Australian air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney DDG 42 2015-

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Homeport Fleet Base East, Sydney, Australia, MMSI 503000127 and call sign VKCM. Part of Hobart-class preceded by Perth-class destroyers and Adelaide-class frigates. Designed by Navantia, built by ASC, Forgacs Group, BAE Systems Australia (module builders, Osborne Naval Shipyard. Ordered in October 2007, laid down on 19 November 2015, launched on 19 May 2018 and commissioned on 18 May 2020. 

German submarine warfare against merchant shipping according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated September 1939. An item reported that until now just a few reports of German submarine warfare against merchant shipping were (indirectly) received. In contarty was the belief that a considerable number of merchant ships already were sunk before the British became worried and planning a convoy system.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Kwansai Maru 1930-1937) Kansai Maru 1937-1943

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Similar Kansai Maru and Kanto Maru. Call sign JJOC. Laid down by Yokohama Dock Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan with yard number 180 on 23 January 1930, launched on 19 September 1930, completed in December 1930, requisitioned by the army on 27 September 1941, served as Alloted IJA No. 858, torpedoed by the American submarine USS Scamp (SS-277) north of Manus, Admiralty Islands on 18 September 1943 and sunk the next day. Owner in 1939 Harada Kisen K.K., Hutyu, Japan. Gross tonnage 8,614 tons, under deck 7,971 tons, net 5,204 tonnage 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. 

Dutch Greenland whaler ‘t Swanevelt salvaged abandoned Dutch Greenland whaler de Vergulde Schol in 1659

Statement dated 26 November 1659 done by crew members of the Dutch Greenland whaler ‘t Swanevelt that they discovered the Dutch Greenland whaler de Vergulde Schol of master Jan Geerlofsz of Harlingen, Netherlands floating in the ice. She was abandoned and partly filled with water. They managed to pump out the water and save the ship. Whalers from Emden, Germany supported the salvage. The crew members were commandeur Burger Pauwels age 45, carpenter Heyndrick Alewijnen age 36, cooper Jan Harmensz age 28 and steersman of a boat Jan Cornelisz age 24.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-513-434

British ship Buccaneer hired for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Supplied by Messrs. Tatham, Bromage&Co., contractors for freightage of river material to Mojanga. Departed from Port Said on 16 April. Loaded with 6 steam launches.

Source

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

Thais frigate HTMS Naresuan FFG-421 1991-

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MMSI 567015500 and call sign HSME. Part of Naresuan-class which was an updated Chinese built Type 053 frigate preceded by Phuttahayota Chulalok-class succeeded by Bhumibol Aduyadej-class. Laid down by China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai, China in 1991, launched in July 1993 and commissioned on 15 December 1994. 

American merchant ship ss Wacosta stopped and searched by a German submarine according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated September 1939. An item reported that the American ss Wacosta underway from Glasgow, Scotland to New York, USA was stopped, visited and searched by a German submarine on 9 September.(1)

Note

1. Built by Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, Harriman, Pa., owner in 1939 Waterman S.S. Corporation, Mobile, USA.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

Design No. 2 of the armament proposed for the American Virginia-class battleships 1900

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Connecticut-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

The Virginia-class preceded by the Maine-class succeeded by the Connecticut-class consisted of the Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Their armament consisted of 4-30.5cm/12” cal 40 guns, 8-20.3cm/8” cal 45 guns, 12-15.2cm/6” ca; 50 Mark 6 guns, 12-7.6cm/3” cal 50 guns, 12-3pd guns and 4-53.3cm/21” torpedo tubes. Displacement 15,188 (normal)-16,252 tons (full load) tons. The Bureau of Ordnance came with three alternatives for the armament of what then was called the 13,500 ton New Jersey-class with the weight of the armament based on the design of the USS Maine. This was weight armament+2/3 ammunition totally 1,100 tons or 8.8% of the trial displacement of 12,500 tons.

Main battery consisted of 4-12” guns, 8-7” guns, 8-6” guns=208 guns+2 submerged torpedo tubes.

Secondary battery consisted of 12-4 pdrs, 12-3 pdrs, 6-1pdrs, 2-3” field guns, 2 Gatlings, 6 Colts=40 guns.

Armament +2/3 ammunition 1,043 tons or 7.72% of 13,500 tons.

Design No. 1 was the favorite but when the superposed turrets were abandoned, was design No.2 with the 7” replaced by the 8” a good alternative. The all-round fire was qual to No.1. The 7” gun was a new gun still under consideration and details not determinded. Was to be of equal fire to the 6” guns and would be mounted in “superposed casemates at the four corners of the secondary batter with the 6” guns mounded amidships between them. Half of these guns would be located on the main deck and half on the spar deck above.”

