American patrol frigate USS Tacoma PF-3 1943-1945, Soviet EK-11 1945-1949, American USS Tacoma 1949-1951, South Korean Taedong 1951-1973

British River-class-anti submarine frigates ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

American Tacoma-class-patrol frigates. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preceded by the Asheville-class patrol frigates. Originally classified as gunboats (PG) but since 15 April 1943 as patrol frigates. Planned were 100 ships but 4 were cancelled so totally 96 were built between 1943-1945 of which 21 were transferred to the British Royal Navy commissioned as the Colony-class and 28 to the Soviet Union. Based on a design of the British River-class of which the HMS Adur and the HMCS Annan -both built in Canada- were transferred to the USA in 1942 and became the USS Asheville and Natchez of the Asheville-class. The American firm Gibbs&Cox made for the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) a modified design S2-S2-AQ1 to meet the American demands and which became the Tacoma-class. Ordered as Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1421. Laid down by Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard 4, Richmond, California, USA with yard number 46 on 10 March 1943, launched on 7 July 1943, commissioned on 6 November 1943, decommissioned on 16 August 1945, transferred to the Soviet Union on 16 August 1945, renamed EK-11, decommissioned and returned to the USA on 16 October 1949, retaining original name, recommissioned on 1 December 1950, decommissioned in October 1951, transferred to South Korea on 9 October 1951, renamed Taedong F-63, decommissioned on 28 February 1973, returned to the USA on 28 February 1973, stricken on 20 April 1973, donated to South Korea on 1 June 1973 and became museum ship. 

Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim lost after being attacked by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 83 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 27 March-3 April 1941

An item reported that on 24 March was lost the Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim due to bombs of enemy aircraft, tonnage 8,070 tons , loaded with government stores, underway from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, part of convoy yes, on the position off the south coast of Crete, Greece. All men saved.(1)

Note

1. Name misspelled must be Solheim, sunk by German Junkers Ju88 bombers.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1. 

German submarine UB 84 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 February. Planned completion in mid June. Description of the work repairs. Remarks expired on 5 July.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

French destroyer l’Intrépide 1939-1941

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Le Hardi-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Italian Navigatore-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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 Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer on 16 August 1939, launched on 26 June 1941 and after the war still incomplete broken up. 

Merchant ship Amiral-Baudin chartered by France for the expedition to China in 1860

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. 

British merchant ship Navarino 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 Navarino.

Source

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

Japanese passenger-cargo ship Hawaii Maru 1915-1944

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Call sign JHWD. Sister ships Manila Maru, Alabama Maru, Arizona Maru, Afrika Maru, Arabia Maru and Hawaii Maru. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka. Launched by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 18 May 1915, requisitioned by the army on 29 September 1941, served as attack transport and sunk as part of convoy MI-29 by the American submarine USS Sea Devil in the East China Sea on 2 December 1944. Gross tonnage 9,467 tons, under deck 8,830 tons, net tonnage 5,916 tons and as dimensions 475.0 x 61.0 x 38.1 x 11 (light)-27.7 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, horsepower 995nhp, 2 screws, 1,300 ton coal bunker capacity+2,000 ton oil bunker capacity, range 8,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 1029 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 December 1944.

Source

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

British screw steam transport Cleopatra 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 136, present position Balaklava, remarks discharging cargo. 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. 

Turkish torpedo cruiser Peyk-i Sevket 1906-1923 (Pek 1923-1954)

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Part of the Peyk-i Sevket-class torpedo cruisers sometimes called torpedo gunboats. Building authorized in 1903 under a program started end 1890s. Laid down at the Krupp-owned Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in February 1906, launched on 15 November 1906, handed over on 13 November 1907, commissioned in November 1907, modernized by Gölcük Naval Shipyard between 1925-1927, modernized between 1936-1938, decommissioned in 1944 and scrapped between 1953-1954. 

British screw steam transport Queen of the South 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 -, present position Balaklava, remarks coaling, to take troops from Varna, Bulgaria to Eupatoria.

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. 

German blockade runner Elsa Essberger homeward bound in 1942

Transport Number -. Name ship Elsa Essberger. Company John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 1942. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 1942.

