American destroyer minelayer USS Murray DD-97 1917-1936

Destroyer of the DD 75-347 type. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Wickes-class light minelayer. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Wickes-class preceded by Caldwell-classs succeeded by Clemson-class divided into Little-subclass, Lamberton-subclass and Tattnall-subclasses. Laid down by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 22 December 1917, launched on 8 June 1918, commissioned on 21 August 1918 reclassified on 17 July 1920, stricken on 7 January 1936 and sold to be broken up on 29 September 1936. 

German blockade runner München 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 München. Not loaded. Left Calloa, Chile on 31 March 1941 due to political reasons. Around 4 April 1941 set on fire at sea and scuttled.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

American whaler Callao visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 21 March of the American whaler Callao master Baker of New Bedford 8 months 110 barrels sperm oil 60 barrels whale oil cleared 2 April 

British merchant ship Courland 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 Courland of Messrs. Donald Currie and Co.

Source

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

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Kirbister (K 629) 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 Swan Hunter. 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 proposal by Thomas Vernon&Son, Liverpool, England for an unnamed armour-plated frigate around 1859

Iron built.

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPC 9010

American whaler Rainbow visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 21 March of the American whaler Rainbow master Plasket of New Bedford 4.5 months 70 barrels sperm oil cleared 2 April 

British hospital ship Golden Fleece hired for the Abyssinian expedition in 1867

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 hospital ship Golden Fleece. Number transport 9. Tonnage 2,768 tons. Horsepower 300 hp. Rate per ton per month. If discharged at home at home 30s0d and abroad one month’s additional pay. Date of acceptance 31 August. Likely to sail not yet known. now being prepared for service with the Abyssinian expedition at Victoria Docks, London, England. Engaged for six 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.

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 91 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 Ishikawa on 2 April 1945. When the war ended 99% completed.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2509 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXI. Yard Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Yard number Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion 31 August 1944. Remarks due to air attack in end July was it impossible to predict new deadlines.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147. 

American whaler Niagara visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 19 March of the American whaler Niagara master Clough of Fairhaven 18 months 50 barrels sperm oil 1,950 barrels whale oil cleared 2 April 

British screw steam transport Emeu 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 74, present position Constantinople, Turkey, remarks under orders of rear admiral Boxer. 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 destroyer HMS Starfish 1916-1928

Sistership HMS Satyr. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Admiralty R-class preceded by Admiralty M-class succeeded by S- and Admiralty V-classes. Under 7th War Programme order in December 1915. Laid down by Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tyne on 26 January 1916, launched on 27 September 1916,completed on 16 December 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928. 

French whaler Winslow visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 16 March of the French whaler Winslow master Davereux of Le Havre 4 months cleared 2 April 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 443 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by De Haan and Oerlemans, Heusden, Netherlands. Date building ordered3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

British merchant steamship Oceano hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 1,004 tons. Transported ordnance stores. 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. 

American destroyer USS Worden DD-352 1932-1944

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 Puget Sound Navy Yard, USA on 29 December 1932, launched on 27 October 1934, commissioned on 15 January 1935, grounded in Dutch Harbor, Alaska and sunk on 12 January 1943 and stricken on 22 December 1944.

American aircraft destroying or damaging large number of Japanese aircraft in the Tokyo area between 10-11 July 1945

An item reported that between 10-11 July more as 1,000 US carrier-borne aircraft attacked installations in the Tokyo area, Japan succeeding in damaging or destroying 152 Japanese aircraft.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

American aircraft destroying or damaging large number of Japanese ships and aircraft on Okinaway since 1 April 1945

An item reported since the operations on Okinawa, Ryukuy Islands, Japan begun American aircraft sunk 150 Japanese ships with totally 145,000 tons, damaged another 194 ships with totally 138,888 tons and damaged or destroyed 70 Japanese aircraft.(1)

Note

1. Operation Iceberg or the Battle of Okinawa was between 1 April-22 June 1945.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Deed of bottomry for Dutch Greenland whaler het Witte Lam dated 12 May 1659