Sources

Reilly Jr., John C. and Robert L. Scheina. American battleships 1886-1923. Predreadnought design and construction. London, 1980.

Scientific American colume 82, 20 January 1900, p.41

Conflict between the Dutch Greenland whalers Den Eendracht and Den Coning David who owned a caught whale in 1663

Statement dated 18 September 1663 by former Greenland commandeur Gerrit Krijnen of the ship Den Eendracht, former harpooners Joost Gillisse and Willem Leendertsen, former cooper Gillis Jacobse and former boat mate Feis Cornelisse as requested by Jan Weijmans who chartered the ship as a result of a conflict over a whale with commandeur Gerrit Albertsen of the ship Den Coningh David chartered by Maertje Jans widow of Jacob Danen.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Hartman de Custer 18-572-219

British ship Powderham hired for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Supplied by Messrs. Tatham, Bromage&Co., contractors for freightage of river material to Mojanga. Departed from Port Said on 16 April. Loaded with 18 shallow river boats.

Source

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

Indian guided missile frigate INS Nilgiri F33 2017-

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Laid down by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mazagaon, Mumbai, India on 28 December 2017, launched on 29 September 2019, acquired on 20 December 2024 and commissioned on 15 January 2025. Part of Nilgiri-or Project 17A-class preceded by Shivalik-class succeeded by Project 17B-class. 

British passenger ship ss Athenia sunk according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Tuesday 12 September 1939. An item reported that the ss Athenia was sunk north of Inishtrahull, 10 miles off the north Irish coast at 7:40 p.m. on 3 September.

Note

1. Torpedoed around 200-230 miles west of the Hebrides without a warning by the German submarine U 30. She was underway from Glasgow, Scotland towards Montreal, Canada. British passenger ship built in 1923.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

Japanese cargo ship Matukawa Maru or Matsukawa Maru 1938-1944

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Similar Kikukawa Maru (1936), Kirikawa Maru (1937), Matukawa Maru/Matsukawa Maru (1938), Momokawa Maru (1939), Nippo Maru (1936), Toei Maru (1936) and Toho Maru (1937). Name als given as Matsugawa Maru and Cho Saki Maru. Call sign JQTM. Owner Kawasaki Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Kobe, Japan on 31 January 1938, launched on 30 May 1938, completed on 11 November 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 20 February 1939, given back to owners on 20 September 1939, requisitioned by the army and became troop transport No. 796 on 28 November 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Jack off the Manila Bay, Philippines on 30 June 1944. Gross tonnage 3,826 tons and as dimensions 354.7 x 50.0 x 27.6 x 8’6” (light)-23” (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 333 nhp, one screw, coal bunker capacity 1,000 tons and range 10,000 nautical miles/12 knots and speed 12-14 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots. 

Deed of chartering for Dutch Greenland whaler de Roode Halve Maen in 1662

Deed of chartering dated 16 February 1662 by merchant Adriaen Coelemey with master Claes Fredericksz of der Schellingh for the ship de Roode Halve Maen for a whaling voyage to Greenland and to return afterwards to Rotterdam to be unloaded payment 3,070 guilders and 10 guilders each whale caught by own crew.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-515-88

British ship Collingham hired for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Supplied by Messrs. Tatham, Bromage&Co., contractors for freightage of river material to Mojanga. Departed from Port Said on 16 April. Loaded with 4 pontoons and landing stages, in six sections.

Source

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

Singapore frigate RSS Intrepid 69 2004-

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Singapore-flagged, homeport Changi, MMSI 566011700 and call sign S6KJ. Ordered in March 2000, launched by ST Engineering (Marine), Benoi, Singapore on 3 July 2004 and commissioned on 5 February 2008. Part of Formidable-class stealth frigates derative of the French La Fayette-class and a replacement of the Sea Wolf-class missile gun boats in service since 1972. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 432 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by St. Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 54. Date building ordered 3 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 frigate JS Kumano FFM-2 2019-

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MMSI 431999616. Ordered in 2018, laid down by Mitsui, Tamano, Japan on 30 October 2019, launched on 19 November 2020 and commissioned on 22 March 2022. Part of Mogami-class preceded by Abukama-class succeeded by New FFM (Upgraded Mogami-class). 

British screw steam transport Hope 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 64, present position Constantinople, Turkey, Commissariat stores.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 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. 

