An item reported that the An item reported that Allied aircraft attacked Japanese shipping in the Banka area (6) on 20 February scoring four direct hits on 3 transports.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 75 dated 23 February 1942
An item reported that early 23 February 1 German pocket battleship, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers were sighted off the Norwegian coast between Bergen and Trondheim. Probably the Admiral Scheer and Prins Eugen underway to join the battleship Tirpitz already lying at Trondheim.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942
Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk
Launched by Dunlop, Bremner&Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 341 in 1921, delivered in March 1921 to the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, left Trinidad on 26 May 1943 underway from Demerara, British Guiana [nowdays Guyana] towards New York, USA and disappeared. Presumably sunk by the German submarine U 55 in the early morning of 28 May 1942 north east of Barbados.
An item reported the catch results on 12 July of the American whaler Thomas Nye master Almy 1,300 barrels oil.
An item reported the catch results on 4 July of the American whaler Maria Theresa master Taylor 7 whales. Her captain was sick on board of a French ship which had a doctor.
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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. Launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend on Tyne, England on 6 December 1915 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM U-35 in the Mediterranean on 1 March 1916.
An item reported that according to the J.I.C. after more than a month nearly inactivity several German submarines reappeared along the northern Atlantic convoy routes.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942
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Bogue-class escort carriers©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Dimensions 465.0 (between perpendiculars)-492.0 (over all) x 69.6 (moulded) x 42.6 (depth to shelter deck)-33.6 (depth to 2nd deck moulded) x 10.3 1/2 (light draught)-28.6 7/8 (draught loaded) feet. Gross ronnage (approx.) 7,940 tons, net tonnage (appox.) 4,700 tons, total deadweight tonnage 12,109 tons, displacement tonnage loaded draught 17,600 tons and 5,491 tons at light draught. Passenger accommodation for 6x2-12 passengers. Maximum trial speed 16.5 knots. Crago capacity 714,790 cubic feet, bale capacity 657,730 cubic feet. Total ship’s storage space 16,366 cubic feet and refrigerated cargo 38,040 cubic feet bale.
Preceded by Type C2 and succeeded by Type C 4. The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) designed the Type C3 in the late 1930s and which was to be a general purpose ship which could be modified for specific purposes. Between 162 were built between 1939-1946 and another 75 were completed using Type C3 hulls and engines but not as cargo ship. During the Second World War were several of the Type C3 ships converted into war ships as the Bogue-class escort carrier.
An item reported that according to aerial reconnaissance dated 21 February above the Anambas Islands were 2 Japanese aircraft carrier. 2 light cruisers, 1 heavy cruiser and 10 destroyers. The J.I.C. commented that these area was used by as a rendezvous-point for convoys and destroyers. The vessels which were now described apparently were waiting for the arrival of transports with on board reinforcements for the Java campaign.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 75 dated 23 February 1942
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No. 1-class patrol boat/ Type B 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.
Caught 20 whales resulting in 143 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.
Source
Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819.
Caught 16 whales resulting in 121 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.
Source
Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819.
Malta-flagged, homeport Valletta, IMO 9317951, MMSI 248716000 and call sign 9HA4775. Cyprus-flagged 2007-2008, Greece-flagged 2008-2018. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea in 2007. Owner Petros Shipmanagement SA, manager Minerva Marine Inc., both at Athens, Greece.
Gneisenau©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Scharnhorst©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
light cruiser Nürnberg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item reported that according to photos made during reconnaissance flights on 22 February the German battleship Gneisenau and light cruiser Nürnberg were lying at Kiel, Germany, the battleship Scharnhorst at Wilhelmshaven, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and probably the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen [Admiral Hipper-class] at Bergen, Norway and the battleship Tirpitz at Trondheim, Norway.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942
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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 March 1945.
Source
Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 152.
An item reported that the Japanese seemed to use Cavite, Philippines as a distribution or repair station of both for ammunition, aircraft supplies and torpedoes.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 75 dated 23 February 1942
Malta-flagged, homeport Vallettam IMO 972841, MMSI 248292000 and call sign 9HA4597. Built by Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries Sa, Mangalia, Romania in 2018. Owner Astir Shipmanagement Corp, manager Minerva Marine Inc., both Athens, Greece.
Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Captain Barnum left Stonington for the Crozet Islands in 1839 and arrived at home in 1840 with 800 barrels sea-elephant oil
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.
Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Tonnage 129 tons. Captain Barnum, sailed from Stonington for the Indian Ocean on 15 July 1839 and arrived at home on 7 June 1840 with 650 barrels sea-elephant oil.
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.
Een plakboek geeft zicht op het reilen en zeilen aan boord van het Nederlandse koopvaardijschip Ondina (1) in de jaren vijftig van de twintigste eeuw. Een schip dat in de Tweede Wereldoorlog zich op bijzondere wijze had onderscheiden.
In 2016 kwam het Gemeentearchief Vlissingen in het bezit van een plakalbum met daarin brieven, foto’s en prentbriefkaarten van bemanningsleden van de La Corona/Shell tanker Ondina. [1] De brieven schetsen het zeemansleven aan boord van een Nederlands koopvaardijschip in de jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw, soms tot in de details.
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Adoptie van schepen door scholen
De in Schiedam gevestigde Nederlandse vereniging tot adoptie van schepen (NEVAS) streefde sinds 1946 ernaar dat scholen Nederlandse koopvaardijschepen adopteerden. De vereniging wilde de belangstelling van de jeugd voor de scheepvaartwereld bevorderen en de adoptie van een schip was hierbij een belangrijk middel. Naast een briefwisseling tussen leerlingen en bemanning kon over en weer cadeautjes worden gestuurd. Door de bemanning gekocht tijdens hun reizen en vanuit de school bijvoorbeeld met sinterklaas en kerst.
De Vlissingse RHBS adopteert de Ondina. Dat ging niet geheel vlekkeloos. In 1950 schreef haar kapitein P.J. Boudier dat vanwege allerlei omstandigheden de correspondentie is verwaarloosd. Het schip had gedurende langere tijd op de oost gevaren. Nu was het gerepareerd en met vele nieuwe officieren onderweg naar Curaçao. Dit was de gelegenheid, schreef Boudier, om zijn leven te verbeteren en te beginnen met een briefwisseling. Hij hoopte dat ook de leerlingen hier zin in hebben. Dat was inderdaad het geval. De correspondentie stokte later opnieuw maar werd toch weer opgepakt.
De laatst bewaarde brief van het schip dateert van 9 maart 1958. Kapitein C.J. van de Weijer bedankte voor de 87 brieven en het kerstpakket die eindelijk zijn aangekomen. Het schip werd in 1959 buiten dienst gesteld en vervolgens gesloopt.
Aan boord van de Ondina
De brieven zijn niet van humor ontbloot. Zo werd een ansichtkaart uit Dakar meegezonden waarop marktkooplui zijn afgebeeld met de woorden dat het gaat om de Afrikaanse versie van de patat-friteskraam staande aan de Vlissingse Vissershaven. De leerlingen kregen op elke vraag een serieus antwoord of het nu gaat om de medische zorg, de voeding of over de machinekamer.
De bemanning van de Ondina bestond deels uit Nederlandse officieren en deels uit Chinese matrozen en ander personeel. Je gaat niet dagelijks naar huis, zo schreef haar kapitein in 1957; het was gebruikelijk om 1 jaar aan boord te zijn en dan 2,5 maand verlof te krijgen.
In Terneuzen werd het gehele Chinese deel van de bemanning afgelost. Zij hadden toen bijna 2,5 jaar aan boord gewerkt! Het schip zelf begon haar leeftijd te voelen. Het voer tussen Dakar, Trinidad, Las Palmas, Curaçao en Gent heen en weer. Toch ging het weer naar het Verre Oosten toe en werden onder meer Yokohama, Nieuw Guinea en Singapore bezocht.
In het Chinees
Maar het was niet alleen de kapitein die schreef, ook bijvoorbeeld de marconist. Deze stuurde een briefje mee met daarop in het Chinees de cijfers 1-10 en vertelt en passant erbij dat dit ongeveer het enige Chinees is dat hij na 4 jaar heeft geleerd. Op zich is dat niet eens zo verwonderlijk want het dekpersoneel kwam uit Foochow, de bedienden uit Hainan en het machinekamerpersoneel uit Kanton, ieder met hun eigen dialect. Verder spraken de Chinezen vaak Maleis en pidgin Engels. Dat pidgin Engels wordt over de gehele wereld door zeelieden gesproken en de leerlingen kregen het advies het school-Engels te vergeten.
