British light cruiser HMS Newfoundland 1939-1959 and Peruvian BAP Almirante Grau 1959-1973 and Capitan Quinones 1973-1979.

Dido-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Crown Colony-class cruiser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Newfound, Ceylon group. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Swiftsure, Minotaur-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Crown Colony-, Colony- or Fiji-class preceded by Dido- and Town-class succeeded by Minotaur-class. The Ceylon-group of this class was slightly modified and armed with 3x3-15.2mc/6” guns instead of 4x3-15.2cm/6” guns. Pennant 39. Laid down by Swan Hunter, Wallsend, England on 9 November 1939, launched on 19 December 1941, commissioned on 21 January 1943, sold to Peru on 30 December 1959, commissioned as BAP Almirante Grau, renamed Capitan Quinones on 15 May 1973, static training ship since 1979 and broken up same year. 

East German shipyard Neptun building 3,000 ton cargo ships for the Soviet Union according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 August 1955

An item reported that the Neptun shipyard at Rostock, East Germany started with the building of 3,000 ton cargo ships for the Soviet Union as was reparations. Not earlier as in May 1954 was the first ship handed over caused by lacking steel-plate and faults in the engines and auxilairy turbines. Two ships were to retain by East Germany, two others were transferred to Bulgaria, the others numbering at least 20 were before the end of 1954 to be handed over to the Soviet Union. In October 1954 however ordered the Soviet Union that eight of the ships were to be converted into fire fighting ships or Schwimmbrandwachen as the East German Main Administration for Shipbuilding classified these ships. Until now was nothing done. A special Soviet commission arrived in the end of 1954 at Rostock to supervise the reconstruction which started in February 1954 while pressing the delivery of at least two but if possible four ships that year. There was however considerable doubt about these ships lacking derricks, loading winches (except for a small personal luggage one), hatches and holds. To be fitted out with radar and a very large crew numbering 9-12 officers and 369 men. Possible it were troop transports or auxiliary naval vessels. Regarded the size of the crew probably the latter purpose.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

United Kingdom transferring several warships to India in the coming six years according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 August 1955

Crown Colony-class cruiser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported while referring to the press that in the next six years the United Kingdom would hand over at least 20 warships to India. A cruiser was incuded.(1) The first two ships to be handed over were fleet minesweepers already commissioned in the United Kingdom and to join the Indian navy before October 1955. Excluded three Hunt-class destroyers (2) were all ships present in the Indian navy to be replaced. The cruiser Mysore (ex-Nigeria) was the potential flagship. Furthermore were 12 anti-submarine and anti-aircraft frigates, 8 coastal minesweepers and some inshore minesweepers involved in the transfer.

Notes

1. Nigeria. Of the Crown Colony or Fiji-class light cruisers, preceded by Dido-class, succeeded by Minotaur-class, building ordered on 20 December 1937, laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, England on 8 February 1938, launched on 18 July 1939, commissioned on 23 September 1940, sold India on 29 August 1957, renamed INS Mysore (C60), decommissioned on 20 August 1985 and broken up.

2. The escort destroyers Ganga (ex-HMS Chiddingfold), Godayari (ex-Bedale) and Gomati (ex-Lamerton)?

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Japanese destroyer Hae (Ship No. 5076) 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 originally to be built  under the 1941 Additional Naval Armament Supplement Programme which was replaced by the Maru 5 Programme causing a replanning from Ship Nos. 770-785 into Ship Nos. 5061-5076 and expanded with 6 vessels more namely Ship Nos. 5077-5082. Cancelled on 9 June 1944. 

British sailing transport Pyrenees 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 1, present position Balaklava Crimea, remarks with cattle for the army from Eupatoria [Yevpatoria, Crimea]. 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 paddle steam transport Sea Nymph 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 --, present position Balaklava, Crimea, remarks with cargo of charcoal for the army; waiting for orders.

The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

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

Dutch flat top pontoon HEBO-P82 (2008) 2023-

North Sea, 9 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands, IMO 9492543, MMSI 246612000 and call sign PIUZ. Built in 2008. Bought by HEBO in February 2023. 

Auction of whaling tools of Dutch Greenland commandeur Gerrit Samielse Lolling in 1741

Auction at the Nieuwezyds Heeren Loogement, Amsterdam, Netherlands on Tuesday 4 April 1741 at 18:00 o’clock of the whaling tools of commandeur Gerrit Samielse Lolling on the hired ship Gerrit bound for Greenland with 6 boats, bookkeeper Cornelis van Ommeren.  

