Confusion of names: Greenland whaling = Spitsbergen/Svalbard whaling and Davis Strait whaling= Greenland whaling

Boiling whale oil, probably Amsterdam Eiland, Spitsbergen. 

Mountain left probably Jan Mayen-eiland (Beerenberg).

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Cornelis de Man

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. 

American destroyer USS Fanning DD-37 1911-1934

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 Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 29 April 1911, launched on 11 January 1912, commissioned on 21 June 1912, decommissioned on 24 November 1919, transferred to the US Coast Guard on 7 June 1924, commissioned as USCG Fanning CG-11 on 30 May 1925, decommissioned on 1 April 1930, returned to the US Navy on 24 November 1930 and sold to be broken up on 2 May 1934. 

German blockade runner Vossiap homeward bound in 1941-1942

Transport Number -. Name ship Vossiap (ex-Osorno). Company Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 16 December 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 21 March 1942. Harbour of arrival Bordeaux, France. Deadweight 9,098 tons.(1)

Note

1. Can’t find another reference when she was renamed Vossiap. Launched by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 517 on 21 December 1938, commissioned on 21 December 1938 and scuttled in the Gironde when German forces retreated from Bordeaux on 25 August 1944.

Source

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

Russian naval officer Mjasnov 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 cruiser. “Chief of the Petrograd Naval Base (April 1921); as an officer, fair; very good-natured and soft-hearted; of (?) character; medium abilities; commanded the minelayer Volga during the war [First World War].”

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.

British destroyer HMS Hardy 1911-1921

Admiralty-K-class design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Laforey- or L-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of K- or Acasta-class preceded by Acheron-class succeeded by L- or Laforey-class. The class numbered 20 ships, of 12 which built while using the common Admiralty-design and 8 so-called builders’specials. The Acasta-class was in September 1913 redesignated K-class. Built under the Naval Programme of 1911-1912. Builder’s special. Laid down by Thornycroft, Woolston, England on 13 November 1911, launched on 10 October 1913, completed in September 1913 and sold to be scrapped on 9 May 1921. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 1024 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in Adriatic area. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion October 1944.

Source

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

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Salando in the Second World War

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 5 October 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 27 June 1944

Armed with 1-11,94cm/4.7” guns/

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands. 

Belgian inland tanker Rossini 2009-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Antwerp, Belgium, ENI 06105201, MMSI 205490890 and call sign OT4908. Built by Bijlsma Shipyard, Lemmer, Netherlands in 2009. 

British whaler Indian visited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands that the Indian, Grant, of London, 2,600 barrels oil put in on 8 February, left to the grounds on 24 February. 

Australian whaler Proteus visited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands that the Proteus, Browne, of Sydney, 1,200 barrels oil, called on 29 January, went to sea on 5 February. 

Dutch inland cargo (ex-Mon Desir 2008-2016, Futuro 2016-2025) ship Sereno 2025-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02329683, and call sign PB6413. Built by Astrachan Plant, Astrachan, Russia and completed by TemCo Shipyard BV, Heusden, Netherlands in 2008. 

Australian whaler Lynxvisited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands that the Lynx, Robinson, of Sydney, 500 barrels oil, called on 29 January, left for the ground on 6 February.

British whaler Vigilant visited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands that the Vigilant, Swaine, of London, 1,000 barrels oil, called on 29 January, leaving for the grounds on 4 February. 

Belgian ferry Cyriel Buysse 2018-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Gent, Belgium, ENI 06105783, MMSI 205542990 and call sign OT5429. Launched by Damen Verolme, Rotterdam on 2 February 2018 and completed by Damen Gorinchem, Netherlands.

Australian whaler Adelaide visited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands that the Adelaide, Stein, of Hobart Town, 2 months out, with 250 barrels oil, called on the same day [28 January] and departed again to the grounds 2 days later. 

Dutch inland tanker (ex-Birseck 1963-1988, Martinus Jr 1988-1993, Martin 1993-1998, Mariska 1998-2011, Marchiena 2011-2023, Londen 2023-2025) Bravoure 2025-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02315209, MMSI 244670835 and cal sign PD3343. Built by Gebr. Van der Werf, Deest, Netherlands for account of Poseidon AG (Kriesels), Basel, Switzerland in 1963. 

