peter Doehle Schiffahrts-KG, Hamburg, Germany.

German blockade runner Irene outward bound in 1942

Transport Number S. Name ship Irene. Company Deutsche Kriegsmarine/F.L. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 8 October 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Date arrival 20 December 1942. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).

Japanese passenger ship Anyo Maru 1911-1945

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Call sign JATD. Owner in 1939 Nippon Yusen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki, Japan on 9 September 1911, launched on 26 January 1913, completed on 6 June 1913, requistioned by army and converted into troop transport Alloted IJA No. 974 on 18 October 1941, requisitioned and became an Army/Civilian (A/S) shared employment ship better known as a Haitosen and renamed Allotted IJA No. 5013, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Barb (SS-220) underway from Moj towards Takao on 8 January 1945. Gross tonnage 9,257 tons, under deck 8,651 tons, net tonnage 5,739 tons, deadweight 12,500 tons and as dimensions 460.0 x 59.7 x 32.5 x 11 (light)-30 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine explosion, 2 screws, horsepower 7,452 ihp. 1,157 nhp, rpm 99/15.25 knots, oil fuel capacity 2,059 tons, range 13,000 nautical miles/12 knots and speed 12 (normal cruising)-15,25 (maximum) knots.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Adriaansz Dek 1700-1704

BookkeeperAldert Boon, De Rijp

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Whales 3.5 Barrels blubber 160 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 5 Barrels blubber 180 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 2 Barrels blubber 76 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 4 Barrels blubber 220 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 1 Barrels blubber 40 Quardelen whale oil

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Taiwanese submarine chaser (ex-USS PC 492 1941-1948) Fu Kiang 105 1948-

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Part of the 173 feet class or PC-461 class US submarine chasers with a displacement of 280-450 (full load) tons and as dimensions 173 2/3 (over all) x 23 x 10 3/4 (maximum) feet. Ordered on 26 December 1940, laid down by Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 29 December 1941, launched on 29 December 1941, commissioned on 5 May 1942, decommissioned at Subic Bay, Philippines on 13 February 1946, transferred to Nationalist China on 30 June 1948, renamed Fu Kiang, stricken US Naval Register on 16 December 1970. Some editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships mid 1950s also supplied the name Hwangpu before she was renamed Fu Kiang.

British sailing transport Pride of Ocean 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 21, present position Varna, Bulgaria, remarks sent for cattle.

Source

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

French passenger steamship Lieutenant Saint Loubert Bie drifted rudderless on the Tejo in November 1940

In his letter dated Lisbon dated 3 November 1940 No. 890 to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine wrote the German Marineattaché Portugal that according to the newspaper Diario da Manha and Seculo, Lisbon dated 31 October that the French passenger steamship Lieutenant Saint Loubert Bie lying on the Tejo drifted free when the anchor chain broke. This was possible cause while she was lying al quiet some time anchored. A tug towed her to the quay while her propulsion was inactive. For the time being would she stay there.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché Portugal. RM 11-16

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Russian intelligence gathering ship RFS Kildin SSV 512 1969-

Great Belt Bridge, Denmark 18 July 2026

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Project 861/Moma-class hydrographic survey vessel converted iin 1970 nto an intelligence gathering ship. Laid down by Stocznia Polnocna Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland with yard number 861/13 on 31 December 1969, commissioned on 23 May 1970.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 919 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Dutch shipyards, yet not divided. Date building ordered 4 December 1943. Date completion unknown but estimated 5 Kriegsfischkutters monthly.

Source

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

Guinean fishing vessel (ex-Nam Yang 1974-1982, Ain Chegag 1982-1994, Pole Star 1994-1999, Sirius 1999-2001) Guetndar 2001-2010 (101 Seo Hyun 2010-2016)

Las Palmas, Gran Canarian Canary Islands, Spain 10 February 2005

Guinea-flagged, homeport Conakri, IMO 7362976. Laid down by Astilleros Atlantico, Santander, Spain with yard number 158 in April 1974, launched on 18 September 1974 and completed in December 1974. Sold to Spain to be broken up starting in April 2016. At the end South Korea-flagged.

Russian naval officer Patton according to a report from the Military Observer at Riga, Latvia dated 22 July 1921

The information was received from the Latvian General Staff and considered to be reliable. In fact few was known dealing with the personnel of the Central Institutions except that the majority in authority were former naval officers already officers prior to the First World War. The descriptions of the officers were supplied by a former high officer of the Imperial Russian Navy which now stayed in Latvia. Former 2nd class captain. “Chief of the Kronstadt base (April 19210; a fine officer, able and experienced; held positions of command throughout the war [First World War]; command first a division of destroyers and, subsequently, a brigade of light cruisers.”