Deed of bottomry dated 12 May 1659 by former alderman Johan van Loon and further more Guilliame, Geertruit, Anna and Haesje van Loon to be indebted to merchant Pieter van der Lanen 5,000 guilders and a part of the cargo train oil for insuring the Dutch Greenland whaler het Witte Lam commandeur Gerrit Crijnen.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-513-323

Brazilian cruiser Bahia lost in July 1945

An item reported that on 9 July the Brazilian light cruiser Bahia was lost in an explosion North East of Recife probably caused by hitting a mine. More as 100 crewmembers managed to reach Fernando Noronha and others were saved by British, American and Brazilian ships.(1)

Note

1. Part of Bahia-class based on the British Adventure-class scout cruisers laid down under the 1904 naval building program by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England with yard number 809 on 19 August 1907, launched on 20 January 1909, commissioned on 21 May 1910, modernized in mid-1920s and sunk on 4 July 1945. Sources supplying different numbers of the losses, but clear is that just a few men were saved but over the 300 killed.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Dutch cargo-passenger ship Dempo 1929-1944

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Dempo leaving the Dokhaven towards the Buitenkeersluis 11 February 1931. Zeeuws Archief, Fotocollectie Vlissingen No. 34895

Ordered on 1 January 1928, laid down by Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 189 on 15 July 1929, launched on 26 July 1930, trials 13/20 February 1931, delivered to the N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd, manager Firma Wm. Ruys&Zonen, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 21 February 1931 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-371 as troop transport part of convoy SNF 17 underway from Naples, Italy towards North Africa between Algiers and Philippeville (Skikda, Algeria on 17 March 1944.

Deed of bottomry for Dutch Greenland whaler de Dolphijn dated 16 April 1657

Deed of bottomry dated 16 April 1657 by former elderman Johan van Loon, Guillaume, Geertruijt and Anna van Loon as owners of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Dolphijn commandeur Jan Brughman to be indebted to merchant Adriaen Ambrosius 1,800 guilders included ‘opgeld’ 2,070 guilders to be paid within 14 days after she returned at Rotterdam.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-508-280

French harbour La Rochelle for the first time since she was liberated visited by a ship in July 1945

An item reported that on 7 July for the first time since the harbour was liberated a French crewed liberty ship anchored at La Rochelle, France . She was loaded with 7,800 yon of steel, building timber, cotton, paper and tobacco.(1)

Note

1. Liberated on 7 May 1945, ceremony the next day. During the Second World War la Rochelle was an important German naval base.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Dutch cargo ship Polyphemus 1930-1942

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Launched by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd, Greenock, Scotland with yard number 549 on 8 August 1930, delivered to the Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Oceaan’ N.V., manager Firma Meyer&Co., shareholder Ocean Steam ship Company Ltd., all at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 1930 and torpedoed by the German submarine U578 468 miles south of New York, USA on the position 38.12 North and 63.22 West on 26 May 1942. She was underway from Sydney, Australia via the Panama canal and Halifax towards Liverpool, England. 

Large number of ships repaired at or visiting Antwerp, Belgium since 29 November 1944

An item reported that since the harbor of Antwerp, Belgium was liberated around 1,000 ships were repaired and an exceptionally large volume of shipping and supply traffics was handled at Antwerp despite the heavy German air attacks using rockets and flying bombs.(1)

Note

1. Antwerp was liberated by British and Belgium forces on 4 September 1944 but the harbour could not be used until 28 November 1944 when dyring the Battle of the Scheldt German forces were forced to retreat.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 441 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Enkhuizen Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Enkhuizen, Netherlands. Yard number 13. Date building ordered3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

American destroyer minelayer USS Ludlow DD-112 1918-1931

Destroyer of the DD 75-347 type. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Wickes-class light minelayer. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Wickes-class preceded by Caldwell-classs succeeded by Clemson-class divided into Little-subclass, Lamberton-subclass and Tattnall-subclasses. Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA on 7 January 1918, launched on 9 June 1918, commissioned on 23 December 1918, reclassified as ligth minelayer DM-10 on 17 July 1920, decommissioned on 24 May 1930, stricken on 18 November 1930 and sold to be broken up on 10 March 1931.

