Facebookpage Unter Broen 17 May 2026
Part of Project 304?II, called by NATOAmur-class. Designed for repair and maintenace of vessels and submarines. Laid down at Szczecin, Poland on 3 August 1977, launched on 12 November 1977 and commissioned on 31 March 1978. Part of Baltic Fleet. Call sign RBDF.
Source
National Archives (USA) Bureau of Construction and Repair-NIAD 56070301.
The Committee on Dazle Painting appointed in April 1918 handed on 31 July 1918 her report about the value of dazzle painting over to the First Sea Lord.(1) In Appendix VII were the opinions of masters of merchant vessels submitted by Lieutenant Commander Wilkonson submitted and noted. The master of the ss Lumina stated that the ss Wae Soldier was particularly well camouflaged. At a distance 0f 7 cables by day and 3 cables [cable=1/10 of a nautical mile=1,852:10-185,2 metres] by night it was frequently not possible whether vessel was arriving or leaving.
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1. First Sea Lord was admiral Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss (12 April 1864 London, England-24 May 1933 Cannes, England), served between 1877-1919, highest rank Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord between December 1917-1 November 1919.
Source
National Archive. Record Group 80. General Records of the Department of the Navy. Series: Secret and Confidential Correspondence. File unit 140-Camouflage.
Waal, Tiel, Netherlands 18 June 2010
Netherlands-flagged, homeport, Geldermalsen, EU 2303069, at the moment EU 03320083, MMSI244730399 and call sign PG8293. Built by C.W. van Straaten&Van den Brink, The Hague, Netherlands in 1912.
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An item referred to an intercepted letter reporting that the French armored cruiser Jurien de la Gravière on 20 July was lying at Piraeus, Greece.(1)
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1. Not an armoured but a protected cruiser, laid down by Lorient on 17 November 1897, launched on 26 June 1899, completed on 16 June 1903, commissioned on 15 May 1921, stricken on 27 July 1921 and scrapped in 1922.
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Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
As Deviant Netherlands-flagged, homeport Zwolle, 02325951, MMSI 24460933 and call sign PD7744. Built by Santierul Naval Orsova SA, Orsova, Rumania and completed by Bayens BV, Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands in 2003.
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An item reported that the German submarine SM U-39 commanded by Kapitänleutnant WaltherForstmann (9 March 1883-2 November 1873) had sunk with torpedoes on 29 July the British armed steamship Manchester Commerce (ex-King) (4,144 ton) with 5,200 ton coals and 1,950 ton general cargo underway from Cardiff to Gbraltar about 15 nautical miles of Cap Spartel.
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1. Type U 31. Ordered on 12 June 1912, laid down at Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 199 on 27 March 1913, launched on 26 September 1914, commissioned on 13 January 1915, interned at Cartagena, Spain since 18 May 1918 surrendered to France on 22 March 1919 and scrapped at Toulon, France in 1923.
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Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
Gridley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Bagley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Somers-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Bagley-class preceded by Gridley-class succeeded by Somers-class. Totally eight built between 1935-1937. Laid down by Norfolk Navy Yard on 25 September 1935, launched on 27 May 1937, commissioned on 14 August 1937, decommissioned and sunk by the Japanese in the Battle of Guadalcanal on 22 August 1942.
A list dealing dated 28 June 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 30 June. Work started on 8 June 1918. Planned completion on 19 June 1918. Description of the work remaining work. Remarks replaced on 19 June 1918.
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Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254.
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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.
Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Sudan to carry dead meat from Malta. It was expected that she would leave St. Katharine Dock where she was lying on that moment coming Thursday or Friday .Gross tonnage 533 tons. Ice-making. She was fitted out with a patent refrigerator and all the latest improvements for carrying maximum 300 carcasses of catle excluded a considerable nummer of sheep. Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.
Source
The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64.
Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Sistership Veteran. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An Admiralty modified W-class destroyer ordered under the 14th War Programme . Of the 38 ships ordered were just 7 completed, the other 31 were cancelled. Preceded by S-and Parker-classes and succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. To be built by James Brown&Company Shipyard, Clydebank, Scotland. Order cancelled on 26 November 1918.
An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 17 January of the American whaler Martha master Tooker from the Californian coast 2,250 barrels whale oil
An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 8 January of the American whaler Black Warrior master Bartlett 17 days from the equator.
An item reported the arrival at Laihana, Hawaii on 7 January of the American whaler Indian Chief master Fish 17 months out 1,200 barrels whale oil. Departed on 8 January for cruising
Launched as a replica of a Dutch 3-mast bark around 1850 at the shipyard of rederij Verschure, Amsterdam on 9 September 1940. Commissioned in January 1941 as training ship for the Matrozen Instituut what became the Lagere Zeevaartschool until December 1990. Between 1940-1984 berthed in the Oosterdok. Sold to Amstel Botel owners in 2014, overhauled at Scheepswerf Brouwer, Zaandam, Netherlands 8 January-25 March 2015 and since then used as floating restaurant. Now under conversion into a floating hotel. Designed by E. van Dieren at Rotterdam, Netherlands. Building started in April 1940. Commissioned on Saturday 4 January 1941
An item reported the arrival on 8 August at Gibraltar of 2 British steam transports each armed with 2 guns and in the night 1 armed Italian passenger ship coming from the west.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
Source
National Archives (USA) Bureau of Construction and Repair-NIAD(USA) Bureau of Construction and Repair-NIAD-56070299
The First Lord (1) wrote on 15 April 1918 to the A.N.C.S. that it was hardly possible to evaluate the value of dazzle painting and if it actually worked in war conditions. It would be necessary to evaluate the results over a considerable period by a small standing committee during a few months. The committee would to exist of a representative of the A.N.C.S., one of the third Sea Lord (2), the Director of Statistics and captain Crease. The Committee had as tasks:
-to consider in de tails the results from dazzle painting as far as they have up to now been collated;
-to consider each month the results of dazzle painting as collated;
-to conducts investigations as to the circumstances under which the variois designs gave certan results and
-to give a reasoned report not later than the end of June.
In their report they would have write down their conclusions and whether in their opinion the results justified the time and labour involved. On 31 July was the report completed.
Notes
1. First Sea Lord was admiral Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss (12 April 1864 London, England-24 May 1933 Cannes, England), served between 1877-1919, highest rank Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord between December 1917-1 November 1919.
2. Third Sea Lord was rear admiral Sir Lionel Halsey 26 Feburary 1872 London, England-26 October 1949), highest rank admiral, Third Sea Lord between May 1917-September 1918.
Source
National Archive. Record Group 80. General Records of the Department of the Navy. Series: Secret and Confidential Correspondence. File unit 140-Camouflage.
Harlingen, Netherlands 6 May 2026
Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9851361, MMSI 244070300 and call sign PCDZ. Built in 2018.
An item reported that in the harbour of Honolulu, Hawaii was lying the American whaler Ohio master Norton
An item reported that in the harbour of Honolulu, Hawaii was lying the American whaler barque Favorite master Pierce
An item reported that at Lahaina, Hawaii on 5 April was cleared the American whaler Natchez master Hall for cruising.
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Call sign JZBB. Owner in 1939 Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, Japan. Built by Kobe Steel Works Ld., Harima, Japan in 1927 and sunk in an American air attack off the coast of Aomori Prefecture on 10 August 1945. Was active in the Chikahu sea lane between Wakkanai, Hokkaido-Japanese occupied Sakhalin (Karafuto Prefecture). Gross tonnage 3,391 tons, under deck 2,654 tons, net tonnage 1,617 tons, deadweight 2,100 tons, displacement 5,234 tons and as dimensions 310 (between perpendiculars)-327 (over all) x 45.0 x 30.0 x 21 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 6,395 ihp, coal fuelled and speed 12 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots. Nine watertight bulkheads. Most powerfull icebreaker in the Far East in the Interbellum and Second World War. Able to break through 10 feet thick ice.
Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 293 tons. Tank vessel. Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.
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The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64.
Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliett-class preceded by Echo-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, Gorky on 25 March 1967, launched on 11 July 1968, commissioned on 26 December 1968, decommissioned in April 1991 to be broken up.
Breemer, Jan. Soviet submarines. Design, Development and Tactics, 1989Sources
Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.
Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.
Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.
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.
Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.
Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.
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Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock
Russian ships info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.
According to a letter dated Admiralty, Somerset House 6th September of the Director of Transport Services W.R. Mends to the Under Secretary of State for India was the mule transport Coumoundouros for service in the Mediterranean. Number transport 16. Tonnage 969 tons. Horsepower 150hp. Rate per ton per month. If discharged at home 24s9d and abroad 30s0d. Date of acceptance 4 September. Likely to sail not yet known. Now being prepared for service with the Abyssinian expedition at. Victoria Docks, London, England. Engaged for three months certain. The British Abyssinian Expedition found place between 4 December 1867-13 May 1868 against the Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia to release the imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British government.
Source
Accounts and papers: thirty-five volumes. Army. Abyssinian expedition. Session 19 November 1867-31 July 1868. Vol. XLIII., p. 115.
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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.
Harlingen, Netherlands 6 May 2026
Germany-flagged, homeport Emden, IMO 9018608, MMSI 211315540 and call sign DQZO. Built by Scheepswerf Metz, Urk, Netherlands in 1991. Owner/manager Maria Seefischereibetrieb, Emden, Germany.
An item reported that at Laihana, Hawaii on 8 December was cleared the American whaler Sea master Soule for cruising.
An item reported that at Lahaina, Hawaii was cleared on 8 April the American whaler Olympia master Russell for cruising.
An item reported that at Lahaina, Hawaii was cleared on 7 April the American whaler Benjamin Morgan master Chapel for cruising.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 May 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.
An item reported that on August were heading to the west 1 British steamship, 1 French steamship, 2 armed British steam transports, 3 armed steamships, 1 armed Italian steamship, 2 American steamships, 1 Japanese steamship and 1 Norwegian steamship coming from Gibraltar.
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Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
Harlingen, Netherlands 6 May 2026
Belgium-flagged, homeport Zeebrugge, IMO 8812760, MMSI 205752000 and call sign OPXN. Built by Tille Scheepsbouw, Kootstertille, Netherlands in 1988. Owner NV Rederij Jacobus (Gebroeders Berg, Oostende, Belgium).
An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 April was cleared the Russian whaling barque Suomi master Hashagen for cruising.
An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 April was cleared the American whaling barque Rajah master Fisher for cruising.
Nakamura Shûkô, 1894. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Part of the Matsushima-class consisting of the Itsukushima, Matsushima and Hashidate, preceded by the Naniwa-class based on the pinciples of the French Jeune Ecole. Ordered under the 1886 Fiscal Year, laid down by the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée on 17 February 1888, launche don 22 January 1890, completed on 5 April 1892, sunk after an accidental explosion while berthed in the Pescadores islands of Hawaii on 30 April 1908 and stricken on 31 July 1908.
The caption of the illustration tells us that she just sunk a Chinese ship. In the battle she was flagship of admiral Itō Sukeyuki (20 May 1843-16 January 1914) who was forced to leave her as she was heavily damaged by enemy gunfire.
In the First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894-17 April 1895) collided the Chinese and Japanese empires mainly for influence over Korea. It was a total success for Japan including the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894 in which the Chinese Beiyang Fleet was humiliated lossing several ships despite her superiority on paper. In reality most of the Chinese ships were aged, unsufficient maintained and her crews lacking discipline.