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.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2536 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. Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion open. Remarks new deadlines coming in September.

Source

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

Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt F 361 2008-

Denmark 17 July 2026

MMSI 219103000 and call sign OVVA. Part of Iver Huitfeldt-class preceded by Niels Juel-class corvettes but reusing the basic design of the Absalon-class frigates. Laid down by Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark on 2 June 2008, launched on 11 March 2010 and commissioned on 21 January 2011.

German blockade runner Burgenland homeward bound in 1944

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Transport Number -. Name ship Burgenland. Company Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 29 October 1943. Harbour which was left -. Date lost 5 January 1944.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).

Russian research vessel (ex-Mars 1939-1945, Empire Forth 1945-1946, Equator 1946-?, Admiral Makarov ?-1949) RV Vityaz 1949-

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Built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany with yard number 614 in 1939. During the Second World War used by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and as military hospital ship between 1942-1945, seized at Copenhagen, Denmark by England in 1945, allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946, converted into a research vessel between 1948-1949, retired in 1979 and since 1982 museum ship.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas van Stierep 1700-1707

Bookkeeper Floris de Lange, Zaandyk

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Whales 6 Barrels blubber 286 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 14 Barrels blubber 550 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 3 Barrels blubber 116 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 5 Barrels blubber 250 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 12 Barrels blubber 480 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 1 Barrels blubber 40 Quardelen whale oil

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Japanese passenger-cargo ship Ukisima Maru (ex-Ukishima Maru 1936-1938) 1938-1945

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Similar Naminoue Maru and Ukisima Maru. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka, Japan. Laid down by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., Tama, Japan on 7 August 1936, launched on 26 December 1936, completed on 15 March 1937, requisitioned by the navy and converted into an armed merchant cruiser between 3 September -14 October 1941, rerated as auxiliary transport on 20 February 1945, sunk after striking a mine in the Maizuru Bay on 24 August 1945, stricken on 3 May 1947. Gross tonnage 4,730 tons, under deck 3,780 tons, net tonnage 2,810 tons, deadweight 4,600 tons and as dimensions 355.71 x 51.5 x 32.2 x 23 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, one screw, horsepower 750 nhp/4,805 bhp. Fuel oil bunker capacity 219 tons and speed 13 (normal cruising)-15 (maximum) knots.

Italian sailing ship Carolina lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 11 May due to submarine attack on the location 25 miles south east of Cap Figar. Tonnage 87 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Bulgarian tanker Veleka 1975-1994 and Greek Slops 1994-2012

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IMO 7437111. Built by Baltic Shipyard/Ao Baltiyskiy Zavod Jsc, Leningrad, Soviet Union in 1975, sold to Greek company Hellenic Slops Co. Ltd., Piraeus,Greece, renamed Slops in 1994, became a waste disposal Vessel, lost in a fire on 15 January 2012 and broken up.

Shipping traffic at Livorno, Italy according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item referred to a statement of a taken prisoner captain reporting that daily around 10 ships left Livorno, Italy usally escorted by 3-4 ships when they had the same destination.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Norwegian aggregates carrier (ex-Bodewes Hoogezand 781 2026) Aasvard 2026-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 11 June 2026

Madeira/Portugal-flagged, homeport Madeira, IMO 1042718, MMSI 255916026 and call sign CQ2455. Ordered in November 2023, launched by Royal Bodewes Shipyards, Hoogezand, Netherlands on 17 March 2026, planned delivery on 18 July 2026.. Owner Aasen Bulk, Mosterhamn, Norway.

British sailing transport Ganges 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 20, present position Eupatoria, Crimea, remarks waiting for orders.

Source

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

Chinese bulk carrier CL Ganjiang 2023-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 3 June 2026

Hong Kong-flagged, IMO 9953327, MMSI 477928400 and call sign VRVV9. Built as a Crown 63 Ply model by New Dayang Shipbuilding, China in 2023. Manager Synenergy Marine Bulk Pte. Ltd. Ordered by CDB Financial Leasing Co. Ltd., China.