American whaler Dromo visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 29 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 25 October of the American whaler Dromo master Bronson 250 barrels whale oil 3,500 lbs bone.

American whaler Columbus spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 October 1853

An item referred to American whaler Magnolia which arrived on 13 October at Honolulu, Hawaii reporting in the Arctic Sea on 27 August the American whaler Columbus master Harris of New London 1 whale.

Germany continued building small cruisers in 1905 according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1905-1906 no. 3

Stuttgart and Stettin©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau reporting that the three small German cruisers Ersatz Meteor [Königsberg], Ersatz Alexandrine [Danzig] and “N” [Leipzig] were to become sister ships of the already existing Bremen, München and Hamburg although being improved with the latest developments. The “N” was to be launched in the first half of 1905, the two others in the last half year with trials in 1906 and 1907. After the delivery of the Lübeck. München and Berlin was this year no further increase of smaller cruisers to be expected. In begin summer 1905 were the “O” [Stuttgart], Ersatz Wacht [Stettin] and Ersatz Blitz [Nürnberg] to be laid down. 

Austrian cargo ships interned in the Netherlands on 6 December 1918

An item referred to a cablegram of the American Naval Attache at The Hague, Netherlands received by Amnavpar, Paris, France on 6 December 1918 which described the Austrian cargo ships interned in the Netherlands: Zera 5,000 ton, Java 400 ton, Laconia 7,800 ton, Plivice 4,900 ton, Thallan a former passenger ship but in the meantime converted into a 4,500 ton cargo ship and Venus (ex-Razatus).

Source

National Archive. Misc. Material Print File World War August 1918-January 1922. Drawer 3. Microfilm No. T829-403. 

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Randfontein in the Second World War

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 2 December 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 7 December 1942

Armed with 1-2cm gun supplied at New York on 18 March 1943

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands. 

Dutch inland tanker Somtrans XXXIII 2012-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, ENI 02334844, MMSI 244750922 and call sign PF8425. Built by TeamCo Shipyard, Heusden, Netherlands in 2012.

German submarine U 52 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 12 July 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 14 July. Work started on 20 June. Planned completion on 10 July. Description of the work damaged tank. Remarks expired 11 July.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

Bulk carrier (ex-CL Nanchang 2020) CL Daliao He 2020-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 October 2026

Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 9880300, MMSI 636019322 and call sign D5TZ3. Built in 2020. 

Whaler Venus spoken according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 20 March 1834

An item reported that the whaler Denmark Hill which arrived 18 March 1834 at Sydney, Australia had spoken on 20 January the whaler Venus, 4 months out, 500 barrels oil. 

Whaler Cheviot spoken according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 20 March 1834

An item reported that the whaler Denmark Hill which arrived 18 March 1834 at Sydney, Australia had spoken on 23 January the whaler Cheviot, 27 months out, 350 barrels oil. 

Container ship MSC Olbia 2024-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 October 2026

Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 9987299, MMSI 636024511 and call sign 5LSY7. Built in 2024. 

Whaler Guide spoken according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 20 March 1834

An item reported that the whaler Denmark Hill which arrived 18 March 1834 at Sydney, Australia had spoken on 14 January the whaler Guide, 8 months out, 20 barrels oil. 

Australian barque Denmark Hill returned home according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 20 March 1834

An item reported the arrival on last Tuesday of the Australian barque Denmark Hill, captain Finley with 850 barrels of black oil. She left Sydney on 16 July 1833. 

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 2250 cancelled 1945

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No. 1-class patrol boat/ordered under the 1943-1944 Programme to be part of the coastal forces. Of the 280 ordered were just 56 laid down and even a less number finally completed when the Second World War ended. To serve as convoy escorts were the boats also fitted out with minesweeping gears.Based on a traditional wood built fishing boat. With a displacement of 238 tons and as dimensions 93.5 (between perpendiculars)-105. 3/4 (over all) x 20.2 x 7.75 feet. Geared diesel propulsion with 400bhp via one shaft and speed 9 knots. Crew numbered 26 men. Armament consisted of 2/4x1-2.5cm guns and 8-12 depth charges. 

