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Monday, 28 September 2026

French hydrographic survey ship A793 1987-

Zeebrugge, Belgium 27 September 2026

Part of Lapéreouse-class. Laid down by DCN, Lorient, France in 1 September 1987, launched on 9 November 1988, commissioned on 5 October 1989. MMSI 228798000.

Germany stationing part of her heavy warships in Norway according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, MH 71390

Tirpitz anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944

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An item reported that the German number of aircraft stationed in Norway was recently strengthened by 6-9 Focke Wulf 200 Condor-planes,36 Messerschmidt 109 and 36 Messerschmidt 110. The Messerschmidt escorted the German ships leaving Brest, France and were there in the past stationed. Their new post in Norway could indicate the transfer of heavy German warships to Norwegian waters. On noon 19 February was the German battleship Tirpitz seen on a north east course 20 miles off the Norwegian coast at Vigten according to the J.I.C. busy with routine training operations. The transfer of the German ships from Brest to North Sea harbors was a blessing for the Allies simplifying guard necessities.(1)

Note

1. This must be the battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and (Admiral Hipper-class) and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen leaving Brest on 11 February 1941 during Operation Cerberus.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

German submarine torpedo exploded during dismantling on Aruba according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 19 February 1942

Collectie NIMH 2000-807-002. Photo by Associated Press of a 18-foot torpedo beached at Aruba. The US officer at the right is captain Robert Bruskin, at the left a Dutch officer

An item reported that a German torpedo which beached herself on Aruba, Dutch West Indies exploded during the dismantling causing the death of 4 Dutch officers and wounding several other men. The J.I.C. commented “lives seem to have been unnecessarily sacrificed and important information about enemy weapons lost owing to work by hasty and inexperienced personnel.”

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 71 dated 19 February 1942

Proposal for a floating dock annex battery in

The (re-)introduction of steam power in the navies, first as auxiliary propulsion next to sailing, but later replacing it, new weapons like the torpedo, ancient weapons like the ram, armoring ships etc. resulted in a tsunami of ideas, patents, (never realized) designs from officers and constructors within the navies and merchant shipping and by private persons like inventors or just those interested in naval affairs. Partly to be trace in newspapers and (scientific) magazines. A nice example is the idea of a certain Mr. John W. Winton living at 13, Gladstone-street who sent 15 May a small letter with sketch to the editors. His idea: dual purpose of the large iron made floating docks. How this is realized he explained in the next text, as far as I can trace (at the moment) nothing is done with thus suggestion.

“The middle compartment of such a structure [floating dock] is merely tot unite the basement with the top chamber, the water simply flowing into the middle chamber, and flowing out again; no pumping, as erroneously supposed, is require to fill or empty this - so I have utilized this space, by forming it into a powerful battery, the great base on platform of the dock enabling me to place therein guns of the heaviest calibre. The dock has a semicircular front, and at the back a caisson is fitted, so as to insure great stability for docking ironclads, the form of the battery resembling an elongated horse-shoe with intended embrasures, so as to be able to fire right ahead, when the dock is securely moored. The design being simply to protect our harbours and mouths of rivers, and as the guns would be heavier that what van possibly be carried ou board ship, I would merely armour-plate the top and sides of mid-chamber, and the top of basement, to protect it from vertical fire, depending on the heavy guns to keep without reach of the enemy’s shot. When the dock is used for docking purposes, the ports would be filled with suitable water-tight doors.”

Source

The Mechanics’ Magazine and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures and Shipbuilding, dated 22 May 1868, page 396.

Japanese aircraft attacking Darwin, Australia according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

American Clemson-class destroyer©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the Japanese attacked twice the shipping and airfield at Darwin, Australia on 19 February. At least 2 ships including a destroyer (1) were lost and at least 3 other ships heavily damaged. There was no information available about the airfields. The J.I.C. commented that again the Japanese skills in air attacks was proven. The shipping at Darwin included the convoy which was forced to return from Koepang, Dutch Timor after it was attacked in the Timor Sea and shadowed afterwards by the Japanese. The fighters involved in both raids as escorts of the bombers must be carrier-borne regarded their radius.