Dieren aan boord
Er waren ook dieren aan boord, sommigen gewild, andere verre van dat. Kapitein Boudier had twee honden genaamd Puck en Viezerik. Viezerik omdat zij als puppy altijd door de smerigheid heen kroop. De duiven van de eerste machinist waren weggevlogen in Maracaibo en nooit meer teruggekeerd. Ongewenste gasten zijn enige honderdduizenden kakkerlakken en verder ook wandluizen.
Onderscheiding voor de Ondina
De Ondina was niet een doorsnee tanker. Zij is het eerste Nederlandse koopvaardijschip dat een Koninklijke Vermelding bij Dagorder – op 9 november 1948 – zou krijgen. Dit is een Koninklijk Besluit verleend aan schepen van de Koninklijke Marine of onder Nederlandse vlag varende koopvaardijschepen die zich in de strijd na 10 mei 1940 een bijzondere daad heeft verricht. En dat heeft de Ondina!
In 1939 brak de Tweede Wereldoorlog uit, waarbij tussen 1940-1945 Nederland door Duitsland werd bezet. In het Verre Oosten brak de oorlog pas uit na de Japanse aanval op Pearl Harbor op 7 december 1941. Een dag later verklaarde ons land de oorlog aan Japan. Op dat moment is Nederlands-Indië (het huidige Indonesië) met de belangrijke oliebronnen nog steeds een Nederlandse kolonie. De Nederlandse koopvaardij moest op de hoede zijn voor Japanse schepen, niet alleen voor oorlogsschepen. Ook zogenaamde hulpkruisers vormden een wezenlijk gevaar. Een hulpkruiser is niet meer dan een snel varend koopvaardijschip met een (soms zware) bewapening.
Japanse hulpkruiser, zoals Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Samen met haar escorte, de British-Indische mijnenveger H.M.I.S. Bengal, kwam midden op de Indische Oceaan de Ondina op 11 november 1942 in gevecht met de Japanse hulpkruisers Hokoku Maru en Aikoku Maru. [2] Het gevecht had een onverwachte afloop. Een (gelukkig?) schot met het 10,2cm kanon van de Ondina raakte de Hokoku Maru die vervolgens in de lucht vloog.
Nadat de munitie op was, werd de witte vlag gehesen en de Ondina door haar bemanning verlaten. De Aikoku Maru torpedeerde de Ondina en vertr0k, ervan uitgaande dat zij zinkende was. Bemanningsleden van de Ondina keerden echter terug en wisten met het zwaar beschadigde schip op 18 november Fremantle, Australië, te bereiken. Vijf opvarenden, waaronder haar kapitein Horsman, overleefden het gevecht niet. Op 16 juni 1945 kwam de Ondina als eerste tanker het inmiddels bevrijde Rotterdam binnenvaren.
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Te water gelaten bij de Nederlandse Dok & Scheepsbouwmaatschappij te Amsterdam op 29 april 1939 en voltooid op 1 augustus 1939. Met een bruto tonnage of 9.070 tons waren haar afmetingen 130,49 x 16,62 x 6,40 meters. De Werkspoor 6-cilinder 2.800 pk diesel maakte een maximum snelheid van slechts 12 knopen mogelijk. Tijdens de oorlog was zij bewapend met 1-10,2cm kanon en een aantal machinegeweren.
The Hokoku Maru-klasse hulpkruisers bestond uit de Hokoku Maru, Aikoku Maru en Gokoku Maru (ex-Kokouk Maru), oorspronkelijk gebouwd als passagiersschepen voor de Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd. maar in 1941-1942 toegevoegd aan de Japanse marine. Waterverplaatsing 7.529 tons en als afmetingen 160,8 x 20,1 x 12,5 meters. De Hokoku Maru had een snelheid van 21,1 knopen en een bewapening van 8-15cm kanons, 2-7,62cm kanons and 4-53,3cm torpedobuizen. De Aikoku Maru had een snelheid van 20,9 knopen en een bewapening van 8-14cm kanons, 4-2,5cm anti vliegtuig kanons en 4-53,3cm torpedobuizen.