Portuguese lugger Galgo 1797-1799

Privateer, mentioned between 1797-1799.

Source

A. Marques Esparteira. Catalogo dos navios brigantinos (1640-1901). Lisboa, 1976.

Portuguese sailing vessel Sao Joao 1765

Privateer, mentioned in 1765.

Source

A. Marques Esparteira. Catalogo dos navios brigantinos (1640-1901). Lisboa, 197

French minesweeping sloop Algol 1916-1935

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The Arabis-class was built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Ordered in January 1916. Launched by Barclay Curle and Company, Whiteinch, Scotland on 17 June 1916, delivered to France in 1916, commissioned on 1 August 1916 and broken up at Saigon, French Indochina in 1935. 

American whaler Arctic visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 22 October 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival on 15 October of the American whaler Arctic master Gellett of Fairhaven 50 barrels sperm oil 850 barrels whale oil 17,000 lbs bone.

American whaler A. Mandell visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 22 October 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival on 15 October of the American whaler A. Mandell master Wing of New Bedford 45 barrels sperm oil 1,350 barrels whale oil 6,000 lbs bone.

British destroyer HMS Skilful 1917-1926

Satyr. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

F62. Part of Admiralty R-class preceded by Admiralty M-class succeeded by S- and Admiralty V-classes. Under 7th War Programme order in December 1915. Launched by Harland&Wolff, Govan Yard, Scotland with yard number 496 on 3 February 1917, delivered on 26 March 1917 and sold to King, Garston to be broken up on 13 July 1926. 

Dutch East Indiaman Swanenburgh, 1670-

E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, built at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1670, dimensions 128 x 28 x 12½ feet, fluyt.

Sources

Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.

Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.

F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.  

Dutch East Indiaman ship Tidor or Tydor 1669-

E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1669, launched on 11 April 1670, dimensions 160 x 38 x 18 feet.

Sources

Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.

Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.

F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie. 

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Shiragi Maru 1912-1938) Siragi Maru 1938-1945

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Similar Mansyu Maru (1912) and Siragi Maru (1912). Call sign JSKD. Owner in 1939 Department of Railways, Tokyo, Japan. Built by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld., Kobe, Japan in 1912. Sunk after striking a mine on 26 May 1945. Gross tonnage 3,034 tons, under deck 2,664 tons, net tonnage 1,347 tons and as dimensions 320.0 x 43.0 x 20.0 x 13.5 (light)-21 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 337 nhp, coal bunker capacity 285 tons, range 2,500 nautical miles/12.5 knots. and speed (normal cruising)- (maximum) knots. 

New kind of Communist Chinese motor torpedo boat sighted according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 April 1956

An item reported that in the Shanghai area several times a new type Motor Torpedo Boat was sighed. The boats seemed to be locally built and certainly longer than the ones already in service and which were of the Russian type (45-55 feet. Possible based on a Russian design probably with as result, a length of 80 feet long and an armament including 2-21” torpedo tubes, fitted out with radar

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

German blockade runner Pietro Orseolo homeward bound in 1941-1942

Transport Number -. Name ship Pietro Orseolo. Company Lloyd Triestino/Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 24 December 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 24 February 1942. Harbour of arrival Bordeaux, France.

Source

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

American whaler Warrens visited Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand that the American whaler Warrens, Mayhew with 2,300 barrels oil, called in on 28 January, sailed out on 7 February homeward bound. 

American whaler Alexander Coffin spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 October 1853

An item referred to American whaler Magnolia which arrived on 13 October at Honolulu, Hawaii reporting in the Arctic Sea on 27 August the American whaler Alexander Coffin master Purrington 3 whales.

British destroyer HMS Garland 1912-1921

Admiralty-K-class design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Laforey- or L-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of K- or Acasta-class preceded by Acheron-class succeeded by L- or Laforey-class. The class numbered 20 ships, of 12 which built while using the common Admiralty-design and 8 so-called builders’specials. The Acasta-class was in September 1913 redesignated K-class. Built under the Naval Programme of 1911-1912. Builder’s special. Laid down by Parsons Turbine, Wallsend, England, hull subcontracted to Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 15 July 1912, launched on 23 April 1913, completed in December 1913 and sold to be broken up on 6 September 1921.