German harbor Wilhelmshaven open for routine shipping in July 1945

An item reported that the harbor of Wilhemshaven, Germany was now open for the routine shipping.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Russian torpedo boat 1st class Viborg or Wiborg 1886-1910

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Of the Baltic Fleet. Launched at Clydebank, Scotland in 1886, stricken in 1910, dimensions 144.5 x 17 x 8.1 feet, displacement 126 tons, 2 screws, horsepower 1.400 ihp, maximum trial speed 20 knots, 45 tons coal bunker capacity, crew numbering 24 men and an armament of 2-3pd revolvers and 3 torpedo tubes.

Italian light cruiser San Giorgio to be commissioned on short notice according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 March 1955

Sister ship Africano Scipio. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the Italian light cruiser San Giorgio would be commissioned on short notice. In fact was she the former Pompeo Magno completed in 1943 and after Italian surrendered handed over to France by the Tripartite Naval Commission. She was later given back to Italy and rebuilt and refitted at Genoa, Italy. Her new characteristics were a designed speed of 38 knots, a standard displacement of 4,000 tons and as dimensions 455 x 47 x 17 feet. Armament consisted of 3x2-5”guins, 4x4-4cm guns, 2x2-cm guns, depth charges. Ahead-throwing weapons of possible Italian type and USA made gunnery control system. Radar consisted of F.C.l. Ml. 12/22 Mk.34 Air Warning AW/SPS 6 surface warning and SG6b Fighter Direction SP.(1)

Note

1. Part of the Capitani Romani-class light cruisers acting as flotilla leaders. Laid down by CNR, Ancona, Italy on 23 September 1939, launched on 24 August 1941, commissioned on 4 June 1943, decommissioned on 1 May 1948, decided to convert her into a destroyer, rebuilt by Cantieri del Tirreno, Genoa between 1953-1955, recommissioned on 1 July 1955 as a San Giorgio-class destroyer preceded by Soldati-class succeeded by Impetuoso-class, modified into a training ship between 1963-1965 and disarmed in 1980.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Japanese cargo ship(ex-ss Russia 1907-1914, Russija 1914-1918, Russ 1918-1921, Latvia 1921-1923) Fuso Maru 1923-1944

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Lloyds Register called her Hudo Maru. Call sign JYJA. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka, Japan. Russia-flagged 1908-1918, Denmark-flagged 1918-1921, Latvia-flagged 1921-1923 and since then Japan-flagged. Laid down by Barclay, Curle&Co. Ld., Glasgow, Scotland in 1907, launched on 19 March 1908, completed in February 1909, chartered by army as troop transport in November 1941, hospital ship since end December 1941, painted white with a green horizontal strip and red crosses on her sides and funnel, again troop transport painted grey with anti aircraft armament since 1943 and torpedoed and sunk as part of Convoy Ml-11 by the American submarine USS Steelhead in the South China Sea on 31 July 1944.

Gross tonnage 8,199 tons, under deck 6,744 tons, net tonnage 4,990 tons, deadweight 9,200 tons and as dimensions 475.0 x 57.7 x 32.6 x 28 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 1,130 nhp, coal bunker capacity 468 tons and speed 13 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots. 

British merchant steamship Dunluce hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 877 tons. Transported commissariat stores. 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. 

Italian submarine Gygliemotti 1914-1917

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Part of Pacinotti-class. Ordered in 1913, laid down by Società Fiat, St. Georgia, Italy at their shipyard at Muggiano, La Spezia, Italy on 7 June 1914, launched, 4 June 1916, commissioned on 19 December 1916, sunk by the British sloop HMS Cyclamen north west off Capraia on 10 March 1917 believing she was a German submarine and stricken on 9 August 1917.

Portuguese fishery patrol boat No. 5 anno 1942

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First two boats laid down by Arsenal d’Alfeite, Portugal in September 1938, launched summer 1941. Diesel propulsion, range 850 nautical miles/11 knots, two screws, horsepower 2,600 hp speed 19 knots and fuel oil bunker capacity 25 ton. Armaament 2x2-25mm anti aircraft guns.