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 1 June 1910, launched on 18 February 1911, commissioned on 21 June 1911decommissioned on 4 November 1919, transferred to the USS Coast Guard on 7 June 1924, returned to US Navy on 8 May 1931, name dropped on 1 July 1933 to be reused for new destroyer, stricken on 5 July 1934 and sold to Michael Flynn, Brooklyn, New York, USA be broken up on 22 August 1934.
An item reported that Allied bombers attacked Japanese ships near Banka Strait, Dutch East Indies setting 1-10,000 tons ship afire and machine-gunned other vessels.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942
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Ssiter ships Husimi Maru and Suwa Maru. Similar Kasima Maru and Katori Maru both built in 1913 but lacking kingposts forward of bridge. Owner in 1939 Nippon Yusen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki, Japan in 1913, launched in 1914 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the South China Sea off the west coast of Luzon, Philippines on 14 October 1944. Gross tonnage 10,936 tons, under deck 8,971 tons, net tonnage 6,846 tons, deadweight 12,700 tons and as dimensions 504.9 x 63.3x x 37.4 x 13 (light)-29 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, two screws, horsepower1,337 nhp/10,958 ihp, coal bunker capacity 4,000 tons, range 10,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-16.5 (maximum with 88rpm) knots.
An item referred to rumors reported by M/A Stockholm, Sweden that German shipyards weekly produced 5 submarines.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 77 dated 25 February 1942
An item referred to rumors reported by M/A Stockholm, Sweden that six German submersible submarine tenders with a displacement of 5,000-6,000 tons were now in service.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 77 dated 25 February 1942
Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk
Laid down by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 205 on 21 December 1929, launched on 27 September 1930, delivered to N.V. Java-China-Japan Lijn, Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 17 January 1930, as troop transport (USAT 42) serving for the US War Shipping Administration (W.S.A.) underway from Brisbane, Australia to Noumea, French New Caledonia sunk by the Japanese submarine I-169 east of Rockhampton, Australia geographical position 23.18 South and 165.23 East on 25 July 1942.
An item reported that on 19 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the Dutch merchant ship Mandalina, tonnage 7,750 tons, loaded with sugar, underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Belfast, Northern Ireland, part of convoy yes, on the position 120 miles north east of Sal Is., Cape Verde. Of the crew 62 saved and 3 killed.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026
German-flagged, homeport Moers, ENI 04018560, MMSI 211169360 and call sign DA5057. Built by Gebr. Stumm, Koblenz, Germany in 1924. Ex-Manfred, Margot, Anka, Christel and Nessaj.
An item reported that on 14 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British merchant ship Western Chief, tonnage 5,759 tons , loaded with steel and general, underway from New York to Newport, part of convoy no, on the position 250 miles west north west of Rockall. Of the crew were 20 men landed on the Azores, the rest was killed.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
Akizuki subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Russian Vol'ny former Japanese Matsu-class Shii©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Akizuki-class or B-class destroyer consisting of Akizuki (Project 51), Fuyutsuki (Project 51) and Michitsuki (Project 53) subclasses preceded by Yugumo-class succeeded by Matsu-class. Of the Michitsuki-subclass originally to be built under the 1941 Additional Naval Armament Supplement Programme which was replaced by the Maru 5 Programme causing a replanning from Ship Nos. 770-785 into Ship Nos. 5061-5076 and expanded with 6 vessels more namely Ship Nos. 5077-5082. Cancelled on 14 December 1944
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Karl Marx (ex-Izyaslav)©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com.
An item referred to the report dealing with the training exercises of the Soviet Baltic Fleet in August 1936. It supplemented the reports 9697-7040 and 9699-7040. In August were simultaneously sighted the destroyers Yakov Sverdlov (1), Kalinin (2) and four of the Engels type.(3) A Karl Marx type was seen in the Kronstadt harbor. The derricks mentioned in the July 1936 were now placed on board of two Engels type destroyers.
Notes
1. Part of Novik-class. Designed from A.G. Vulkan, Stettin, Germany. Laid down by Putilovsky Plant, St. Petersburg, Russia as Novik on 1 July 1910, launched on 4 July 1911, commissioned on 9 September 1913, choose the side of the Bolsheviks in November 1917, out of service between 9 September 1918-1925, renamed Yakov Sverdlov in 1923refitted between 28 November 1937-8 December 1940, reclassified as training ship on 23 April 1940 and sunk after striking a German mine when the Soviets were evacuating Tallinn, Estonia on 28 August 1941.