German request for using more seaplanes for mine sweeping tasks refused by Allies in 1919

An item referred to a report of M.A. McCully, senior U.S. Member Allied Naval Armistice Commission (ANAC) at London, England dated 1 September 1919 to Force Commander Wm.S. Sims(1) reporting that ANAC refused Germany permission to use more seaplanes for any purpose whatsoever. At that moment used the German six seaplanes in connection with mine sweeping purposes and asked for 25 more for the same purpose. Also it was understood that Germany established an aircraft line with Stockholm, Sweden and to develop a commercial system on this route.

Notes

William Sowden Sims (15 October 1858 Port Hope, Canada West-28 September 1936 Boston, Massachusetts, USA), commander-in-chief of the US naval forces in Europe during the First World War. Served in the US Navy between 1880-1922 ending in the

Source

National Archive. Misc. Material Print File World War August 1918-January 1922. Drawer 3. Microfilm No. T829-403. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 1023 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in Adriatic area. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion September 1944.

Source

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

Italian built Persian warships underway towards Persia in September-October 1932

Persian gunboat/sloop Babr 1930. Postcard Chocolate La Estrella

British heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

The Political Agency&H.B.M.’s Consulate, Muscat [captain R.G. Alban] wrote on 26 September 1932 to the Council of Regency, Muscat State that the Persian warships were underway from Europe to the Persian Gulf and would visit Muscat between ‘now’ and Muscat. In case of bad weather they would put in at Murbat or Masirah island.

The Persian minister for Foreign Affairs informed on 31 August 1932 the British Legation that the Persian warships would leave Naples, Italy on 15 September 1932 bound for Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and planned to visit underway Corfu, Corinth, Aden, Mabella, Merbate, Nasura and Muscat. By bad weather the could seek shelter at Maballa, Merbate and Masira.

The British Resident at Bushire informed the British Political at Muscat in a telegram dated 5 October 1938 that the commanding officers were lieutenant commanders, the remainder lieutenants all serving in the Italian navy. On 13 October he sent by telegram the names of the Italian officers. Senior officer was major Bayendor, commanding officers lieutenant commanders Giorgio and Patalano and lieutenants Campagnoli, Roccano and Casciole Duscaglia. The British Shoreham-class sloop HMS Fowey would meet them at Muscat.

The British minister at Teheran informed the political resident at Bushire on 7 October that according to the contract the Italian officers were to deliver the ships to the Persian government and stayed in Persia one month afterwards. He spoke about around 20 officers and 30 petty officers. If the Persian government wanted to engage officers or petty officers for a longer service than just for technical capacities and to be dressed in Persian uniforms.

When the British cruiser HMS Hawkins visited Abadan in December 1932-January 1933 there were just three Italian officers left in the Persian Navy. Lieutenants Bucconi and Campagnoli were instituting the Persian Naval Training Establishment for ratings at Mohammerah. Major Dezan of the Italian Naval Corps of Constructors was establishing the naval base at Mohammerah. All were dressed in plain clothes in respect for the Persian wish ‘that they should appear to be running their own navy, and are unlikely to serve afloat.”

Source

Quatar Digital Library. File 9/21. British consulate Muscat. 

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Senkwo Maru 1934-1938) Senko Maru 1938-1945

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Similar Manko Maru (1935) and Senko Maru (1935). Call sign JYRJ. Owner in 1939 Kinkai Kusen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Yokohama Dock Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japanon 12 September 1934, launched on 18 May 1935, completed on 31 July 1935, requisitioned by the navy on 21 August 1941, registered as auxiliary transport on 20 September 1941, converted for that purpose between 20 September-14 November 1941, seized by Indonesian rebels at Emmahaven, Padang, Sumatra on 11 October 1945, bombed and sunk by Dutch planes (?) on 3 November 1945 and stricken on 3 May 1947.

Gross tonnage 4,472 tons, under deck 3,900 tons, net tonnage 2,618 tons, deadweight 5,325 tons and as dimensions 364.2 x 50.8 x 32.5 x 10 (light)-23.6 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, 1 screw, horsepower 4,100 ihp, coal bunker capacity 750 ton, range 6,900 nautical miles/13 knots and and speed 14 (normal cruising)-15.5 (maximum) knots. 