Allied convoy passed Madrid according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item referred to a report of the the naval attaché at Madrid dated 12 August that on 9 August a convoy of 13 steamships escorted by 2 French torpedo boats passed going towards the east.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Spanish sailing vessel Pascual Flores 1917-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 3 June 2026

Spain-flagged, homeport Torrevieja, MMSI 224534350 and call sign EATO. Purchased by the Torrevieja City Council at Milford Haven in 1999 in very worse condition and between 2005-2008 restored. Since 30 October 2020 under a contract with the Nao Victoria Foundation. A so-called Pailebote. Built in 1917. Dimensions 34.14 (hull) x 8.60 x 3.82 x 4.00 metres, displacement 210 tons and sail area more as 400 square metres.

British sailing transport Caduceus 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 19, present position Constantinople, remarks under orders or rear admiral Boxer.

Source

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

Dutch inland tug (ex-Maasstad 1932-1956, Maasstad II 1956-1968, Anita 1968-1986, Ellen 1986-1988) Deun 1988-

Leiden, Netherlands 9 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Leiden, Netherlands, MMSI 244210901 and call sign PG3278. Built by Van der Laan, Woubrugge, Netherlands in 1932.

Italian sailing ship Luisa Madre lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 11 May due to submarine attack on the location 25 miles south east of Cap Figar. Tonnage 85 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Dutch inland tug (ex-Bato 1921-1924, Nelly 1924-1951, Wenny 1951-1954, Elri 1954-1960, Irma 1960-1964) Burly 1964-

Leiden, Netherlands 9 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport, Leiden, Netherlands, ENI 02307173, EU 2104685, MMSI 244750360 and call sign PI7322. Built by De Volharding (J. Peglig), Alkmaar, Netherlands in 1921.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Fyn 1700-1704

Bookkeeper Jan Botterpott, Hoorn

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Whales 8 Barrels blubber 130 Quardelen whale oil

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Lost

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Whales 2 Barrels blubber 85 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 2 Barrels blubber 100 Quardelen whale oil

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Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 50 Quardelen whale oil

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Dutch inland motor tug (ex-Risico II 1911-1937, Jo 1937-1956, Adwil III 1956-1957, Bernhard 1957-1961, Wilcor 1961-1964, John 1964-1968, Rex 1968-1986, Bileam 1986-1990, Sijan 1990-1991) Alba 1991-

Leiden, Netherlands 9 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Leiderdorp, ENI 2317905, MMSI 244670012 and call sign PH2152. Built by Kooiman, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands in 1911

German blockade runner Rio Grande homeward bound in 1943

Transport Number -. Name ship Rio Grande. Company Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany (H.S.D.G.). Date departure 4 October 1943. Harbour which was left Kobe, Japan. Date lost 4 January 1944.(1)

Note

1. Launched by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 777 on 17 January 1939, commissionned on 29 April 1939 and sunk by American light cuiser USS Omaha and destroyer USS Jouett on the Atlantic on 3 January 1944.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).

Friday, 17 July 2026

Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura 1944-1947 and Russia frigate Vetrenny 1947-?, Vyrazitel’ny ?-1949 and target sihp TsL-26 1949-1958

Former Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura part of the Matsu- or Type-D class Tachibana-subclass destroyers preceded by Akizuki-class destroyers and Otori-class torpedo boats. Ship No. 5522. Laid down by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 4 December 1944, launched on 10 February 1945, completed on 18 May 1945, handed over to the Soviet Union at Nakhodka, renamed Vetrenny and within short tim Vyrazitel’ny, converted into a target ship TsL-26 in 1949 and broken up in 1958. Classified in Jane’s Fighting Ships 1950’s as frigates.

French armoured cruiser Edgar Quinet sighted at Toulon, France according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that accorring to an intercepted letter the French warship Edward Quinet mid July was lyying at Toulon, France.(1)

Note

1. Part of Edgar Quinet-class armoured cruisers preceded by Ernest Renan. Laid down by Arsenal de Brest, France in November 1905, launched on 21 September 1907, commissioned in January 1911 and wrecked west of Oran, Algeria on 4 January 1930 and sunk on 9 January 1930.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Entente battleships sighted at Saloniki, Greece according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that on 9 August in the harbour of Saloniki, Greece three battleships of the enemy were sighted.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Concept of a cruiser carrier in the future dated 13 March 1943

Drawing by Logan U. Reavis (1887, Saint Louis, USA, 1 June 1958 (Hempstead, USA).