2. Ordered under the 1912 Naval Program. Part of Izyaslav-class destroyer flotilla leaders preceded by Orfey-class. Laid down by Böcker and Lange, Reval, Estonia on 27 October 1913, launched on 27 June 1915, named Prymyslav but renamed by Soviets Kalinin, completed on 20 July 1927 and sunk after striking naval mines on 28 August 1941.
3. The Engels which was launched as the Desna on 22 October 1915. Modified Novik and Derzky-class design part of the Orfey-class succeeded by the Izyaslav-class and renamed on 31 December 1922.
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.
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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 March 1945.
Source
Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 152.
Netherlands-flagged, homeport Terneuzen, Netherlands and ENI 02320354, MMSI 244650925 and call sign PI2659. Built at the shipyard Kozielska Stocznia Rzeczna, Kozle, Poland as the Nosorozec S-03 for account of P.P. Zegluga, Szczecin, Poland in 1974/1975. Dimensions 22,20 x 11,00 x 2,00 metres/ original fitted out with 2x328 hp Wola engines, later replaced by 2x750hp Deutz SBA 16M 816 engines. Since 1999 Dutch owned.
In 1856 broke the Second Opium War out as a result of western powers trying to force the Chinese Qing dynasty to open the frontiers for foreign trade and to obtain more influence. A treaty signed in 1858 was to end the war and give the western powers more or less what they wanted. A combined British-America-French effort to pass the Taku forts and go on to Pei-ho (nowadays Hai River) failed and France and the United Kingdom decided to sent out a combined expedition with the first French ships leaving France on 5 December 1859. A joint ultimatum of both countries dated 8 March 1860 was refused on 8 April 1860 followed by fighting. To transport their troops and stores France and especially England hired several merchant ships.
Source
Léopold Pallu de La Barrière. Expédition de Chine en 1860. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1863, p. 15.
Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026
Netherlands-flagged, homeport Hoek, Netherlands, EU 2005136. Built by Nicolaas Witsen, Alkmaar, Netherlands in 1928.
The expedition carried out by the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia found place between 4 December 1867-13 May 1868. Purpose was to rescue imprisoned missionaries and government representatives and to punish the Ethiopian Empire. For that purpose was a large military force sent transported with a large number of merchant ships chartered in England and at Bombay.
Number transport B.2. Register tonnage 679 tons. Tonnage engine room 342 tons. Gross tonnage 1,021 tons. Horsepower 250 hp. Screw. Alleged speed 10 knots Coal. Number of day’s coal that can be stowed in bunkers 15. Alleged consumption per diem tons: 28. Built of iron. Rates per ton per month if discharged at home 1,800l. Number of months for which engaged 6. Day of entrance into pay 11-9-1867 none. Accommodation officers: 6. Remarks 13-5-1868 in Annesley Bay, arrived from Suez, Egypt on 27 March having on board horses, mules etc. Discharged at Bombay on 17 July 1868.
Master S. Jarman. Tonnage 679/1,021 tons. Dimensions 261.6 x 31.3 x 21.1 feet. Built at London, England in January 1862, owners China Mercht S. Nav. Co. and homeport London.
Sources
Trevenen, major J. and captain Henry M. Hozier. Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia compiled by order of the secretary of state for war, vol. I, 1870.
Lloyd’s Register 1868.
Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02328826, MMSI 244001092 and call sign PF4599. Built by Barkmeijer, Stroobos, Netherlands in 1993.
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 Duke of Argyll.
Source
The Nautical Magazine. Fifty-first year. Volume VII. July 1882.
Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026
Netherlands-flagged, homeport Koewacht, Netherlands, ENI 02103546, MMSI 244750622 and call sign PB2229. Her name before 1961 is not known. Built by H. de Wachter, Boom, Belgium as cargo ship in 1955.
Antarctic sealing ground. Tonnage 278 tons. Rigging ship. Captain Brewster, left Stonington for the Crozet Islands on 10 July 1839 and arrived at home on 28 February 1841 with 1,800 barrels sea-elephant oil.
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.
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No. 1-class patrol boat/ Type B 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.