Canadian supply ship ms (ex-Cynthia 2008-2010, Amorito 2010, Neermoor 2010-2013) Asterix AOR 509 2008-

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IMO 9348182, MMSI 636014884 and call sign A8XE9. Liberia-flagged (2010-2015), Antigua&Barbuda-flagged (2010) and Canada-flagged (2015-). Laid down by Lloyd Werft Wismar (TKMS), Wismar, Germany with yard number 147 on 21 October 2008, launched on 27 January 2009, completed on 1 May 2010 as container ship Cynthia, acquired in 2015, converted by Davie Shipbuilding/Federal Fleet and leased to Canada/Royal Canadian Navy in December 2010

American whaler Friendship visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 8 November, ship, name master West, tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 2,700 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.

Papua New Guinea patrol vessel HMPNGS Francis Agwi 403 2021-

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Papua New Guinea-flagged, IMO 4734221, MMSI 553111887 and call sign P2DS. Built by Austal Australia as a Guardian-class patrol boat under the Pacific Maritime Security Program in 2021.

German blockaderunner Rudolf Albrecht in 1940

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. Motor tanker Rudolf Albrecht. Not loaded. Left Ponta Delgada, Azores on 8 May 1904. Arrived at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on 17/18 May 1940. Transfer. Seized to be used as Etappen-V-Schiff.

Source

Bundesarchive RM 7-223.

Swedish car carrier (ex-Maersk Welkin 2006-2008, Hoegh Chiba 2008-2012, Alliance Richmond 2012-2014, Hoeg Chiba 2014-2024) Auto Way 2024-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 16 March 2026

Norway-flagged, homeport Oslo, IMO 9302558, MMSI 257824000 and call sign LAVD7. Owner/manager Wallenius Lines AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding&Marine Engineering, Geoje, South Korea in 2006. Singapore-flagged 2006-2012, Liberia-flagged 2012-20 and USA-flagged since 2014. 

British screw steam transport Hope 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 64, present position Constantinople, Turkey, Commissariat stores.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 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. 

Australian whaler Caroline visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 3 November, barque, name master Roberts, tonnage 196 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 900 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Thais torpedo boat HTMS Chumpohn 1936-

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Pennant 31. Part of Trad-class preceded by Number 1-class succeeded by Kantang-class. Italians design, in fact a smaller Italian Spica-class. Laid down by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy on 7 July 1936, launched on 18 January 1937, commissioned in March 1937, became a museum ship. 

German navy supporting attack at Gdynia, Poland according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated September 1939. An item reported that German naval forces supported the attack on the fortifications of Gdynia, Poland by successfull bombarding the Polish batteries and naval base at Gdynia.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

British flotilla leader HMS Seymour 1915-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 23 November 1915, launched on 31 August 1916, commissioned on 30 November 1916 and sold to be broken up in January 1931.

British screw steam transport Kangaroo 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 29, present position Varna, Bulgaria, sent with despatches to bring back troops.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 8153-30 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. 

Australian whaler Nimrod visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 3 November, barque , name master Browne, tonnage 231 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 500 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Greek crude oil tanker Ionic Semeli 2025-

Schelde off Vlisingen, Netherlands 26 March 2026

Marshall Islands-flagged, IMO 1037933, MMSI 538011707 and call sign V7A3335. Owner/manager Ionic Tankers (Mgt) Inc., Athens, Greece. Built by Japna Marine United Corporation (JMU), Yokoh,ma, Japan in 2025. Also called a liquid bulk carrier. 

Russian torpedo gunboat Lieutenant Ilyen 1886-1911

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Launched at St. Petersburg, Russia on 12 July 1886, reclassified as despatch vessel on 10 October 1907 and stricken on 13 June 1911. Part of the Baltic Fleet. 

Allied and Japanese naval forces battling in the Badung Strait according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 February 1942

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American destroyer USS Stewart, Clemson-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the Japanese fleet seemed to have lost 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 2 transports in the battle off Bali, Dutch East Indies on 19 February.(1)

Note

1. The Battle of Badung Strait in the night of 19/20 February in which the Dutch cruiser Hr.Ms. Tromp was heavily damaged, the Dutch destroyer Hr.Ms. Piet Hein sunk and the American destroyer USS Stewart damaged and scuttled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies while docked. Three Japanese destroyers and 1 transport were damaged.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942

French tug (ex-Howard Hogue -2005, Sea Lynx 2005-2016, Union Lynx 2016-2022, Tug Master One 2022) Abeille Horizon 2022-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 19-3-2026

France-flagged, IMO 9178410, MMSI 228442700 and call sign FMVL. Built by Loland Verft, Leirvik I Sogn, Norway in 1999. Owner/manager Les Abeilles, Le Havre, France. Vanatua-flagged 2004-2005, Norway-flagged 2005-2016, Bahamas-flagged 2016, Belgium-flagged 2016-2020, Bahamas-flagged 2020, Belgium-flagged 2020-2022, Bahamas-flagged 2022 and France-flagged 2022. 