The carrier-cruiser was presented as a newcomer (1) and a one-ship task fore for offensive sorties on a scale too small for full task forces but too large and/or important for an unaccompanied cruiser group. An example “she would be very useful as an escort for valuable convoys, such as the deep-sea portion of a ship-borne troop movement’ part of a invasion. Her displacement was 12,000 tons, main dimensions 650 x 75 feet and a speed of 35 knots.

Legend of the drawing could just partly be read:

1. Fore 1x3-27.94cm/11” guns

2. ... guns

3. 6”?) guns with full .. degree arch fire.

1. Recatractable fire control station

2. Side stack

6. Aft 1x3-27.94cm11” guns

7. Elevator for aircaft

8. Radio masts and antennas.

9. Retractable range finders.

10. Tradmill accelerator.

11. Medium bombers.

Note

1. He was an industrial and marine working as illustrator and writers for newspapers but also for the United States Lines and other shipbuilding related industry. In the 1950s he made promotional maps and brochures to celebrate the passenger ship ss United States which won the Blue Riband in 1932.

Source

‘The shape of ships to come’ in: The navy of the Future, The Collier’s, 13 March 1943.

Merchant traffic heading westward of Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item reported that between 6-10 August were heading to the west British gunboat HMS Humber, 5 armed British steamships, 1 armed steamship, 1 armed steamship, 1 armed Italian steamship, 1 passsenger steamship, 1 British torpedo boat, 1 British auxiliary cruiser yacht, 1 British gunboat, 1 armed passenger steamship of the White Star line, 2 armed French steamships, 1 Greek steamship, 2 with 2 guns armed Italian passenger steamships, 1 Norwegian steamship and 1 with bow and stern guns armed French passenger steamship.

coming from Gibraltar

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Merchant traffic heading eastward of Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item reported that between 6-10 August were heading to the east 1 armed French steamship, 1 with 2 guns armed French steamship, 1 Brazilian steamship, 2 armed British transports, 1 armed Italian steamhip, 4 armed British steamships, 1 British hospitalship. As part of a convoy 1 Italian auxiliary cruiser, 2 armed steamships, 1 Greek steamship, 1 Danish steamship and 2 steamships; 1 armed Italian passenger steamship coming from Gibraltar

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Concept of an anti aircraft destroyer in the future dated 13 March 1943

Drawing by Logan U. Reavis (1887, Saint Louis, USA, 1 June 1958 (Hempstead, USA).

Sufficiently horizontal armour to protect against light bombs. Carrued an own air aircfat for scouting and fighter tasks. With a displacement of 5,000 tons and as dimensions 475 x 75 feet. Speed 35 knots.

Legend

1. Whaleback-type armoured deck.

2. Countersunk antibomber machine guns.

3. 12.45cm/4.9” guns.

4. Main battery of 15.24cm/6” guns.

5. Bridge and fire control stations.

6. Retractable range finder.

7. retractable catapult seaplane.

8. quick firing anti aircraft guns.

Note

Source

‘The shape of ships to come’ in: The navy of the Future, The Collier’s, 13 March 1943.

Ships sighted at Saloniki, Greece according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item referred to air reconaissance dated 11 August reporting that at Saloniki, Greece were anchored 24 large and 4 small ships for unloading and along the quay 3 large and 5 small ships for (un-) loading.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Steamships sighted at Valona according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

An item referred to air reconaissance reporting that on 7 August 5 steamships were anchored at Valona [then Italian=Vlorë, Albania] and 1 steamship with course south west leaving.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Danish offshore patrol vessel HDMS Lauge Koch P-572 2014-

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Korsor, Denmark 16 July 2026

Denmark-flagged, MMSI 219030000 and call sign OVF1. Part of Knud Rasmussen-class preceded by Agdiek-class. Laid down by Karstens Skibsvaerft on 12 May 2014, launched on 20 April 2015 and commissioned on 11 December 2017.

American destroyer USS Rhind DD-404 1937-1948

Part of Benham-class (sometimes called as Ellet-class) preceded by Somers-class succeeded by Sims-class. Gibbs&Cox-design. Built between 1936-1939 were 10 vessels built with a limited 1,500 tons standard displacement according to the London Naval Treaty. With similar characteristiscs as the Gridley- and Bagley-classes. Hull number DD 404. Laid down by Philadelphia Navy Yard on 22 September 1937, launched on 28 July 1938, commissioned on 10 November 1939, decommissioned on 26 August 1946, pariticipated in Operation Crossroads off Bikini Atoll, scuttled off Kwajalein on 22 March 1948 and stricken on 5 April 1948.

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