Note

1. USS Peary DD-226 part of Clemson-class, laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA with yard number 492 on 9 September 1919, launched on 6 April 1920, commissioned on 22 October 1920, lost on 19 February 1942 and stricken on 8 May 1942.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

Japanese aircraft attacking Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

Hr.Ms. Soerabaja. Collectie Nederlands Instittu voor Militaire Historie, object 2158_011201

An item reported that Japanese aircraft attacked on 18 February Surabaya, Dutch East Indies hitting one Dutch ship and sinking an old submarine.(1)

Note

1. The K VII. Laid down by Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands for the Department of Colonies on 25 July 1916, launched on 8 March 1921, commissioned on 5 September 1922 and sunk lying in the Marinehaven by a bomb on 18 February 1942. 13 Crew members were killed. After the war is the wreck broken up. Also the former coastal defence ship Hr.Ms. Soerabaja (ex-=De Zeven Provinciën) lying in the harbour entrance was hit in a bomb falling in the funnel and exploding inside the ship.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

Spanish tug (ex-Union Emerald 2005-2023) VB Emerald 2023-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-206

Belgium-flagged, IMO 9314296, MMSI 205417000 and call sign OROE. Owner Boluda Towage Europe since 2019. Built by Astilleros Armon, Navia, Spain in 2005

Russian Bolsheviks intending to sell old warships to be broken up in 1922

Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleships©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Battleship Tsesarevich©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Armoured cruiser Rossia©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Admiral Makarov, Bayan-class armoured cruiser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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Bogatyr-class protected cruisers©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

A report from the American Military Observer at Riga, Latvia dated 17 February 1922 No. 2482 described the Russian Baltic fleet using information supplied by the Estonian General Staff. A number of seventeen ships were to be sold to be scrapped for iron: Andrei Pervozvanny, Pavel, Tzesarevich, Petr Velik I, Alexander II, Rossiya, Gromoboy, Diana, Bayan, Admiral Makarov, Bogatyr, Groziasday, Asia, Africa, Amour, Volga and Vodolei nomkr 1, the yachts Standart, Poliarnaya Zvezda and Tzarevich, 16 destroyers built between 1904-1907, artillery ship Ilmen and the submarines Ougorj and Keta. Identical to the ships which were intended to be sold to the German Navy in April 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.

French trawlers perhaps fitted out with a LL-sweep according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that in case it was found suitable some of the 5 available French trawlers were to be fitted out with a LL sweep.(1)

Note

1. LL=Low-Loop was a trailing electrical cable gear used for sweeping and detonating magnetic sea mines.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.

Spanish tugs VB Coral and VB Lieven Gevaert

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

Spanish tug Lieven Gevaert 1994-. Belgium-flagged, homeport Antwerp, Belgium, IMO 9120140, MMSI 205177000 and call sign ORKH. Gross tonnage 398 tons, net tonnage 119 tons, summer deadweight 255 tons and as dimensions 30,54 (over all) x 11,52 (over all) x 4,50 (maximum) metres. Speed 11,0 (economic)-13 (maximum) knots. Laid down by Astilleros Armon SA, Navia, Spain with yard number 368 on 19 May 1994, launched on 9 September 1995 and delivered on 15 December 1995. Bollard pull 45 ton. Owned by Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst NV (URS), Antwerp, Belgium 1995-2016, 2016-2019 Kotug Smit Towage, Rotterdam, Netherlands and nowadays by Boluda Corporacion Maritima, Valencia, Spain.

Spanish tug (ex-Union Coral 2004-2022) VB Coral 2022-

Belgium-flagged, homeport Zeebrugge, IMO 9314260, MMSI 205414000 and call sign OROB. Manger Boluda Towage Belgium N.V., Antwerp, Belgium, operator Boluda Towage Europe B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands.Built by Astilleros Armon SA, Navia, Spain in 2004.

