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Sunday, 2 August 2026

Dutch Greenland commandeur Aris Dickert 1703-1711

Bookkeeper Cornelis Jansz Pronk, Uitgeest

1703

Whales 7 Barrels blubber 250

1704

Whales 3.5 Barrels blubber 136

1705

Whales 12.5 Barrels blubber 400

1706

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 80

1707

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 30

1708

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 80

1709

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 130

1710

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 50

1711

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 60

Source

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.

Dutch whale oil boilery, probably at Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen/Svalbard around 1639

Cornelis de Man 1639. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mountain left probably Jan Mayen-eiland (Beerenberg)

Dutch Greenland commandeur Aris Oly 1701-1708

Bookkeeper Jan Heertkes Molenaar, Jisp

1701

Whales 15.5 Barrels blubber 475

1702

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 26

1703

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 90

1704

Whales 3 2/3 Barrels blubber 117

1705

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 151

1706

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 110

1707

Whales 0 Barrels blubber ?

1708

Whales 0 Barrels blubber ?

Source

Dutch Davis Strait whaler Zaandam in 1772

Painting of Jochem de Vries.Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Owner rederij Claes Taan en Zn, Zaandam, Netherlands.
Commandeur was Claas Dryver, results 3-3.5 whales 125-160 barrels blubber, 225 quardelen whale oil, returned home 13 August. Between 1764-1779 active for this company as Davis Strait Commandeur. Built in 1772.

Sources

List of Davis Strait whalers in 1772.

Enthoven, Victor. "Zaanse walvisvaarders als multipurpose schip", in: Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis No.1/2020.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Ary Pot 1700-1709

Bookkeeper Claas Verlaan, Schiedam

1700

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 190

1701

Whales 9 Barrels blubber 400

1702

Whales 5.5 Barrels blubber 160

1703

Whales 6 Barrels blubber 200

1704

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 190

1705

Whales 11 Barrels blubber 390

1706

lost

1707

Bookkeeper Erven Willem Bastiaansz, Rotterdam

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 160

1708

Whales 10 Barrels blubber 350

1709

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 100

Source

Belgian sailing 2-mast gaff schooner Rupel 1996-

Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 June 2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Boom, MMSI 205362800 and call sign OS3628. Designed by Vennekens using the concept of the end 18th Century Baltimore Schooners. Built in 1996.

Newbuilding of Russian submarines for the Black Sea Fleet in 1925

In a report dated Riga, Latvia 31 May 1925 No. 4694 were the specifications for the four under the Soviet Navy Program new to be built Russian submarines described. Displacement 850 tons, dimensions 88 x 7 x 7 (draught), speed 16 (surfaced maximum)-10 (submerged maximum) knots, 2x1,40 ap engines, 1,00 hp electric motor, 10 tubes of which 5 submerged 1,100 mm gun and a range of 7,000 nautical miles/9 knots while surfaced and 110 nautical miles/5 knots while submerged. One submarine A.G.30 was already under construction and to be completed by summer 1925. It seemed that the construction of the other three was indefinitely delayed.

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.

Russian nuclear attack submarine K-64 1968-1974

Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 945/NATO: Sierra I ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 971 Shchuka-B/NATO:Akula ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-I class, preceded by Victor-class succeeded by Project 945 Barrakuda and Project 945A Kondor/NATO: Sierra-class I and II and Akula-class. Laid down by Admiralty (Sudomekh), Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Russia on 2 June 1968, launched on 22 April 1969, commissioned on 31 December 1971 and decommissioned on 19 August 1974 to be broken up.