Note

1. Greenland commandeur between 1838-1741 for account of Cornelis van Ommeren, Amsterdam. Catch results in 1740 3.5 whale 160 barrels whale blubber 250 quardelen whale oil, in 1741 zero.

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 note until 1794.

Source

Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Netherlands archive No. 5071, inventory number 8.

Dutch Greenland whaler De Robert Jean for sale in 1741

Auction at the Nieuwezyds Heeren Loogement, Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 20 November1741 of the extra ordinary well sailing Dutch whaler De Robert Jean, fluyt ship, commandeur Jan Swan, built in 1731, dimensions 111 (prow) x 28.5 x 12.5, verdeck 6.½ and plecht 8.9½ all Amsterdam feet. Lying in the Waal off the Oude Stads Herberg. Not sold, auction stopped at 13.600 Dutch guilders.

Note

1. Jan Swan, Greenland commandeur between 1740-1741 for Jean Neel, Amsterdam, results 1741 0.5 whale 20 barrels blubber35 quardelen whale oil. 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 note until 1794.

Source

Archief van de Burgemeesters: scheepsverkopingen door makelaars. Archive 5071 Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, Netherlands archive No. 5071, inventory number 8.

Dutch tug Varnebank 1975-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 8 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 74222324, EU 2714401, MMSI 244010000 and call sign PIEJ. Built by Bodewes, Millingen a/d Rijn, Netherlands with yard number 729 in 1975. Owner Dutch Tender Service B.V., Scheveningen, Neteherlands. 

Scottish Greenland whaler Superior in 1816

Caught 16 whales resulting in 120 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.

Source

Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819. 

Scottish Greenland whaler Dexterity in 1816

Caught 16 whales resulting in 101 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.

Source

Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819. 

German passenger ship Hanseatic Spirit 2021-

Scheveningen, Netherlands, 8 June 2026

Malta-flagged, homeport Valletta, IMO 9857640, MMSI 215973000 and call sign 9HA5400. Built by Vard Langsten, Tomra, Norway in 2021. Owner/manager Tui Services Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany. 

American whaler Hudson left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Hudson, barque, 368 tons, master Fish, of Fairhaven, to the whaling grounds on 19 February.(1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

American whaler Elizabeth left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Elizabeth, ship, 329 tons, master Winslow, of New Bedford on 19 February .(1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

Dutch hopper dredger Hein 1979-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Zwolle, IMO 7911856, MMSI 244061000 and call sign PEPN. Built by Ferus Smit Scheepswerf, Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1979. Owner/manager Van der Kamp BV, Zwolle, Netherlands. 

German blockade runner Rio Grande outward bound in 1941

Transport Number I. Name ship Rio Grande. Company (H.D.S.G.) Date departure 21 September 1941. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Date arrival 9 December 1941. Part of 1. Action “Transport.”

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Peter outward bound in 1941-1942

Transport Number II. Name ship Peter (ex-Portland). Company Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 16 October 1941. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Date arrival 1 January 1942. Deadweight 10,942 tons. Part of 1. Action “Transport.”

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

Swedish oil products tanker (ex-Gan-sky 2009-2010) Eckfjord 2010-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Norway-flagged, homeport Arendal, IMO 9356622, MMSI 257555000 and call sign LAJX7. Built by Celik Tekne Sanayi Ve Ticaret As, Tuzla, Turkey in 2009. Owner Ekships Ab, manager Ektank Ab, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Italian sailing ship Immacolata lost in 1917

 According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 28 April due to submarine attack on the location 5 miles?. Tonnage 136 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Italian sailing ship Siretta lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 28 April due to submarine attack on the location 8 miles west north west isle Sanguinarie. Tonnage 40 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Norwegian sailing training ship (ex-Grossherzog Friedrich August 1914-1921, Statsraad Lemkuhl 1921-1940, Westwärts 1940-19450 Statsraad Lemkuhl 1945-

Schelde off Vlissingen 11-7-2026

Norway-flagged, IMO 5339248, MMSI 258113000 and call sign LDRG. Launched by Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremershaven, Germany in 1914 as training ship for the German merchant marine, handed over to the United Kingdom as war reparations, sold in 1920, became the training ship Statsraad Lemkuhl of the Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab in 1921, captured by Germany and renamed Westwärts  in 1940 and returned in 1945 retaining her name and still a training ship. 