First officer of the American whaler Awashonks killed according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 8 October 1853

An item reported that the first officer of the American whaler Awashonks Mr. Jones was killed by a whale in the Behring’s Strait and buried on the East Cape of Asia.

American whaler Liverpool lost according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 8 October 1853

An item reported that the American whaler Liverpool of New Bedford was lost.

American whaler Susan lost according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 8 October 1853

An item reported that the American whaler Susan of Nantucket was lost.

Spanish tug (ex-Union 8 1996-2023) VB Victory 2023-

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

Belgium-flagged, homeport Antwerp, Belgium, IMO 9120176, MMSI 205193000 and call sign ORKE. Built by Astilleros Armon, Nava, Spain in 1996. Onwer URS Belgie, manager Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage, Antwerp, Belgium. Now owned by Boluda Towage Europe

Sale of 1/32 share in the Dutch whaler de Drie Gebroeders sold at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers J. de Files, V. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrands and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 13 July 1767 1/32 share in the fluytship de Drie Gebroeders and whaling tools of commandeur Cornelis Bakker, built in 1736, dimensions 115.25 x 29 feet, bookkeeper Joan Muyske, 450 guilders, stroke 6 guilders, Jacob Swam.(1)

Note

1. Greenland commandeur between 1753-1767, for director Joan Muysken 1767 zero catch results.

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, July, Amsterdam, 1767.

Sale of 1/32 share in the Dutch whaler de Vrouw Wyva Ida sold at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers J. de Files, V. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrands and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 13 July 1767 1/32 share in the fluytship de Vrouwe Wyva Ida and whaling tools of commandeur Jacob Breemer, built in 1742, dimensions 116.25 x 30.1 fet, bookkeeper Hendrik de Haan, 300 guilders, stroke 6 guilders, not sold.(1)

Note

1. Greenland commandeur between 1766-1786, returned in 1767 with leaking ship.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, July, Amsterdam, 1767.

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat Nos. 2244 cancelled 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. 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.

German submarines laying mines in the North Channel between the Mull of Kintre and Ireland according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that while last week was believed that a German submarine seemed to have laid mines in the North Channel between the Mull of Kintre and Ireland. However not a single mine was found by the 57th Minesweeping Group.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Java 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 were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 6-2cm guns supplied at New York on 12 November 1942.

Armed with 1-3” cal 50 Mod. 22 dual purpose gun.

Armed with 1-4” cal 50 Mk. LX Mod. 5 gun.

Source

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

French minesweeping sloop Cassiopée 1917-1933

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The Arabis-class was built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Ordered in September 1916. Launched by Barclay Curle and Company, Whiteinch, Scotland on 10 February 1917, delivered to France in 1917 and deleted in 1933.

Portuguese galleon Santissimo Sacramento da Trindade 1653-1660

Mentioned between 1653-1660, armament 54 guns.

Source

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

Portugese galleon Nossa Senhora da Nazare 1650-1654

First mentioned in 1650, lost 1654, tonnage 350 tons, armament 34 guns.