Sources

Breemer, Jan. Soviet submarines. Design, Development and Tactics, 1989

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.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Alfa-class dated 11 April 2026 15:53 o’clock

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

German submarine SM UC 37 sunk unknown armed steamship according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 18 August 1917

German submarines UC 16-79©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that An item reported that the German submarine SM UC 37 commanding officer Oberleutnant zur See List had torpedoed and sunk on 12 August an unknown armed steamship of about 5,000 tons part of a strong protected convoy near Marittimo.(1)

Note

1. Type UC II minelaying submarine. Ordered on 20 November 1915, launched by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 178 on 5 June 1916, commissioned on 17 October 1916, surrendered at Sevastopol, Crimea on 25 November 1918 and scrapped at Bizerta, French Tunisia.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Mallina 1909-1935, Seiko Maru 1929-1935, Siberian Mary No. 3 1935-1937) Siberia Maru 1937-1944

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Call sign JDPC. Owner in 1939 Kita Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Launched by Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company for the Rockhampton-Sydney line with yard number 407 from slip 6 on 25 March 1909, completed on 29 April 1909, requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, in service as coalier and stone carrier HMAS Mallina, commissioned in August 1914, decommissioned in February 1915, sold to Machida Shokai Kisen Kaisha Juy 1929, sold to Kita Nippon Kisen K.K. on 31 October 1934, requisitioned by the army in November 1941, later converted into a hospital ship but also used as troop transport and sunk in an American air attack in the Sulu Sea, Philippines on 24 September 1944.

Gross tonnage 3,461 tons, under deck 2,777 tons, net tonnage 2,011 tons, deadweight 4,500 tons and as dimensions 350.5 x 44.3 x 23.3 x 12.5 (light)-19 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower 643 bhp, coal bunker capacity 240 ton, range 3,000 nautical and speed 11.5 (normal cruising)-14.5 (maximum) knots.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Paris 1722-1725

BookkeeperTeunis Windig, De Rijp.

1722

Whales 7.5 Barrels blubber 220

1723

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1724

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 90

1725

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 40

Total

Whales 11.5 Barrels blubber 350

Source

Dutch inland tug (ex-H-1430 1929, M330 1929-1967, Wormer 30 1967-1969, ? 1969-1979, Joke 1979-1985, Agros 1985-1998, Medea 1998-1999, Bertha 1999-2017) Monopool 2017-

River Lek, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, EU 02008140, MMSI 244150523 and call sign PC4877. Built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany in 1929

American sailing sealing ship Courier in 1833

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Captain unknown. Arrived at Stonington with 2,000 fur-seal skins.

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. (1978).

Dutch research-survey-vessel Rak or Scheurrak 2005-

River Lek, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9277266, MMSI 244600000 and call sign PJCK. Built By Geuns, Leeuwarden, Netherlands and completed by Damen, Hardinxveld, Netherlands in 2005. Reg.no. 840-05. Rijkswaterstaat.

Italian sailing ship Risorgimento lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 26 May due to submarine attack in the waters of Caglieri. Tonnage 222 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Dutch inland sailing vessel (ex-Antonius Maria 1911-after 1954, Argus after 1954) Helena

Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Laid down by Jonker, Kinderdijk, Netherlands in 1875 and in 1876 in service. Stevenaak. Statue, at the moment eldest iron built inland sailing ship in the Netherlands. Built for the Rhine-trade and nowadays to go as far as Basel, Swiss.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 977 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in South France. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion November 1944.

Source

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

Portuguese caravel Vera Cruz sailing replica built in 2000

Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 June 2026

Portugal-flagged, homeport Lisbon, Portugal, MMSI 263804290 and call sign CRAH7. Operated by Aporvela. Dimensions 23.82 (hull)-26.00 x 6.65 x 3.30 x 27.69 (height)metres and sail area of 235 square metres. Built by shipyard of Vila do Conde, Portugal in 2000 representing a caravel from the 15th-16th Century.

Warships and merchant ships arriving at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that between 10-14 August in the night arrived at Gibraltar 1 French auxiliary cruiser, 1 passenger steamship and 1 Italian passenger steamship.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch sailing vessel Anna TX37 (1931) 2012-

Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244650533. Built by shipyard De Dageraad, Woubrugge, Netherlands as the fishing vessel Antonie TX37, renamed TX48 after 1936, KW93 after 1937, seized in the Second World War, after the war again as KW92 until 1977, the charter ship in the Netherlands and Sweden as Reppe 1977-2005, Manana 2005-2012 and since 2012 Anna TX37.