Italian protected cruiser Puglia 1893-1923

Piemonte. Naval History and Heritage command NH47666

Etruria, Regioni-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Calabria©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Regioni-class preceded by Piemonte succeeded by Calabria. Laid down by Arsenal of Taranto in October 1893, launched on 22 September 1898, commissioned on 26 May 1901 and sold to be broken up on 22 March 1923. 

Turkey shipped cotton towards Romania according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 17 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 17 February 1940 No. 758 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the neutral ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported that between Romania and Turkey an agreement was made dealing with 15,000 ton Turkish cotton. The Turkish steamship Refah would load at Izmir 6,000 bales voor Constanta, Romania.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.

Russian naval officer Vonljarljarski according to a report from the Military Observer at Riga, Latvia dated 22 July 1921

Sevastopol©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

The information was received from the Latvian General Staff and considered to be reliable. In fact few was known dealing with the personnel of the Central Institutions except that the majority in authority were former naval officers already officers prior to the First World War. The descriptions of the officers were supplied by a former high officer of the Imperial Russian Navy which now stayed in Latvia. Former 2nd class captain. “Commander of the reserve vessels at Petrograd in 1920; in command of the [batteship] Sebastopol up to February 1921.(1) No good as man and officer; after the Japanese war [1904-1905] he was dismissed from the service on a verdict of an Officers’ Court, for stealing a gold watch from a lady.”

Note

1.  Sevastopol 1909-1917, Parizhskaya Kommuna 1917-1943 and Sevastopol 1943-1956. Laid down by Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia on 16 June 1909, launched on 10 July 1911, commissioned on 30 November 1914, In Bolshevik hands and renamed Parizhskaya Kommuna in November 1917, laid up between 1918-17 September 1925, modernized 1930s, renamed Sevastopol in 1943, training ship since 1954 and broken up 1956-1957.

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.

Argentinean destroyer ARA La Plata (D4) 1910-1956 1910-1956

Entre Rios, Corrientes-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Design 32 knots ocean going destroyer©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of La Plata-class preceded by Corrientes-class. Laid down in 1910, launched in November 1910, completed in July 1912, summer 1912 departed to Argentina and decommissioned on 10 January 1956. Argentina ordered 12 destroyers in 1910, 2 at Krupp and 2 at Schichau, Germany, 4 in England and 4 in France. The British built destroyers were in 1912 sold to Greece (Aetos-class) and the French built destroyers were taken over the French navy (Aventurier-class) when the First World War broke out.

Dimensions 85 (between perpendiculars)-90 (over all) x 9 (moulded) x 4,7 (depth sides)-5 (depth at centre) x 2,4 (draught forward normal)-2,3 (draught mean normal)-2,2 (draught aft normal), normal displacement 890 tons. Speed on trials 32 knots. Load on trials 200 tons. Draught full load 1,95 (foreward)-2.85 (mean)-2,75 (aft) metres, full load dispacement 1,110 tons. Two Germany Admiralty type turbines (centre) of 560 rpm and 5 German Admiralty Type boilers (1-oil, 4 coal fuelled). Total capacity of bunkers 290 tons+50 tons fuel oil bunker capacity. Estimated horsepower 19,000-20,000 hp. Range 3,000 miles of 1,852,3 metres/15 knots. Crew numbers 110 men. Four 21” Whitehead torpedo tubes and 150 kilo explosives with a speed of 41 knots at a range of 2,000 metres and 29 knots at 5,000 metres. Placed two fore end of ship and two little aft the middle part of the ship. Carried 8 torpedoes. Length forecastle 18 metres at 2.20 above the main deck. Armament 4-4” cal 50 Bethlehem guns, all on the centre line of the ship. Magazines have a capacity of 250 rounds of ammunition. Provided with wireless telegraphy for 200 kilometres range.

Source

Hiraga-archive. Description General data of Argentine destroyers built by F. Schichau.

German blockade runner ms Münsterland in 1942

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 Münsterland. Left Yokohama, Japan on 18 February 1942.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

British merchant ship Ascalon 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 Ascalon.

Source

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

Dutch research-survey vessel Waddenstroom 2020-

North Sea 10 June 2026

Eemshaven, Netherlands 11 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9840207, MMSI 244190129 and call sign PDLH. Built by G. Bijlsman&Zn., Wartena, Netherlands with yard number 302 in 2019. Multi Purpose Vessel MOV-30.