Sources

Quirino da Fonseca. Os Portugueses no mar, vol 1, 1926

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

Sunday, 27 September 2026

Designs for second rate ironclads made by captain Rohan in 1867

According to a certain captain W. De Rohan (1) existed the British Royal Navy of several categories of ships. The first class included ironclads like the HMS Minotaur and Warspite, “heavily armoured, for deep water fighting and short expeditions”. The second class included second rate ironclads on the broadside and also on Captain Coles’s system”with, by way of experiment, a monitor or two on the American system, having such improvements of modifications as the nature of these shores requires.” These ironclads should have at least quick veering power, being readily handed, have a little broadside as possible and be fast but also have a moderate fuel consumption. The third category consisted of sea-going ships in the real sense namely not just able to go to sea but also able to stay at sea without needing to seek shelter in case of storms in contrary to the British 6,000 ton ironclads at the time. De Rohan was thinking about cruising ships varying between 1,500 and 2,500 tons, able to develop a high speed, not or just lightly armored and a construction as basic as possible. Equipment was also to be basic as possible preventing the ship needed to retrun to her base for repairs. She needed to be äble to take care of themselves”. When not needed she used only her sails. Except for this type were gunboats, avisos, rams, torpedo boats etc. etc. of course still needed. De Rohan came with the following proposal fora second class warship. The original tex tis taken over.

The sketches of the designs he proposed were made back in 1861 and although handed over to the Admiralty and some friend never made public. De Rohan believe that a ship built according to this design adding some peculiar details not mentioned in the article would supply “one of the strongest, most effective and seaworthy crafts yet designed.”

“Fig. 1 shows abroadside of the proposed ship under sail, her dimensions being, (say) length over all, 270ft.; extreme beam, 60ft. AA are telescopic lower, masts down, inside of which the upper halves are housed when needed; BB, battery, 8ft, high with a rake of4ft.from base ; CC, light bulwarks falling or shutting down inboard in action.

Fig. 2 shows the vessel ready for action; masts telescoped, bowsprit tripped, all spars, sails,&c., struck below deck,bulwarks down,and decks cleared fore and aft; DD, armour, tapering off in thickness to bow and stern; FF, a glacis at either end of battery from portsills down to deck, overlapping the sides of bulwark, for throwing off shot better; GG, diagonal bulkheads armoured, and extending from upper deck down to stem and sternpost; HH, lower hold divided off into compartments-the battery armour is fastened on vertically, and the side plating longitudinally.

Fig.3 shows a deck and battery plan. MM trend or incline of bulkheads GG from deck down to keels on, corresponding to, and flush out with, the sides of the ship. The battery is oviform, showing two equal segments of a circle, joined lengthwise by a common chord; its dimensions proportionably to the foregoing length and beam are-length outside, 100ft.; length inside, 95ft.; beam outside, 50ft.; beam inside, 45ft.; bulwarks, 2½ ft. thick at base,tapering up to 1½ ft and at top; top deck of battery plated with 3in. and having grating ventilators or hatchways; the plating of the battery, as of the ship, to be according to design and displacement of hull.The spars and sails shown in the engraving are, of course,for home service and short cruises; for sea-going and long cruises the spars and sails would be fitted to spread a large area of canvas, which the ship's great beam would enable her to carry easily. In action the ship is steered from a pilot-house inside the battery by chains leading down to fighting tiller between decks; the roof of the battery has hatchways,which are closed in action by grated or perforated hatches. End-on firing with the bow and stern guns is effected through a port on each side of the battery ends, shifting over to starboard or port as required on a transverse tramway, ports to close in loading by stoppers or bucklers.

Fig.4 of the engraving shows a body plan of an armoured ship-of-war. Extremebeam 60 ft.;width of battery, 60 ft.; roof of battery, 40 ft.;upper deck, 32f t.;water-line draught, 25 ft. or less; lower end of armour 9 ft. Below waterline. In this plan the present Government system is reversed, that is, the armour is inside and the woodwork outside. The inner armour of the Battery is necessarily thicker than that of the ship proper,and on the outside of the battery is also a thin armouring against small projectiles, &c. Thes hip shows a side or freeboard of 7 ft. clear from the waterline to upper deck, which with the inset of the battery sides,gives equal to 12 ft. Of clear side in an ordinarycraft. The bulwarks BB hinge down in board in action. The hull is of course caulked and coppered, as usual in wooden ships.

