Torpedo net protection for German armoured cruiser Blücher

German Scharnhorst-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German SMS Blücher. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Torpedo net sketch Bundesarchiv RM-3-322

British Invincible-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preceded by Scharnhorst-class. Designed as an answer to the British battle cruisers of the Invincible-class but in fact no match for the successors of the armoured cruisers. It became just after the building was ordered clear that these British battle cruisers were armed with 8-30,5 cm guns and not as earlier was believed 6/8-23cm guns. Ordered as the ‘E’ after the authorisation by the Reichstag on 26 May 1906 of the needed budget, was she laid down on 21 February 1907 at the Kaiserliche Werft at Kiel, Germany, launched on 11 April 1908 and commissioned on 1 October 1909 and sunk during the battle of Dogger Bank against British naval forces on 24 January 1915.

German submarine UC 20 bombarded Homs according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 4 August 1917

An item reported that the German submarine UC 20 commanded by overleutnant von der Lühe fired 44 shots at barracks and military objects ar Homs [Syria?] sighting one flawless hit.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch navy dive vessel Zr.Ms. Hydra A854 1992-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Laid down at the Scheepswerf Visser, Den Helder, Netherlands on 11 June 1992, launched on 11 September 1992 and commissioned on 20 November 1992. IMO 9034171, MMSI 245990000 and call sign PD2231. 

Passing ships keeping larger distance to French coast off Villefrance according to the Kriegsnachrichten No. 60 of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated 28 June 1918

An item referring to a reliable agent reported that the last days of May several steamships passed Villefrance towards the west maintaining a larger distance to the coast.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Shipping traffic along the Spanish Mediterranean coast increasing according to the Kriegsnachrichten No. 60 of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated 28 June 1918

An item referring to a reliable source reported that the since mid April reported suddenly decrease of the shipping traffic along the Spanish Mediterranean coast gradually increased. Recently was sighted that here too the convoys became larger/stronger.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 123 1945

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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. Launched by Goriki on 14 May 1945. When the war ended still incomplete.

German blockade runner ms Erlangen in 1941

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Ms. Erlangen. Not loaded. Left Puerto Montt, Chile on 17 May 1941. Arrived at Mar del Plata on 3 June 1941. Transfer. Voyage full of adventures from Australia towards Puert Montt.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 576 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 24 June 1943. Date completion unknown due to transport and labour problems allowing a future maximum completion of 1-2 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Shiel 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Harland & Wolff. Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185

British screw steam transport Cottingham in the Crimean War on 28-10-1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 28 October 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Melbourne”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport -, present position Balaklava, Crimea, remarks coaling the “Andes”. 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 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British merchant ship Greece 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 Greece of the National Line.

Source

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

Dutch slaver or so-called lorredraaier De Witte Bijle 1715

 

Roadstead Vlissingen. Cornelis Low, 1715. muZEEum, Vlissingen, Netherlands

Smuggler. 

Dutch East Indiaman Goes 1653-

E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1653, launched l7 March 1654.

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.

Portuguese transport Nossa Senhora da Gloria e Sao Joaquim 1772-1772

Mentioned between 1772-1776, charrua.

Source

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

Dutch workboat (ex-Jumbo 1953-2002, Jumbo II 2002-2014) HEBO-Cat 15 2014-

Harlingen, Netherlands 29 April 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, ENI 02509162, MMSI 244045000 and call sign PFFL. Built by Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht, Netherlands in 1953 as a sheerleg, converted into a multi purpose vessel in 1990. 

British destroyer HMS Nestor visited the Azores in September 1941

In his letter No. 1200dated Lisbon 5 September 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin referring to an Italian source at Ponta Delgada that the British destroyer HMS Ebotor [misspelling] after loading 220 ton nafta on 2 September departed towards Freetown [Sierra Leone].(1)

Note

1. The British destroyer HMS Nestor G02. Part of N-class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Scotland in 1939, launched on 9 July 1940, commissioned on 3 February 1941 and scuttled on 16 June 1942 after being damaged in an air attack on 15 June 1942 while underway from Haifa towards Malta but the convoy changed course to Malta with the attack off Greece.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal. 

Russian submarine L-17 1935-1949, B-17 1949-1959 and UTS-84 1959-1990s

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of L Series XIII-class. In 1938 intended to be christened in Ezhovets. Laid down by A. Marti, Nikolaev, Ukraine with yard number 307 on 30 November 1935, disassembled and sent to 202 (Dalzavod), Vladivostok and assembled, launched on 5 November 1937, completed on 5 June 1939, commissioned on 1 August 1939 and stricken in the 1990s to be scrapped. Pacific Fleet.

Sources

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Huan, Cl. La Flotte rouge.

Budzbon, P., J. Radziemski, and M. Twardowski. Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945, volume I.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Meister, J. Soviet Warships of the Second World War.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Rohwer, J. and M.S. Monakov. Stalin’s Ocean-going Fleet. Soviet naval strategy and shipbuilding programmes 1935-1953.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Far Eastern Sighting Guide (ONI-F-31-FE).

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British merchant ship Italy 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 Italy of the National Line.