American sailing sealing ship Talma in 1832-1834

Antarctic sealing ground Patagonia and vicinity. Rigging schooner. Captain G.L. Ally. Left New London in July 1832 and returned in May 1834 with 2,700 fur-seal skins and sold for 12.50 US dollars each skin.

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. (1978).

Saturday, 1 August 2026

Bulgarian cargo ship (ex-Raunala 1945-1963, Atlas 1967-1982) Bogdan 1982-1983

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IMO 5418898. Launched by Götaverken AB, Göteborg, Sweden on 9 November 1945, delivered to Trafik AB Grängesberg-Oxelösund, Stockholm, Sweden on 3 April 1946, converted into an ore carrier in 1973 and broken up in Bulgaria in 1983. Details with changing her name differs according to the sources.

Warships and merchant ships arrived at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

British Formidable-clas battleships©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that between 10-14 August coming from the west arrived 1 British steam transport, 13 British steamships, British warship Irresistible (1), 1 American steamship armed with 2 guns, 2 Italian steamships, 1 Norwegian steamship, 2 Belgian steamships, 1 Danish steamship and 4 steamships.

Note

1. This can’t be HMS Irresistible. Laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 11 April 1898, launched on 15 December 1898, completed in October 1901, commissioned on 4 February 1902 and lost on 18 March 1915 in the Dardanelles. Part of Formidable-class precedeed by Canopus-class succeeded by London-class.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

German inland cargo ship (ex-Gwendolyna 1981-2002, Rhon II 2002-2008, Rhoen II 2008-2009) Stadt Aschaffenburg 2009-

River Lek, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Germany-flagged, homeport Duisburg, homeport EU 7001330, ENI 04800870, MMSI 211496510 and call sign DC2611. Buillt by Bayerische Shipbuilding, Ereinbach, Germany in 1981 for Clipper AG, Basel, Switzerland. As Gwendolyna since 19 October 2009 Germany-flagged, homeport Duisburg.

German submarine SM U-33 sunk armed British steamship Llandudno according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 21 August 1917

U 32-39. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German submarine SM U-33 (1) commanded by kapitänleutnant Siess (2) sunk with gunfire on 1 August the armed British steamship Llandudno of 4,187 tons loaded with hay and straw underway from Cette [Sète], France] towards Salonica, Greece 130 nautical miles south of Toulon.

Notes

1. Ordered on 29 March 1912, laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 193 on 7 November 1912, launched on 19 May 1914, commissioned on 27 September 1914, surrendered to the British at Harwich, England on 16 Jnauary 1919 and broken up at Blyth, England between 1919-1920.

2. Gustav Siess (11 December 1883, Hamburg, Germany-14 October 1970 Hamburg, Germany.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch inland work boat Stern 1993-

River Lek, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02330602, MSSI 244710918. Built by RAL, Inrnsum, Netherlands in 1993. Owner Hakkers B.V.

American whaler Gidea Howland arrived in the Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Eales Advertiser dated Saturday 25 May 1839

An item referred to a list of arivals and departured at the Bay of Islands between 26 February-2 May reporting the arrival of the American whaler Gidea Howland, Baker, 4 months, clean on 21 April.(1)

Note

1. Bay of Islands, area on the east coast of the Far North District, North Island, New Zealand.

Japanese destroyer Otsuki (Ship No. 368) 1944

Akizuki subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Russian Vol'ny former Japanese Matsu-class Shii©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Akizuki-class or B-class destroyer consisting of Akizuki (Project 51), Fuyutsuki (Project 51) and Michitsuki (Project 53) subclasses preceded by Yugumo-class succeeded by Matsu-class. Of the Michitsuki-subclass to be built under the Maru Kyu Programme as Ship No. 368. To be built at Sasebo Naval Arsenal. Cancelled on 14 December 1944.