British merchant ship Carthage 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 Carthage of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Gross tonnage 5,100 tons. Served as hospital ship of the expedition with her roomy decks including a 300 feet long promenade. Recently acquired by her owner.(1)

Note

1. According to Lloyds Register 1882 net tonnage 2,588 tons, gross tonnage 5,013 tons and under deck 4,733 tons and as dimensions 430.1 x 44.4 x 33.5, built by Carid&Co., Greenock in August 1881.

Source

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

Dutch maintenance craft Adriaen Coenen 2022-

Texel, Netherlands 14 March 2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02339401, MMSI 244002324 and call sign PH8259. Owner/manager Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Hoorn, Netherlands. Built by Next Generation Shipyards, Lauwersoog, Netherlands in 2022. 

American whaler Sarah Lee visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 1 November, ship , name master Weeks, tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo full loaded.

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Dutch passenger ship (ex-Dockyard VII 1949-1983, Niederheind 1983-1984, Stad Harlingen 1984-1991, Stad Rees 1991-?, Niederrhein ?-1996, Ichtus 1996-2009, Denick 2009-2011) Texel 44 2011-

Texel, Netherlands 14 March 2026

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02322550, MMSI 244660821. Built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1949. German property 1983-1984 and 1991-1996. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 431 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by St. Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 53. 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 Kamogawa Maru 1937-1942

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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 JDOMOwner in 1939 Toyo Kaiun K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Dockyard&Engineering Works, Nagasaki, Japan on 26 August 1937, launched on 16 February 1938, completed on 15 April 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 5 September 1941, converted into an armed auxiliary aircraft transport between 5 September-15 October 1941, torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) north of Lombok Strait, off Sumbawa Island, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942 and stricken on 15 March 1942. Gross tonnage 6,641 tons, under deck 5,757 tons, net tonnage 4,832 tons and as dimensions 549.4 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 Martha visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 29 October, ship, name master Potter , tonnage - tons, belonged to USA, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 1,700 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

German large ocean-going submarine IXD2 in 1945

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Part of the Type IX-submarine subclass Type IXD2 preceded by Type I succeeded by Type XXI. Of the Type IXD were three versions namely the IXD1, IXD2 and the IXD/42. Between 1937 and 1945 were totally 194 Type XI-submarines completed of the 200 under construction and the 290 planned of which 90 were cancelled. On 15 August 1940 were the first of the Type IXD2 ordered. Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen, Germany built 28 of this Type which were taken into service between 1942-1944. The building of another 22 boats was cancelled except for the two already under construction.The U-883 was completed and commissioned on 17 May 1944, the U-884 heavily damaged during an American air attack on 30 March 1944 was however never commissioned. 

Construction status of the German submarine U 2503 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 19 July 1944. Remarks completed.

Source

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

British destroyer HMS Strongbow 1916-1917

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Preceded by Yarrow M-class. Despite lacking geared steam turbines sometime described as Yarrow R-class destroyers. Ordered in July 1915, laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotland, launched on 30 September 1916, completed late 1916 and sunk by the German light cruisers SMS Bremse and Brummer off Norway on 17 October 1916.

Australian whaler Lucy Ann visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

Arrived on 14 October, barque, name master Richards , tonnage 214 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery , cargo 500 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL. 

Japanese cargo ship Tat(s)uwa Maru 1937-1954

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Similar Tatuharu Maru, Tatuho Maru, Tatuyma Maru and Tatuwa Maru. Laid down  by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Kobe, Japanon 1 May 1937, launched on 22 September 1937, completed on 1 February 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 18 November 1940, auxiliary transport since 16 December 1940, sunk after striking a mine off Shimonoseki, Japan on 10 May 1945, stricken on 10 June 1945, salvaged in 1946, taken into service on 9 December 1949 and sunk underway from Maulmein, Burma to Kobe on 10 May 1954. Gross tonnage 6,355 tons, netto tonnage 3,792 tons and as dimensions 410.9 x 56.0 x 30.7 x 10 (light)-25.6 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 750 nhp/4,500 bhp, coal bunker capacity 800 tons, range 5,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-17 (maximum) knots.