The following advantages are claimed for the designs shown in figs.1,2,3:

-First, the form of the battery harmonises, if it does not correspond exactly,withtheship'slines, and therefore its weight is distributed as evenly as can be over the strongest part of the ship's frame and bearings; its oviform or elliptical shape enables it to offer a better deflective target at all points than if square,and though geometrically speaking not necessarily so strong as a spherical battery would be,yet it has the advantage over the latter of having its weight better distributed,and, therefore, not only throwing less strain on a smaller area of the ship's frame,but tending as well to a more easy and considerably less motion in a seaway, two qualities that conduce so powerfully towards obtaining that grand desideratum. A steady platform.

-Second, clear decks, and no tophamper to foul the screw in action.

-Third, length, with great beam, a flat floor, and general form that will make her sit easy.

-Fourth, battery distinct from the forward and quarter decks, making, as it were a castle as well in heavy weather affording a refuge.

Fifth, the diagonal bulkheads from deck to keelson make, as it were, a ship inside a ship; and in engaging shore batteries in smooth water her show of side could be decreased y letting water into the hold compartments.(1)

Note

1. Captain W. de Rohan was in fact William Theodore Dahlgren (1820-1891 Washington, USA) and brother of the American Union Navy admiral John Dahlgren. In the 1840s he changed his family name for De Rohan from his mother's lineage. Being a soldier of fortune her served in navies worldwide like Argentina, Chile and Turkey and Italy (as admiral). Around 1867 he was active in international republican and maritime circles supporting Italian interests. Apprentice seaman since the age of 15. See for instance. George Jacob Holyoake. Bygones worth remembering. New York, 1905. Gutenberg Project and the website of the Ann Arbor District Library

Source

“Improvements in ships of War” in: The Mechanic’s Magazine and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures and Shipbuilding, vol. XVIL (new Series) 26 April 1867, p. 261.

British protected cruiser HMS Amethyst 1903-1920

Pelorus-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Topaze-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Town-class Weymouth subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Topaze-class 3rd class protected cruisers preceded by Pelorus-class succeeded by Town-class. Sometimes called Gem-class. Designed by Director of Naval Construction (DNC) 1902-1912 Sir Philip Watts (30 May 1946 Deptford, Kent, England-15 March 1926 Chelsea, London, England)

Laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, England on 7 January 1903, launched on 5 November 1903, commissioned on 17 March 1905 and sold to be broken up on 1 October 1920.

Heavy cruiser sighted at Bremen, Germany according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

Sister ship Admiral Hipper. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that on 9 July at Bremen, German one 8” (heavy) cruiser was sighted, probably the Seydlitz which was now to be completed.(1)

Note

1. Part of Admiral Hipper-class preceded by Deutschland-class succeeded by planned P-class. Five planned of which 3 three were completed and 2 cancelled. Laid down by Deutsche Schiff- un Maschinenbau Bremen, Germany on 29 December 1936, launched on 19 January 1939, work stopped in summer 1940 although she was nearly 90% completed, decided to convert into an auxiliary aircraft carrier with 10 Bf 109 fighters and 10 Ju 87 dive bombers, work stopped in 1943, incomplete towed to Königsberg and scuttled there to prevent capture by Russians on 29 January 1945, seized by Russians and later broken up.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.

German E-boats active from Dutch and French harbors according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that German E-boats already active from IJmuiden, Netherlands and Boulogne, France now also from Cherbourg, France.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.

Italian destroyer Nembo 1925-1940

Part of Turbine-class preceded by Sauro-class succeeded by Navigatori-class. Identification code NB. Laid down by Cantieri del Tirreno (CNT), Riva Trigoso, Italy on 21 January 1925, launched on 27 January 1927, completed on 24 October 1927 and sunk in an attack by Swordfish torpedo bombers of the British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle on the harbour of Tobruk, Libya on 20 July 1940.

Five ships destroyed during Japanese air raid on Darwin, Australia according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 February 1942

An item reported that during the Japanese air attack on Darwin, Australia on 19 February 5 ships were destroyed in stead of 2 as was reported on 20 February.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 73 dated 21 February 1942

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Jan Steen in the Second World War

Armed with 6-2cm guns.