American whaler Charriott arrived in the Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Eales Advertiser dated Saturday 25 May 1839

An item referred to a list of arivals and departured at the Bay of Islands between 26 February-2 May reporting the arrival of the American whaler Charriott, Littlefield, 4 months, clean on 15 April. Departed for cruising on 1 May.(1)

Note

1. Bay of Islands, area on the east coast of the Far North District, North Island, New Zealand.

Japanese aircraft carrier Ship No. 5009 1943

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Part of Unryu-class (project number G16) Ikoma-subclass preceded by Taiho succeeded by planned but not realized Project Number G18. Design resembles more the Hiryu than that of the Taiho. There were 16 planned namely under the Maru Kyu Programme ship No. 301 in 1941 and under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme Ships No. 5001-5015, at the end were 13 were cancelled. There were 2 subclasses namely Unryu (Nos. 302, Modified Unryu Class 5001-5006 and Ikoma (unofficial Modified Ship Number 302-class in fact a simplified Unryu model Nos. 5007-5015). Cancelled on 11 August 1943, to be laid down by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in July 1943, to be completed in March 1946.

Romania pleased with possible end of the so-called Wrangels’s Fleet affaire in 1925

A report dated Romania 14 March 1925 No. 2474 reported that Romania was pleased how the Wrangels’s Fleet affaire seems to end.(1) The French premier M. Herriot recently stated that this fleet would not return to the Soviets unless they settled their public and private debts. This was near impossible to do so there was little occasion for worry. Romania seemed also to feel that if the fleet would return France assured the safeguarding of Romanian interests.

Note

1. Wrangel’s Fleet interned at Bizerte, French Tunisia, in fact what remained of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The ships were finally sold to be broken up. Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangler (15/27 August 1878 Novalexandrovsk, Russian Empire-25 April 1928, Brussels, Belgium), commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia 1920-1921

Source

British destroyer HMS Amazon 1906-1919

Part of Tribal- or F-class preceded by River- of E-class and succeeded by Beagle- or G-class. First Sea Lord Fisher asked for a 33 knots destroyer in November 1904 and to be fitted out with oil-fuelled boilers and steam turbines. While the design details were left to the individual shipyards as common at the time the were quite what difference in details and appearance especially dealing with the number of funnels. HMS Cossack and Ghurka had three funnels but their sistership HMS Viking even six. The class had also two masts of which a light mainmast aft. Totally 12 completed. Built under the 1906-1907 Programme. Laid down by J.I. Thornycroft, Woolston, England on 24 June 1907, launched on, 29 July 1908, commissioned in April 1909 and sold to eb scrapped on 22 October 1919.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 976 in 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in South France. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion November 1944.

Source

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

Spanish destroyer Vilaamil 1913-1932

Based on a British design the River- of E-class built between 1903-1905?), part of Bustamante-class preceded by Furor-class succeeded by Alsedo-class, built under the Naval Law of 1908, launched by the Sociedad Española de Construcción in 1913, completed 1916 in and broken up in 1932.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Adrian Huybertsz Visser 1700-1709

Bookkeeper Klaas Groot, Zaandam

1700

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 140

1701

Whales 11 Barrels blubber 350

1702

Whales 13.5 Barrels blubber 110

1703

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 170

1704

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 130

1705

Whales 13.5 Barrels blubber 348

1706

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 130

1707

Whales 0 Barrels blubber ?

1708

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 16

1709

Whales 0 Barrels blubber ?

Source

Japanese tanker Teiyo Maru 1930-1944

Call sign JGHC. Owner in 1939 Nippon Tanker K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Yokohama Dock Co. Ld., West Nishi/,Yokohama, Japan on 28 April 1930, launched on 19 January 1931, completed on 2 May 1931, requistioned by the navy and conversion into fleet oiler started on 22 November 1941, conversion completed on 4 December 1941, converted to serve in northern regios between 15-23 December 1942, torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Rasher (SS-269) 50 miles west of Vigan, Philippines on 19 August 1944 and stricken on 10 October 1944. Gross tonnage 9,850 ton, under deck 9,074 tons, net tonnage 5,722 ton, deadweight 13,740 ton and as dimensions 492.2 (between perpendiculars)-511.5 (over all) x 64.0 x 39.2 x 11.6 (light)-31 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 2,340 nhp. 2,200 ton oil bunker capacity , range 25,000 nautical miles/15 knots and speed 15 (normal cruising)-18 (maximum) knots. Oil carrying capacity 92,000 barrels of 42 galleons.