American whaler Stafford left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Stafford, barque, 206 tons, master Pierce, of New Bedford on 19 February.(1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

American whaler Bartholomew Gosnold left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Bartholomew Gosnold, ship, 356 tons, master Clark, of New Bedford for the USA on 14 February.(1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

South Korean naval self propelled fuel oil barge ROKN Kur Yong 106 mid 1950s

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YO-65 class. Hangul name (Hanja) Guryong also spelled as Kuryong and Ku Kyong. Ex-USS YO-118. Ex-YO 1 changed into YO 106 on 30 August 1948. Displacement 440 (light)-1,390 (full) tons. Laid down by RTC Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey in 1943, delivered on 4 December 1946, stricken US Naval register on 13 December 1946, commissioned on 24 December 1946, decommissioned on 13 September 1971. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 917 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Dutch shipyards, yet not divided. Date building ordered 4 December 1943. Date completion unknown but estimated 5 Kriegsfischkutters monthly.

Source

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

Construction status of the German submarine U 2533 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 open. Remarks new deadlines coming in September.

Source

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

Irish offshore supply ship Farra Emer 2022-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 11 June 2026

United Kingdom-flagged, homeport Jersey, IMO 9971331, MMSI 232046091 and call sign MNDD6. Built by Penguin International Ltd., Singapore in 2022. Owner Farra Marine Ltd., Dublin, Ireland

Deed of bottomry for the Dutch greenland whalers Abrahams Offerhanden and De Melckmeijt in 1661

Deed of bottomry dated 25 April 1661 in which former alderman Johan van Loon and his brother and sisters Guilliame, Geertruit, Anna and Haesje van Loon acknowledged as charterers to owe the debt of 1,200 guilders of tools for the galliot ship Abrahams Offerhanden commandeur Nanningh Heijndricks and the ship De Melckmeijt of 150 lasten commandeur Gerrit Crijnen both sent for whaling to Greenland to Cornelis Grave, merchant at Rotterdam.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Wouters 18-514-210

Dutch Greenland whaler De Fortuijn involved in lawsuit in 1668

Deed dated 28 September 1668 in which Isaac Hochepied de Jonge, merchant at Amsterdam, authorized merchant Joannes Hartogh to continue the legal dispute for the Commissarissen van de Zeezaken he started as charterer of the ship De Fortuijn sent this year to Greenland as whaler commandeur Jan Pietersen Zijtwint against commandeur Lens Harmensen of the ship De Stadt Rotterdam.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Wouters 18-545-267

German signals intelligence and reconnaissance vessel FGS Oker A 53 1986-

Great Belt, Denmark, 6 July 2026

Under Broen facebook page

Part of Oste-class Type 423, officially called fleet service ships preceded by Type 422 class succeeded by Type 424. Ordered on 3 July 1985, laid down by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany on 15 December 1986, launched on 24 September 1987 and commissioned on 10 November 1988. Germany-flagged, IMO 4549200, MMSI 211211460 and call sign DRHG. 

The Russian mine cruiser Marti according a German report dated February 1938

In a report dated February 1938 dealing with the valuation of the Russian fleet was stated that the mine cruiser Marti all quite long was not sighted outside the Russian waters. Her large size, speed and fitting out made clear that she was built for and could operate in more distant areas.(1)

Note

1. Laid down by B&W, Copenhagen, Denmark as Russian Imperial yacht Shtandart on 1 October 1893, launched on 4 August 1895, completed in 1896, renamed 18 Martha between 1918-1932, converted between 1932-1934 into the minelayer Marti, after the Second World War converted into a training ship and renamed Oka in 1948, accommodation hulk since the 1950s and broken up in the 1960s.

Source

Bundesarchiv Naval Attache Moscow RM-12-II-159

Spanish passenger steamship Marqués de Comillas with large number of refugees underway towards New York, USA in 1940

In his letter dated Lisbon dated 3 November 1940 No. 890 to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine wrote the German Marineattaché Portugal that according to the newspaper Diario de Noticias, Lisbon dated 1 November 1940 the Spanish passenger steamship Marqués de Comillas left in the night of 1-2 November destined for New York, USA with on board 325 refugees of different nationalities.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché Portugal. RM 11-16

Taiwanese submarine chaser (ex-USS PC 1247 1943-1948, ex-Chialing 1948-?) To Kiang 104 ?-1964

173 feet-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the 173 feet class or PC-461 class US submarine chasers with a displacement of 280-450 (full load) tons and as dimensions 173 2/3 (over all) x 23 x 10 3/4 (maximum) feet. Laid down by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 28 May 1943, launched on 7 August 1943, commissioned on 20 December 1943, handed over to the Republic of China at Subic Bay, Philippines and renamed Chialing on 15 June 1948, later renamed To Kiang, decommissioned on 1 November 1958 and stricken in 1964. 