Source

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

Russian battleship Oslyabya 1895-1905

Rostislav©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Oslyabya©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheskiy©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Peresvet-class preceded by Rostislav and succeeded by Potemkin. Laid down by New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 21 November 1895, launched on 8 November 1898. in service in 1903 and sunk during the Battle of Tsushima against the Japanese navy on 27 May 1905. 

British auxiliary minesweeper HMS Newmarket sunk by German submarine SM UB-38 according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that after interrogating a naval engineer of the sunk patrol vessel Newmarket more technical details became available. This type guard vessel was armed with 3-12 pound guns (2 aft, 1 fore), each with 250 shots. Further more depth bombs all to exploded on a depth of 45 yards. Crew numbered 73 men. She had been part of the 4. Detached Squadron stationed at Port Jero (Mytilini). Such squadron consisted of 1 cruiser, 2 patrol steamships similar to the Newmarket, 2 destroyers and 4 motor boats. The squadrons were active in the Souda Bay, of Imbros and at Stavros. The motor boats were the real submarine chasers, made of wood,2 screws, 2-500hp diesel engines and speed of 18 nautical miles.Armed with 1-33 pound gun on the bow and one large depth charge,

Note

1. Built by Earle’s Shipbuilding&Engineering Co., Hull, England for the Great Eastern Railway Company, purchased by the Royal Navy, commissioned on 8 October 1914 as an auxiliary minesweeper and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UB-38 south of Ikaria Island, Aegean Sea on 17 July 1917.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

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

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673 sent 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 where the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 2-2cm guns on 24 April 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York in September 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 11 October 1942

Source

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

Scottish fishing vessel (ex-Osteremns SC41 1991-2012, Sarah Louise BM-41 2012-2016 ) Osprey BA-4 2062-

Schelde, Vlissingen 21 October 2010

United Kingdom-flagged, homeport Ballantrae, IMO 9021710, MMSI 235091175 and call sign 2FYG3. Built by Scheepswef Visser, Den Helder, Netherlands in 1991. Ex-Osterems SC-41 of Wiko Seefischerei, Büsum, Germany and Sarah Louise BM-41, homeport Bixham, England. Scalloper. 

American seal hunter Rose in 1804

Entered the harbour of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 25 January 1804. Master J. Carey.(1) Built foreign. Tonnage 305 tons. Number of guns 8. Number of men 21. Where and when built Nantucket. Where and when registered Nantucket. Owner Paul Gardiner. General cargo 70 tons ebony wood, 3,690 skins, 270 bundles whalebone, From whence Isle of France. Where bond given Sydney.

Note

1. The logbook over the period 29 July 1803-10 June 1804 kept by James Cary still exists and is digitized. The purpose of the voyage was trading especially the so-called China-trade. Owner-agent Paul Gardner. On 21 January is written Isle France towards Canton, on Saturday 4 February from Port Jackson towards Canton, China.

Sources

Historical records of New South Wales. 1803-1805.

Www.archive.org MS220 Log 366.

Whaler Juno reported 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 off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Juno, Banks, in December, 500 barrels oil. 

Whaler Nimrod reported 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 off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Nimrod, with loss of boats and try pots.

Dutch cutter (ex-De Vrouw Geertruida WR-23 1987-2023) De Jonge Albert UK-159 2023-

Entrance harbor, Vlissingen 21 October 2010

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Urk, IMO 8805913, MMSI 244188000 and call sign PDPO. Built by Van der Molen&Zonen, Zaandam, Netherlands with yard number 679 in 1987 and completed by Scheepswerf Welgelegen, Zoutkamp, Netherlands. As the De Vrouw Geertruida NLD198700629.

American whaling barque Ospray arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce dated Saturday 13 August 1836

An item reported the arrival on 9 August in the harbor of Honolulu the American whaling barque Ospray, Hoyer of New Bedford, 14 months out, 650 barrels, entered the harbour due to illness of her master, recently coming from the north westward of these islands, left Tahiti, Society Islands on 10 May.

American whaling barque Neva visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 29 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaling barque Neva master Case coming from Ochotsk 1,450 barrels whale oil 14,000 lbs bone

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

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaler C. Carrol master Chapel coming from the Arctic 100 barrels sperm oil 3,100 barrels whale oil 45,000 lbs bone.