Armed with 1-4” cal 50 Mk IX quick firing guns supplied at New York.

Armed with 2 twin Colts cal 0.50 Mk XX guns.

Armed with 1 Savage Lewis 0.3 cal. Gun.

Source

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

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Strabo 1913-1932, Pauline 1932-1934, Pavlina 1934-1935, Brightvega 1935-1936, Shou Sing 1936-1938) Yamayuri Maru 1938-1944

Sister ships Tonegawa Maru and Yamayuri Maru identical similar Ryunan Maru. Call sign ZYYL. Owner in 1939 Yamashita Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Launched by A.McMillan&Son Ld., Dumbarton, Scotland with yard number 451 on 15 September 1913, in October 1913, owners Liverpool, Brazil&River Plate S.N. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, England in 1913, Maurice Olivier, Panama/Algiers in 1932, Soc. Anom. Marit.&Commerciale Olivier, M. Olivier, Salonica, Greece in 1934, Bright Navigation Co. Ltd., London, England in 1935, H.C. Wan, Tsingtao, China in 1936 and sunk by American aircraft off Rabaul, New Britain on 24 January 1944. Gross tonnage 5,028tons, net tonnage 3,099 tons , deadweight 8,130 tons and as dimensions 400.0 x 52.1 x 27.3 x 7.9 (light)-24.9 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower 458 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,334 ton, range 10,500 nautical miles/10.5 knots and speed 10.5 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.

American sailing sealing ship Columbia 1842-1844

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 492 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 13 July 1842., Date of return 8 April 1844. Number of fur seal skins 0.Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,200, 1,000 barrels whale oil, 7,000 pounds whale bone.

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.

American sailing sealing ship Charles Carroll 1847-1849

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 412 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 21 July 1847, Date of return 3 July 1849. Number of fur seal skins. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,000. Went to California in 1849.

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.

Chinese gunboat Yongjian or Yung Chien 1914-1938, Japanese Asuka 1938-1945 and Chinese Yet An 1946-1964

Part of Yonfeng-class consisting of the Yongfeng or Yong Feng, Yongxiang or Yong-Siang, Yongjian and Yongji, the latter two built in China with added poop decks. In fact enlarged seagoing versions of the Kiang- and Chu-classes river gunboats. Built under the 1910 Programme. Laid down by Kiangnan/Jiangnan Dockyard, Shanghai, China in 1914, launched in 1915, completed in 1915, sunk during a Japanese air attack on 25 August 1937, became a harbour ship/depot ship in Japanese service renamed Asuka at Shanghai, converted into an anti-aircraft ship in 1945, sunk in an American air attack at the entrance of the Huangpu River on 7 May 1945, salvaged, recommissioned as the Yen An in 1946 and stricken in 1964.

British screw steam transport Sovereign 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 68, present position Constantinople, remarks defective, requires extensive repairs. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II.

British steam transport Emperor 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 67, present position Eupatoria, remarks conveying live stock from Eupatoria to Balaklava. 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.

Russian diesel-electric cruise-missile submarine K-318 1967-1994

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 29 March 1967, launched on 29 March 1968, commissioned on 29 September 1968, decommissioned in 194 to be broken up.

Sources

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

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

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Sale of 1/32 share in the Dutch whaler de Soete Naam sold at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers J. de Files, V. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrands and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 13 July 1767 1/32 share in the fluytship de Soete Naam and whaling tools of commandeur Jan Strop, built in 1750, dimensions 114.5 x 28.7 feet, bookkeeper Joannes van Wayenburg, 675 guilders, Joannes van Wayenburg.(1)

Note

1. Jan Cornelisz Strop, Greenland commandeur between 1733-1767, in 1767 1 whale 45 barrels blubber 63 quardelen whale oil..

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, July, Amsterdam, 1767.

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