Sale of the Dutch whaler Huis Daalbenden at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers A. van der Glint, A.J. Dankerts, G. Jarman and T. Beth Ysbrandsz sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 12 October 1767 extra ordinary sailing fluytship het Huis Daalbenden, commandeur Hendrik Pronk, built in 1729, length 118.5 Amsterdam feet, 5,200 guilders, stroke 200 guilders, T. Beth Ysbrandsz.(1)

Note

1. Greenland commandeur for Pieter Kramer, Amsterdam between 1762-1768 and 1771, in 1767: zero catch results. Davis Strat commandeur between for Arent Bruyn, Amsterdam 1758-1761, for Pieter Kramer 1769 and 1770.

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.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, October part 1, Amsterdam, 1767.

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Sale of the Dutch whaler St. Anna at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers W. de Vries, D. van Schorrenberg, A. Rynders, J. Buyn, C. Lover and T. Beth Ysbrandsz sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 12 October 1767 the extra ordinary sailing fluytship St. Anna, commandeur Jacob Teunisz Roodt, built in 1738, length 112 Amsterdam feet, 7,400 guilders, stroke 250 guilders, G. de Myn.(1)

Note

1. Jacob Teunisz Root de Jonge, Greenland commandeur 1758-1769, 1767 for Joannes van Wayenburg, Amsterdam, zero catch results.

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.

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, October part 1, Amsterdam, 1767. 

Belgian inland cargo ship (ex-Alja 2002-2008, Tiësto 2008-2026) Kiya 2026-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Brasschaat, ENI 02325505, MMSI 205395090 and call sign OT3309. Built by Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin, China and completed by De Gerlein-van Tiem, Druten, Netherlands in 2002.

British screw steam transport Cormorant in the Crimean War on 8 December 1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 8 December 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Harbinger”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 103, present position Eupatoria, remarks for live stock for the army. 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 screw steam transport Andes in the Crimean War on 8 December 1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 8 December 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Harbinger”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 100, present position Marseilles, France, remarks sailed from Balaklava on 2 December. 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. 

Dutch inland tanker Castor 2009-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Zwijndrecht, ENI 02332934, MMSI 244650754 and call sign PB4189. Built by Hairun Shipbuilding Corp., Yangzhou, China and completed by Dolderman, Dordrecht, Netherlands in 2009. 

British merchant ship Stelling 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 Stellling.

Source

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

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Nijkerk in the Second World War

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 2-2cm guns.

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 25 February 1943

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.

Dutch inland tanker (ex-Mysia 1955-1980, Blue Circle Venture 1980-1997, Venture 1997) Durance 1997-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Maastricht, Netherlands, ENI 02322731, MMSI 244660617 and call sign PI5287. As Mysia EU 2309178. Built by J.G. Hitzler, Lauenburg, Germany with yard number 577 in 1955, converted in Belgium in a concrete tanker for Blue Circle Industries, London, England in 1981, concrete shipping on the Thames since 1982, returned to the Netherlands and converted into a fly ash tanker

American whaler Mohawk visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 October  of the American whaler Mohawk master Swain of New Bedford.

American whaler Heroine visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 13 October of the American whaler Heroine master Hempstead

French destroyer le Hardi 1936-1945

French L’Adroit-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Le Hardi-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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Japanese Fubuki-Amagiri group©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

French T47 B-design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

French fast battleship Dunkerque©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Le Hardi-class preceded by L’Adroit-class and succeeded by T 47-class. Of the 12 planned units were 7 completed. The Le Hardi-class destroyers were designed to be able to keep up with the fast battleships Dunkerque and Strassbourg and to counter the Italian Navigatore-class and Japanese Fubuki-class destroyers. The design was approved on 10 August 1934. Laid down by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France on 20 May 1936, launched on 4 May 1938, completed on 31 May 1940, commissioned on 1 December 1939, taken in service on 2 June 1940, scuttled on 27 November 1942, salvaged by Italian as in 1943, captured by Germans after Italian armistice in September 1943, scuttled by Germans at Genoa, Italy and afterwards broken up.