Source

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

Spanish tug VB Fantastic 2025-

Entrance Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands 30 March 2026

St. Vincent and Grenadines-flagged, IMO 1061831, MMSI 375433000 and call sign J8B6824. Damen Song CAM 515049. Type Damen RSD 2513. Owner Boluda Towage. Built by Damen Song Cam Shipyard Ltd., Haiphong, Vietnam in 2025. 

German submarine UB 122 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 28 June 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 30 June. Work started on 27 June 1918. Planned completion unknown. Description of the work depth rudder damage. Remarks none.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

France hired transport Entre Rios for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Left Philippeville [nowadays Skikda, Algeria] [nowadays Skikda, Algeria] on 9 April loaded with mules and ammunition and Port Said, Egypt on 17 April.

Source

Captain Pasfield Oliver, “The Madagascar expedition”: The United Service Magazine, volume XI. New Series. April 1895 to September 1895, p. 136-137. 

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Enoch 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Harland & Wolff. Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185

American whaler Maria Theresa spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 27 August 1852

An item dated Lahaina 21 August 1852 reported that when the American whaler Chas. Phelps master Birch arrived returning from the Sea of Okhotsk he mentioned that he had heard on 2 July from whaler Maria Theresa 7 whales

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 575 in 1944

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 24 June 1943. Date completion unknown due to transport and labour problems allowing a future maximum completion of 1-2 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

American whaler Franklin spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 27 August 1852

An item dated Lahaina 21 August 1852 reported that when the American whaler Chas. Phelps master Birch arrived returning from the Sea of Okhotsk he mentioned that he had heard on 2 July from whaler Franklin 7 whales

American destroyer USS Preston DD-379 1934-1942

USS Porter. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Aylwin of the Farragut-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Mahan. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Gridley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Mahan-class (18 completed) preceded by Porter-class succeeded by Gridley-class. Improved version of the Farragut-class. Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard, USA on 27 October 1934, launched on 22 April 1936, commissioned on 27 October 1936 and sunk by the Japanese cruiser Nagra in the Third Battle of Savo Island on 14 November 1942

Spanish West Africa 1946-1958

Formed on 20 July 1946 by the so-called Cape Juby Strip which was the Southern zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco with the colonies of Ifni, Saguia-el-Hamra and Rio de Oro. As a result of the Ifni War (23 November 1975-30 June 1958) was under the Treaty of Angra de Cinta de Cape Juby Strip handed over to Morocco and became Ifni and the Spanish Sahara in 1957 separate provinces.

Bulk carrier (ex-Sukura Kobe 2011-2021, Handy Heidi 2021-2025) Right Course 2025-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Panama-flagged, IMO 9473688, MMSI 352005681 and call sign 3E8901. Built by Shin Kochi Jyuko, Kochi, Japan in 2011. As Sakura Kobe owner/manager Nitta Marine Services, Kobe, Japan. Panama-flagged 2011-2021, MMSI 538009691 and call sign H8QN. Marshall Islands-flagged 2021-2025 and Panama-flagged since 2025. 

Portuguese steamship Lourenço Marques with troops to the Azores in September 1941

In his letter No. 1213 dated Lisbon8 September 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin referring to an Italian source that on 2 September with the steamship Lourenço Marques from Lisbon, Portugal towards Ponta Delgada, Azores around 1,600 men of the infantry regiments Nos. 7, 12 and 21 were shipped.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal. 

Russian submarine L-16 1935-1942

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of L Series XIII-class. In 1938 intended to be christened in Bliukherovets. Laid down by A. Marti, Nikolaev, Ukraine with yard number 306 on 5 November 1935, disassembled and sent to 202 (Dalzavod), Vladivostok and assembled, launched on 9 July 1936, completed on 9 December 1938, commissioned on 12 December 1938 and sunk 820 nautical miles west of San Francisco, USA probably by the Japanese submarine I-25. Pacific Fleet.

Sources

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Huan, Cl. La Flotte rouge.

Budzbon, P., J. Radziemski, and M. Twardowski. Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945, volume I.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Meister, J. Soviet Warships of the Second World War.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Rohwer, J. and M.S. Monakov. Stalin’s Ocean-going Fleet. Soviet naval strategy anbd shipbuilding programmes 1935-1953.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Far Eastern Sighting Guide (ONI-F-31-FE).

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British merchant ship France 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 France of the National Line.

Source

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

Dutch research-survey vessel Zirfaea 1993-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 3 April 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rijswijk, IMO 9046497, MMSI 246096000 and call sign PBZV. Built by De Hoop Foxhol-Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1993.

German submarine UB 104 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 28 June 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 30 June. Work started on 27 June 1918. Planned completion unknown. Description of the work compressor damage. Remarks none.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

France hired transport Rio Negro for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Left Marseille, France on 12 April with 200th Regiment 1st batallion.

Source

Captain Pasfield Oliver, “The Madagascar expedition”: The United Service Magazine, volume XI. New Series. April 1895 to September 1895, p. 136-137. 