American whaler Pacific visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 16 March of the American whaler Pacific master Allen of New Bedford 5 months 300 barrel sperm oil, cleared 27 March 

Japanese cargo-passenger ship Manju Maru and Russian Yenisei 1945-

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Similar Peking Maru, Manju Maru and Hokkai Maru. Part of Peking Maru-class built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries K.K., Kobe, Japan for Dairen Kisen K.K as a cargo-passenger ship. 

German submarine U 2 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 1 March 1918. Planned completion unknown. Description of the work major overhaul. Remarks replaced on 22 June 1918.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

Japanese cargo ship Rakuyo Maru 1921-1944

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Call sign JAMA. Owner in 1939 Nippon Yusen Kisen Kaisha. Launched by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki, Japan on 26 February 1921 and torpedoed and sunk as troop transport in the Luzon Strait as part of convoy HI-72 underway from Singapore to Formosa by American submarine USS Sealion on 12 September 1944. Gross tonnage 9,419 tons, under deck 8,544 tons, net tonnage 5,678 tons, deadweight 12,600 tons and as dimensions 460 (between perpnediculars)-477 (over all) x 60 x 12 (light)-31 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 1,153 nhp, 2 screws, coal and oil bunker capacity 950 ton coal/1,500 ton oil, range around 12,000 nautical miles/11.5 knots and speed 11.5 (normal cruising)-15 (trial, maximum) knots. 

British transport Bosphorus hired for the Abyssinian expedition in 1867

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 iron screw steam transport Bosphorus. Number transport 13. Tonnage 2,130 tons. Horsepower 280hp. Rate per ton per month. If discharged at home 32s6d and abroad 50s0d. Date of acceptance 4 September. Likely to sail early next week. 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.

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Kwanto Maru 1929-1937) Kanto Maru 1937-1942

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Similar Kansai Maru and Kanto Maru. Call sign JJKC. Laid down by Yokohama Dock Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan on 11 October 1929, launched on 28 April 1930, completed on 16 September 1930, requistioned by the navy, converted into an armed auxiliary aircraft transport between 9 August-10 December 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Saury (SS-189) in the Banda Sea 30 miles north west of Celebes, Dutch East Indies on 11 September 1942 and stricken on 20 October 1942. Owner in 1939 Harada Kisen K.K., Hutyu, Japan. Gross tonnage 8,607 tons, under deck 7,971 tons, net tonnage 5,188 tons and as dimensions 461.7 x 61.5 x 39.7 x 11.6 (light)-28 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Horsepower 2,350 nhp/7,500 bhp. Speed 16 (normal cruising)-18.5 (maximum) knots. Range 28,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Oil fuel bunker capacity 2,975 tons including deep tanks. Two screws. 

American whaler Cambria cleared at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 30 April 1853

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 16 April was cleared the American whaler Cambria master Cottle for cruising 

Japanese cargo ship Kamikawa Maru 1936-1943

Kamikawa Maru as seaplane tender. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kamikawa Maru original appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Kamikawa Maru-class consisting of the Kamikaze Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru, Kunikawa Maru and Hirokawa Maru. Call sign JNJL. Owner in 1939 Kawasaki Line. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 5 August 1936, launched on 13 December 1936, completed on 15 March 1937, acquired by the navy on 18 September 1937, classified as an auxilary seaplane tender on 19 September 1937, sunk by the American submarine USS Scamp off Kavieng off Papaua New Guinea and stricken on 15 July 1943. Gross tonnage 6,853tons, net tonnage 3,956 tons and as dimensions 479.4 x 62.3 x 30.3 x 12 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Range 35,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Oil fuel bunker capacity 2,800 tons. Single screw. Horsepower 1,850 nhp/7,500 bhp. Rpm 101/16 knots and 119 rpm/19 knots. Speed 16 (normal cruising)-21 (maximum) knots. Strengthened for 5” or 6” guns armament. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 440 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Enkhuizen Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Enkhuizen, Netherlands. Yard number 12. Date building ordered3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