American destroyer escort USS Buckley DE-51 1942-1969

Evarts-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Buckley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Buckley-class preceded by Evarts-class succeeded by Cannon-class. Totally 154 planned of which six were completed as high-speed transport and 46 were under a lend-lease agreement handed over to the United Kingdom serving in the Royal Navy as part of the Captain-class frigates.

Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, USA on 29 June 1942, launched on 9 January 1943, commissioned on 30 April 1943, decommissioned on 3 July 1946, reclassified DER-51 on 26 April 1949, DE-51 on 29 September 1954, stricken on 1 June 1968 and sold to be broken up in July 1969. 

Shipping traffic heading to the west of Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that between 19-20 August headed to the west 2 British and 1 Greek steamship(s).

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Shipping traffic heading east of Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that between 19-20 August headed to the east 1 American cruiser, 1 American steamship, 1 Spanish steamship. As part of a convoy 1 auxiliary cruiser, 2 steamships, 1 Greek and 1 Danish steamship.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Russian dry cargo ship ms Vjasma 1964-

Vyborg or Viborg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Typ VI- or Vyborg-class built for the Soviet Union, China, France, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland. The figures differs depending on the source. Wikepedia mentioned 31 built between 1961 and 1969 while Caribia claims 34. Built by VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, East Germany or German Democratic Republic in 1964. Dimensions 140.0 (between perpendiculars)-150.7 (over all) x 20.0 (moulded) x 11.6 (depth to main deck) x 0.93 (fore light)-5.46 (aft light)-3.18 (mean light)-8.91 (mean loaded ) metres. Five cargo hold with total bale capacity 15,674 M3 and grain capacity 18,268M3.

Soviet commander-in-chief Gorshkov replaced by Kuznetsov according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 May 1956

An item reported that the 54 years old Soviet commander-in-chief admiral of the Fleet Nikolay G. Kuznetsov was replaced by his deputy admiral Sergey G. Gorshkov. In the last to months Kuznetov was just one time publically seen, namely when the Royal Navy visited Leningrad [St. Petersburg] in October 1955. His health seemed to be very poor. Between 1937-1946 he was commander-in-chief of the navy, demoted in 1947 while dealing information with the Allies and appointed Minister of Navy in 1951. Gorshkov commanded the Danube Flotilla in 1941, next deputy of admiral Oktyabrskiy who commanded the Black Sea Fleet. Early 1949 was this command transferred to Gorshkov and still held by him in 1954.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

The German spar torpedo boats according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Mail and New South Whales dated Saturday 6 January 1872

An item referred to the German Bromberger Zeitung which published a letter from Danzig supplying some details about 3 boats for the German navy under the title German Naval Invention. “Three boats are just now in course of construction in Devrient’s dockyard, the destination of which is to place torpedoes under, and thus to destroy, an enemy's ships. These boats are built almost entirely of iron, and, being about 60 feet long and only six or seven broad, they are nearly the form of a fish. The deck is not flat, but round, so as to be little exposed to danger from an enemy's shot. While employed in active operations no one will be visible on board. Contrary to the usual system, these boats will be steered from the bows  and on the deck, above the rudder, there is a slight elevation to allow the steersman to stand on his feet, and a small opening about an inch wide to serve him-as a look-out. As they are intended to operate close to an enemy's vessels, the armour will be as thick as is consistent with high speed. The most curious part of the invention, perhaps, is that the tiny screw steamers, or barcassen (long-boats) as they are called, use petroleum as fuel, which is contained in a number of iron receptacles in the stern, of sufficient thickness to be impervious to projectiles. The chimney is so small that it can scarcely in any case be hit. A narrow gallery, about a foot broad, and enclosed by an iron chain, runs round the boat. The machines have all been furnished by Stockel and Wagenknecht, so that the boats have been produced in Danzig from stem to stern. The hold for the torpedoes is in the middle of the boat, as well as the quarters of the crew. One of the barcassen has already been launched, and is only waiting for her engine. The two others are still on the stocks”.(1)

Note

1. German warships 1815-1945. Volume I. Erich Gröner, revised by D. Jung and M. Maass. The invention consisted of spar torpedo boats Nos. I-III built by Devrient, Danzig between 1871-1872 with as dimensions 20.3 x 3.30 x 1.9 metres. 