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 Nepaul of the Peninsular and Oriental Company.
Source
The Nautical Magazine. Fifty-first year. Volume VII. July 1882.
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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.
Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026
ENI (?) 03802614. Owned by Kotug, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
In his letter No. 1165 dated Lisbon 30 August 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the arrival of the Portuguese training ship Sagres at Lisbon in the late morning of 29 August returning from Ponta Delgada, Azores.
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Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal.
In the First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894-17 April 1895) collided the Chinese and Japanese empires mainly for influence over Korea. It was a total success for Japan including the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894 in which the Chinese Beiyang Fleet was humiliated lossing several ships despite her superiority on paper. In reality most of the Chinese ships were aged, unsufficient maintained and her crews lacking discipline.
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. Annelier Essberger. Loaded with 4,100 ton rubber. Left Dairen on 20 June 1941. Arrived at Bordeaux, France on 10 September 1941. Renamed Herstein.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM 7/223
Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026
Laid down at the Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands in January 1961, launched on 18 March 1961 and commissioned on 17 July 1961. Was to be sold in 1994.
An item reffed to information of exchanged prisoners of war reporting that on 21 July since a long time warships visited the harbor of Cette [Sète, France]. It were the French torpedo boats 281-282, 285 and 310 and a destroyer.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244942000 and call sign PAEU. Part of De Zeven Provinciën-class preceded by Tromp- and Jacob van Heemskerkc-classes. In November 2023 was decided to cancell her successort the Future Air Defender (FuAD), ajoint German-Dutch project. Laid down by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding on 6 September 2001, launched on 19 April 2003 and commissioned on 10 June 2005.
Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026
Zaandam, Netherlands, ENI 02330473.
An item reported the arrival on 7 August at Gibraltar of 2 armed Italian passenger ships, 1 armed steamship, 2 armed French steamships,1 British steam tug with a gun on the bow, 4 armed British steamships, 1 Greek steamship and 2 armed Italiaan steamships coming from the west.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
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An item reported that the German submarine SM U-39 commanded by Kapitänleutnant WaltherForstmann (9 March 1883-2 November 1873) torpedoed and sunk on 30 July an unknown armed and fully loaded steamship (at least 5,500 ton) heading west towards Gibraltar 5 nautical miles south of Cap Spartel.(2)
Notes
1. Type U 31. Ordered on 12 June 1912, laid down at Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 199 on 27 March 1913, launched on 26 September 1914, commissioned on 13 January 1915, interned at Cartage, Spain since 18 May 1918 surrendered to France on 22 March 1919 and scrapped at Toulon, France in 1923.
2. The British Ganges of 4,177 ton.
Sources
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
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Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 3 May 2026
Germany-flagged, homeport Hamburg, IMO 9777632, MMSI 218854000 and call sign DJQD2. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea in 2017. Owner/manager Hapag Lloyd AG, Hamburg, Germany.
Yacht, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1654, launched 24 October 1654.
Sources
Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.
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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. Built by Shikoku. Completed on 26 February 1945, handed over to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency and renamed MS 20 on 1 May 1948.
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 waiting for orders. 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.
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Loch-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.
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A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185
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 and Port Said, Egypt on 17 April with generals Duchesne, Voyron, De Torcy and staff.
Source
Captain Pasfield Oliver, “The Madagascar expedition”: The United Service Magazine, volume XI. New Series. April 1895 to September 1895, p. 136-137.
muZEEum, Vlissingen, Netherlands
Mantelpiece which belonged to the house of the E.I.C. equipagemaster at Middelburg, Netherlands. E.I.C. chamber Zealand, building no. 249, on stocks by Willem Udemans at the E.I.C. yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 15 January 1777, launched 14 May 1779, dimensions 150 x ? x ? feet and lost in the Indian Ocean between Batavia, Dutch East Indies and Cape Good Hope, South Africa in 1790.