Japanese cargo ship Zenyo Maru 1936-1942

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Similar Kamogawa Maru (1938), Keiyo Maru (1937), Sinko Maru (1935), Tamagawa Maru (1938), Yamagiri Maru (1938), Yamazuki Maru (1937), Yodogawa Maru (1938) and Zenyo Maru (1937). Call sign JKQL. Owner in 1939 Toyo Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Yokohama, Japan on 5 November 1936, launched on 10 April 1937, completed on 16 August 1937, chartered by the army as troop transport, released in end 1938, requisitioned by the army as Allotted Army No. 266 on 4 November 1941, converted into an anti aircraft vessel, after her departure of Singapore as part of a convoy attacked in the Malacca Strait by the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O-23, torpedoed and set on fire, abandoned, later was her wreck towed to Singapore and broken up. Gross tonnage 6,442 tons, net tonnage 4,836 tons and as dimensions 439.4 x 58.3 x 32.0 x 9.6 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Horsepower 1,165nhp/4,700 bhp, one screw, 110rpm=14 knots, 1333rpm=17 knots, fuel oil bunker capacity including deep tanks 2,700 tons, range 47,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14/15(normal cruising)-17-19 (maximum) knots. 

American whaler George Howland cleared at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 30 April 1853

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 29 April was cleared the American whaler George Howland master Wight for Ochotsk 

German Lufthansa catapult ship Schwabenland (1925) 1934-1939 (1946)

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In mid thirties possessed the German airline Lufthansa four mother ships from which planes were catapulted for the mail service between Europe (Azores) and the United States (New York). Two of the four ships were especially built for the Lufthansa. (1) Launched at the Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel, Germany 14 March 1925 as the freighter Schwarzenfels for account if the DDG Hansa and handed over to the company 16 July of the same year. Her dimensions were 148,8 x 18,4 x 8,49 metres and a measurement of 7,894 BRT. The 6-cylinder diesel engine supplied 3,600 hp allowing a speed of 12 knots with her two screws. As a freighter numbered her crew 45 men and was there accommodation available for maximum 10 passengers. Her sister ships were the Braunfels, Rotenfels, Altenfels, Neuenfels and Weissenfels. She was bought by the Lufthansa 28 February 1934 and fitted out at Bremen with a Heinkel K-7 catapult. Returning planes landed on the water surface and were with a 12 tons crane of Kampfnagel taken back on board again. She was rebuilt in 1939 again to be used on the German Antarctic Expedition 1939-1939 to search for a suitable whaler station. Her hull was strengthened considered the ice and she was fitted out with an auxiliary diesel. Her launching platform was shortened and strengthened. When the Second World War broke out she was seized by the German Luftwaffe 12 October 1939 to serve as a catapult ship for night flyers. Torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Terrapin on 24 March 1944 was she beached in the Flekkefjord and in May-June 1944 temporarily refloated and transported to Bergen where she was again damaged due to a British air attack 4 October of the same year. She was not complete repaired but since February 1945 used as a store ship for the Marineausrüstungstselle (M.A.S.T.) in the Oslofjord. After the war she was taken by the British Royal Navy and since January 1946 used as an accommodation ship at Sandvika, Oslofjord and finally loaded with 1.400 tons of poison, gas and  ammunition scuttled in the Skagerrrak. Call signs as the Schwarzenfels first QMBH and later DOFW and as the Schwabenland DOFW.

British proposal by Westwood, Baillie, Campbell&Co. for an unnamed ironclad frigate dated 1859

Length 360 feet. Iron framed.

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPC9007-9008

Singapore owned LPG tanker Crystal Valerian 2020-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 6 April 2026

Singapore-flagged, IMO 9851622, MMSI 563101700 and call sign 9V6249. Built by Sasaki Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Osakikamijmai, Japan in 2020. Owner Kumai Navigation Pte Ltd., manager Anglo-Eastern Shipmanagement (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., both at Singapore. 

American whaler Niagara visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 2 April 1853

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An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 19 March of the American whaler Niagara master Clough 50 barrels sperm oil 1,950 barrels whale oil 

Portuguese fishery patrol boat No. 2 anno 1942

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First two boats laid down by Arsenal d’Alfeite, Portugal in September 1938, launched summer 1941. Diesel propulsion, range 850 nautical miles/11 knots, two screws, horsepower 2,600 hp speed 19 knots and fuel oil bunker capacity 25 ton. Armaament 2x2-25mm anti aircraft guns.