Russian dry cargo carrier Borodin 1951-

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Part of Telnovsk- or alsoknown as Tissa-class. Project 650. Built in Hungary in 1951. Principal dimensions 64.6 (between perpendiculars)-70.2 (over all) x 10.0 (moulded) x 5.3 (depth to main deck) x 15.0 (height of mast acorn above main deck) feet. For more details see also Hungarian Ships History

Discussions in French Chambre des Désputés whether to built battleships or cruisers according to the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph dated Friday 9 March 1906

 République-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Liberté-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Danton-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German Nassau-class battleshipsr©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German armoured cruiser SMS Blücher©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that when the French Naval Estimates were discussed in the Chambre des Désputés on 8 March, the Minister of Marine Thomson (1) stated that the cabinet proposed the building of 6-18,000 ton battleships with a speed of 18 knots. (2) Turbine propulsion was however not to be used. Compared with British battleships of similar class would the French battleships have quicker firing guns and a heavier broadside.(3)The newspaper The Australasian dated Saturday 10 March confirmed this item but added some more details. During the same debate proposed Lockroy (3) the building of fast cruisers and opposed against battleships. Bienaime (4) on the other side stated that if France spent each year 13,000,000 pound sterling, the French navy would become soon world’s strongest navy. The German Reichstag approved just the building of 2-18,000 ton battleships, 1-15,000 ton cruiser and 6 large powerful cruisers.(3) The Herald dated Tuesday May reported that Thomson tried to convince the cabinet to built even 20 battleships to keep abreast of Germany.

Notes

1. Gaston Thomson (29 January 1848 Oran, Algeria-14 May 1932 Bône/Annaba, Algeria), Minister of Marine between 24 January 1905-22 October 1908.

2. Under the Fleet Law of 1900 were six pre-dreadnought battleships built. namely the 14,870 ton République-class (République and Patrie) and the Liberté class (Liberté, Justice, Vérité, and Démocratie). Preceded by Suffren and succeeded by the Danton-class semi-dreadnought-battleships.

3. Édouard Lockroy (18 July 1838 Paris-22 November 1913), French politician. Criticized the policy of Camille Pelletan Minister of Marine June 1902-January 1905 in the cabinet of Émile Combes. As a persistent supporter of a strong naval policy Lockroy wrote several books like La Défense navale (1900), Les Marines française et allemande (1904) and Le Programme naval (1906).

4. Amédée Bienaimé (22 February 1843 Paris, France-16 March 1930 Paris, France), served in the French navy between 1859-1904, rank vice admiral since 1902 and for the next two years chief naval staff. Expert in heavy artillery and author of Étude sur l'artillerie navale, par M. A. Bienaimé, eerder gepubliceerd in de Revue maritime et coloniale. uitgegeven bij Berger-Levrault, 1878; De l'Emploi de l'acier dans la fabrication des canons de la marine, 1876, Lorient, impr. de F. Amelot and

Étude practique sur la perforation de murailles cuirassées, 1876, Paris, Berger-Levrault. Since 1905 politician after a conflict around 1904 with minister of marine Camille Pelletan.

3. Approval by Reichtag on 26 May 1906. The 15,000 tons cruiser is the armoured cruiser SMS Blücher with a displacement of 15,842 (normal)-17,500 (full load) tons and a main armament of 6x2-21cm/8.3” L/45 quick firing guns, preceded by the Scharnhorst-class, designed in 1906, ordered under the contract name “E” in 1906, laid down under the 1906 Fiscal year program by the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany on 21 February 1907, launched on 11 April 1908, commissioned on 1 October 1909 and sunk by British warships in the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915. The two 18,000 tons battleships were the first two Nassau-class preceded by Deutschland-class succeded by Helgoland-class with a displacement of 18,873 (normal)-21,000 (full load) tons, man armament of 6x2-28cm?11” L-45 guns and a speed of 19 (design)-20.2 (maxim) knots.