British whaler Ellison arrived at Hull, England in 1834

Returning from the northern fishery. Named in the list for 1820. Tonnage 360 tuns. Crew 46 men. tuns of oil 90. tuns of bone 4. Number of whales caught 10. Owner or agent G.&J. Egginton&Sons.

Source

The Trade and Commerce of Hull and its ships&shipowners. Past and present. Hull, 1878, p. 82-83. 

British whaler Volunteer arrived at Hull, England in 1834

Returning from the northern fishery. Tonnage 305 tuns .Crew 45 men. tuns of oil 90. tuns of bone 3. Number of whales caught 10. Owner or agent T.H.&R. Marshall.

Source

The Trade and Commerce of Hull and its ships&shipowners. Past and present. Hull, 1878, p. 82-83. 

Australian seaplane tender HMAS Albatross 1926-1938 and British repair ship HMS Albatross 1938-1946

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Building based on the design of a Fairey IIID seaplane announced in 1925, laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Australia on 16 April 1926, launched on 23 February 1928, completed on 21 December 1928, decommisioned on 26 April 1933, stricken and handed over to the Royal Navy in 1938, decommissioned on 3 August 1945, minesweeper depot ship in 1954, sold commercial use on 19 August 1946, renamed Pride of Torquay in 1947, renamed Hellenic Prince on 14 November 1948, converted into a passenger ship, in 1948, troop transport during the Mau Mau uprising (7 October 1952-21 October 1956, British Kenya) in 1953, stricken on 12 August 1954 and broken up at Hong Kong. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 916 in 1944

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Dutch shipyards, yet not divided. Date building ordered 4 December 1943. Date completion unknown but estimated 5 Kriegsfischkutters monthly.

Source

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

Construction status of the German submarine U 2532 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 open. Remarks new deadlines coming in September.

Source

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

Japanese light aircraft carrier Zuiho 1935-1944

Zuiho©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Appearance around 1940

Part of Zuiho or S-class designed as submarine tender which could be converted into either a light aircraft carrier or a fleet oiler if needed. Laid down as the submarine support ship Takasaki by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 20 June 1935, launched on 19 June 1936, conversion into a carrier begun, renamedon 15 December 1940, commissioned on 27 December 1940, in the meantime renamed Zuiho and finally sunk in the Battle of Engano during an Allied air attack on 15 October 1944.

American whaler Jireh Perry left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Jireh Perry, ship, 345 tons, master Sherman, of New Bedford for the whaling grounds on 13 February.(1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

American whaler Zone left The Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

An item reported the departure of the American whaler Zone, barque, 365 tons, master Galvan, of Fairhaven on 11 February for the USA/ (1)

Note

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

Source

Papers Past

American destroyer USS Wilson DD-408 1937-1948

Somers-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Benham-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sims-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Gridley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bagley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Benham-class (sometimes called as Ellet-class) preceded by Somers-class succeeded by Sims-class. Gibbs&Cox-design. Built between 1936-1939 were 10 vessels built with a limited 1,500 tons standard displacement according to the London Naval Treaty. With similar characteristiscs as the Gridley- and Bagley-classes. Hull number DD-408. Laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard on 22 March 1937, launched on 12 April 1939, commissioned on 5 July 1939, decommissioned on 29 August 1946, participated in Operation Crossroads off Bikini Atoll, scuttled off Kwajalein on 8 March 1948 and stricken on 5 April 1948. 

British paddle steam transport Avon 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 --, present position Odessa, Ukraine, remarks conveyed provisions to Her Majesty’s ships there.

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 December1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British paddle steam transport Orinoco 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 --, present position Cponstantinople, Turkey, remarks under orders or 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 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

Dutch sloplighter/motor tanker Hydrovac 10 2009-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 11 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands, ENI 02331802, MMSI 244660967 and call sign PB3627. Built by Arkul Shipyard, Arkul, Russia and completed by Scheepswerf De Groot, Moerdijk, Netherlands in 2009. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Vroom 1747-1752

Bookkeeper Cornelis Relk en Dirk Groot, Westzaan

1747

Whales 5 Barrelss blubber 130 Quardelen whale oil 210

1748

Whales Barrels blubber 50 Quardelen whale oil 74

1749

Whales `4 Barrels blubber 110 Quardelen whale oil 175

1750

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 75 Quardelen whale oil 120

1751

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 25 Quardelen whale oil 138

1752

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 135 Quardelen whale oil 188

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.