Italian sailing ship Angelo Padre lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 26 May due to submarine attack on the location waters of Paola. Tonnage 49 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Russian nuclear cruise missile submarine K-59 1959-1989

Part of Project 659 called by NATO Echo I preceded by Project 665 NATO named Whiskey Long Bin-class and succeeded by Project 651 NATO named Juliett-class and Project 670 Skat NATO named Charlie class. Of project 659 were 5 boats built converted in Project 659T SSN’s. Part of the Pacific Fleet. Laid down by Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard No. 199 on 30 September 1959, launched on 25 September 1960, commissioned on 16 December 1961 and decommisioned to be broken up in 1989.

Sources

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.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Echo-class 5 May 2026 08:45 o’clock

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

Italian sailing ship Rosina R lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 25 May due to bombs on the location Ustica. Tonnage 53 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Chinese river gunboat Chu Chien 1906-1937

Also spelled as Tchou-Kien. Part of Chu-class consting of the Chu Tung, Chu Chien, Chu Tai, Chu Yu, Chu Yiu and Chu Kuan succeeded by Yongfeng-class gunboats. Ordered from Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe, Japan in 1904, launched on 31 July 1906 and scuttled on 11 August 1937 when the Japanese advanced on the Yangtze River.

American sailing sealing ship Superior in 1832

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Of Stonington. Made three voyages prior to 1833 and caught around 8,000 fur-seal skin. Captain unknown.

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. (1978).

Dutch heavy load carrier Rolldock Storm 2014-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9656503, MMSI 246883000 and call sign PCQX. Built by Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany in 2014. Owner/manager Rolldock Shipping BV, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands.

American sailing sealing ship Montgomery in 1832

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging unknown. Captain unknown. Arrived at Mystic, Connecticut, USA with fur-2,000 seal skins.

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. (1978).

Friday, 31 July 2026

Chinese destroyer (ex-Fei Yuen, Fei Hung and Yen Yung) Tung An or Tong Ngan 1912-1939 and Tung Chun 1939-after 1944

Part of the Chang Feng-class consisting of the Yu Chang (ex-Chang Feng), Chien Kang and Tung An preceded by Hai Lung-class succeeded by Ching Po (delivered to Italy) and Lung Tuan (delivered to Austro-Hungarian navy). Launched by Schichau-Werke, Elbing, Germany on 5 July 1912, commissioned on 7 November 1912, scuttled as blockship on 18 December 1937, salvaged by the Japanese in December 1939, renamed Tung Chun and handed over to the ROC-Nanjing Navy, abandoned when personnel of the ROC-Nanjing Navy was involved in an uprising and what became of her is unknown.

Arrival at Gibraltar of ships according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 5 August 1917

An item reported the arrival on 30 July at Gibraltar coming from the west of 9 armed British steamships, 1 Greek steam ship and 4 armed Italian steamships.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Spanish torpedo boat T-7 1913-1946

Part of T-class preceded by Arie-class succeeded by German S-boats. Between 1912-1922 were totally 22 of the planned 24 boats built by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Cartagena, Spain. Based on the French Bourrasque-torpedo boats class, design from Chantiers et Ateliers A. Normand, Le Havre, France? Launched in 1913 and broken up in 1946. International call sign GKBS. Dimensions 50 (maximum) x 5,00 (maximum) x 3.20 x 1.61 metres. Maximum displacement 180 ton. Number of screws 3. Maximum speed 26,83 knots. Coal bunker capacity1,000 ton. Crew numbered 31 men. Armament 3-4.7cm Vickers guns, 1x45cm and 1x2-45cm torpedo tubes.

Sources

T 1-class

Lista official de los buques de Guerra y mercantes de España 1925.

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