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Vermeer 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 3-2cm guns supplied at New York, USA on 28 July 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at Boston, USA in April 1943

Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” LA gun

Source

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

Russian dry cargo carrier Saransk 1959-

Sister ship Andizhan©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Andizhan-class/Design 251/Project 1850. Built by VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, German Democratic Republic (GDR) or East Germany in 1959. Principal dimensions 95.81 (between perpendiculars)-104.2 (over all) x 11.40  (moulded) x 7.92 (depth to main deck) x 22.0 (height of mast acorn above main deck) feet. 

Portuguese caique Corvo 1797-1798

Former privateer, mentioned between 1797-1798. 

Source

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

Portugese cutter Uniao 1787-1790

Mentioned between 1787-1790, armament of 22 guns.

Source

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

Russian dry cargo ship ms Piesetsk 1968-

Vytegrales©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Vytegrales-class design general cargo and timber carriers built by shipyards at Leningrad and Vyborg. Built in the Soviet Union in 1968. Several hulls later converted for the Soviet Navy and in the space program. Dimensions 113.0 (between perpendiculars)-121.9 (over all) x 16.7 (moulded) x 8.3 (depth to main deck) x1.27 (light) fore-4.28 (light)-6,77 (mean light)-7.12 (mean loaded) metres. Gross tonnage 4,896 tons. Net register tonnage 2,215 tons. Total cargo capacity bale 7,300 and grain 7,870 M3.

See for instance Russian Ships Info https://russianships.info/eng/intelligence/project_596p.htm

Whaler Guide reported 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 whaler Governor Bourke reported the Guide, 29 January, 150 barrels oil. 

Whaler Cheviot reported 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 whaler Governor Bourke reported the Cheviot, 28 January, 400 barrels oil. 

Russian dry cargo carrier Niandoma 1961-

Sister ship Tartu©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built by Hungarian Shipyard&Crane Factory (Ganz-Danubius), Budapest, Hungary in 1961. Part of Tartu-clas. Principal dimensions 67.00 (between perpendiculars)-74.54 (over all) x 11.30 (moulded) x 5.32 (depth to main deck) x 24.50 height of mast acorn above main deck) feet. 

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

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaler Scotland master Smith coming from the Arctic 2,500 barrels whale oil 8,000 lbs bone.

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

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaler China master Howes coming from the Arctic 1,000 barrels whale oil 18,000 lbs bone.

Japanese passenger-cargo ship (ex-Bangor 1910-1915, Seattle 1915-1928) Toyokawa Maru 1928-1944

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British Town-class Bristol sub-class cruser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Homeport Hutyu. Owner in 1939 Matsowa Kisen K.K. Built by Wood Skinner&Co. Ltd., Bill Quay, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England with yard number 173 for account of A/S Bangor, Kristiania, Norway in end 1910, seized by British light cruiser HMS Bristol in the Strait of Magellan off the Chilean Juan Fernandez Islands while she was loaded with coal and provision for the German light cruiser SMS Dresden (1) on 14 March 1915, registered at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands as the British Seattle, sold to the Government of South Africa (department of Harbors and Railways, Cape Town) in 1919, sold to Japan and renamed Toyokawa Maru in 1928, requisitioned by the army and became troop transport Allotted IJA No. 224 on 7 November 1941, released and returned to owners and the same day requisitioned by the navy on 28 January 1944 and after striking an aerial mine off Shimonoseki, Japan sunk on 5 July 1945.

Gross tonnage 5,124 tons, under deck 4,737 tons, net tonnage 3,707, deadweight 8,160 tons and as dimensions 385.0 x 54.0 x 27.8 x 8 (light)-25 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 516 ihp, coal bunker capacity 1,150 tons, range 0,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.

Note

1. Part of Dresden-class preceded by König-class succeeded by Kolberg-class. Laid down as Ersatz Comet by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany in 1906, launched on 5 October 1907, commissioned on 14 November 1908. Since the outbreak of the First World War active as commerce raider in the South American Atlantic waters, then joined the German East Asia Squadron commanded by Graf Maximum von Spee, survived as only German ship the Battle of the Falkland Islands and was finally scuttled off Robinson Crusoe Island (in the past called Más a Tierra) on 14 March 1915 after being attacked by the HMS Kent and Glasgow.