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Creran 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Smith’s Dock Company, Limited.Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185

American whaler Minerva spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 27 August 1852

An item dated Lahaina 21 August 1852 reported that when the American whaler Chas. Phelps master Birch arrived returning from the Sea of Okhotsk he mentioned that he had heard on 2 July from whaler Minerva 8 whales

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 574 in 1944

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 24 June 1943. Date completion unknown due to transport and labour problems allowing a future maximum completion of 1-2 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

American whaler Mary Franzier spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 27 August 1852

An item dated Lahaina 21 August 1852 reported that when the American whaler Chas. Phelps master Birch arrived returning from the Sea of Okhotsk he mentioned that he had heard on 5 July from whaler Mary Franzier 10 whales

American destroyer USS Dewey DD-349 1932-1946

Clemson-class type. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Aylwin, Farragut-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Porter, Porter-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Farragut-class preceded by Clemson-class succeeded by Porter-class. Together with the Portland-class authorized by the Congress on 29 April 1916 although without the necessary funding, causing a seriously delay in actual building. Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA on 16 December 1932, launched on 28 July 1934, commissioned on 4 October 1934, decommissioned on 19 October 1945 and sold to be broken up on 20 December 1946. 

Spanish Ifni 1934-1969

On 26 April 1860 ceded the Sultanate of Morocco the Territory of Ifni with the main town Sidi Ifni to Spain preceded by a short war between between Spain and Morocco. Until 1934 hardly anything changed but Spanish Ifni became then reality whem the governor-general of the Spanish Sahara took up residence. In 1946 was Spanish Ifni added to the newly formed Spanish West Africa and became on 1958 a separate province until 1969. Spain ceded on 30 June 1969 what was left of Spanish Ifni to Morocco. 

Dutch dredger (ex-Alblas 1996-2006, Cap Formentor 2006-2017, Mandeo 2017-2019) Schenge 2019-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport, Goes, Netherlands, IMO 9108829, MMSI 24416000 and call sign PCNC. Built by Societatea Comerciala Severnav S.A., Drobeta-Turnu, Severin, Romania with yard number N030005 in 1996. Ex general cargo ship Alblas renamed on 30 January 2006 Cap Formentor (Spain/Canary Islands-flagged, MMSI 224802000 and call sign ECKR, homeport Santa Cruz de Tenerife), renamed Mandeo. As Mandeo owned/managed by Transportes Maritimos de Alcudia, Alcudia, Spain. Bought in begin 2019 by the Zandhandel Faasse b.v./Faasse Groep, Goes, Netherlands and rebuilt by EK Electronics into a hopper dredger.

British naval attaché Owen visited Portuguese rear admiral Ramilho Ortigão in September 1941

In his letter No. 1215/II dated Lisbon 17 September 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin that the British naval attaché captain Owen (1) during his journey on 12 September at Faro spoke the Portuguese rear admiral Ramilho Ortigão.(2)

Notes

1. Hilary Dorsett Owen (25 August 1894 Plasyn Grove, Ellesmere, Shropshire-18 April 1980). Naval Attache at Lisbon between 8 October 1938-1944,

2. António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão (5 August 1875 Algarve, concelho de Faro, freguesia da Sé, ua do Bedel, Portugal, 16 April 1963 Algarve, Faro, freguesia da Sé, Portugal).

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal.

Russian submarine L-15 1935-1949, B-015 1949-1955 KPB-34 1955- and UTS-20 -1956 (1958)

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of L Series XIII-class. In 1938 intended to be christened in Chapaevets. Laid down by A. Marti, Nikolaev, Ukraine with yard number 305 on 5 November 1935, disassembled and sent to 202 (Dalzavod), Vladivostok and assembled, launched on 26 December 1936, completed on 6 November 1938, commissioned on 4 March 1939, stricken on 20 June 1956 and broken up in 1958. Pacific Fleet.

Sources

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Huan, Cl. La Flotte rouge.

Budzbon, P., J. Radziemski, and M. Twardowski. Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945, volume I.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Meister, J. Soviet Warships of the Second World War.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Rohwer, J. and M.S. Monakov. Stalin’s Ocean-going Fleet. Soviet naval strategy and shipbuilding programmes 1935-1953.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Far Eastern Sighting Guide (ONI-F-31-FE).

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British merchant ship Holland 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 Holland of the National Line.

Source

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

Japanese minesweeper MS 05 1950s

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Length 68.6 feet. The Chiyozuru-class with as dimensions 95 4/5 (overall) x 18 2/3 x 6 1/2 feeet and a displacement of 130 tons, wood-built between 1943-1945 as auxiliary sub chasers named after birds but which were before known as MS+number? 

German submarine UB 91 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 28 June 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 30 June. Work started on 21 June. Planned completion unknown. Description of the work remaining work. Remarks replaced on 24 June.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

France hired transport Cachar for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Left Marseille, France with 40th Chasseurs à pied (infantry). Of Messageries.

Source

Captain Pasfield Oliver, “The Madagascar expedition”: The United Service Magazine, volume XI. New Series. April 1895 to September 1895, p. 136-137. 

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Doine 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Smith’s Dock Company, Limited. Cancelled in 1945

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185