British whale factory ship (ex-Cardiganshire 1913-1929) Salvestria 1929-1940

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Homeport EIKX. Owner in 1939 South Georgia Co. Ltd., managers Chr. Salvesen&Co. Homeport Dublin, United Kingdom-flagged. Launched by Workman Clark&Co., Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Royal Mail Steamship Co. Ltd at Belfast with yard number 324 on 30 September 1913, during the First World War troop transport, sold to Christian Salvesen Company and converted into a whale factory ship active in the Falklands, hit a magnetic mine and sunk in the Firth of Scotland on 27 July 1940. Gross tonnage 11,938 tons, under deck 10,769 tons, net tonnage 8,597 and as dimensions 500.3 x 62.4 x 34.6 feet. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Willemsz 1727

Bookkeeper Lourens Jansz Louwe, Zaandam

Whales 3.5 Barrels blubber 170

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 Greenland commandeur Jan Claasz van Straaten 1726-1728

Bookkeeper Simon de Lange, Zaandijk

1726

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1727

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20

1728

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Total

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20

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.

Cuban general cargo ship Bahia de Cochinos 1969-1998

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IMO 6914710. Similar Bahia de Cochinos, Playa Larga and Victoria de Giron. Laid down by Uddevallavarret AB, Uddevalla, Sweden with yard number 228 for Empresa Navegacion Mambisa, Havana, Cuba on on 23 Janaury 1969, launched and christened on 23 April 1969, delivered on 3 July 969 and broken up at Tuxpan, Mexico in 1998. Dimensions 161,9 x 20,4 x 9,7 metres. 

British aircraft carrier HMS Furious arrived in England retrning from Canada according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

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Fairey Swordfish going down in lift

An item reported that the British aircraft carrier HMS Furious (1) arrived at Liverpool, England on 7 July retuening from Canada with aircraft and ammunition.(1)

Note

1. Laid down as a Courageous-classs battle cruiser by Armstrong Whitworth, Wallsend on 8 June 1915, launched on 18 August 1916, commissioned on 26 June 1917, reclassified as an aircraft carrier in September 1925 and sold to be broken up in 1948.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British destroyer HMS Fame damaged in air attack according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that the British destroyer HMS Fame was hit by a bomb reducing her speed to just 20 knots.(1)

Note

1. Part of F-clas preceded by C- and D-classes succeeded by G- and H-classes, laid down by Parsons Maritime Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend oon 5 July 1933, launched on 28 June 1934, completed on 26 April 1935, converted into an escort destroyer between 1941-1942sold to the Dominican Republic on 4 February 1949, commissioned as Generalisimo, renamed Sanchez in 1962 and broken up in 1968.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

French tug (ex-Piriou Vietnam C430 2024) Cité d’Aleth 2024-

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Saint Malo, IMO 9984039, MMSI 228464800 and call sign FMZN. Built by Shipyard Pirou Vietnam, Vietnam in 2024. Sister ship Solidor. Operated by Edeis Ports St. Malo Cancale. 

Soviet sailing training ship Utcheba lost in 1928

An item referred to the report of the American Military Attaché major G.E. Arneman dealing with the summer manoeuvres of the Russian Baltic Fleet and which was received by G/2 W.D. on 31 January 1929. Arneman wrote while using a Finnish source that in the morning of 2 September the 3-masts 800 ton training ship Utcheba [meaning of Utcheba is study/education so probably not her own name] stranded at Lavansaari [island Mosjtsniy/Moshchny Island and was abandoned by her crew when seh was wrecked.

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.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 990 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 February 1945.

Source

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

French harbor tug Grand-Be 1979-

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Saint Malo, IMO 7620483, MMSI 227006950 and call sign FIZB. Built by Phoenix Shipbuilders, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom in 1979. 

British sailing transport Wild Wave in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 63, present position Balaklava, remarks commissariat stores. 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 sailing transport Harbinger in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 61, present position Eupatoria, Crimea, remarks 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. 

French tug Solidor 2025-

Saint Malo, France 22 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Saint Malo, IMO 9984041, MMSI 228465600 and call sign FMZO. Built by Shipyard Pirou Vietnam, Vietnam in 2024. . Operated by Edeis Ports St. Malo Cancale. 

American sailing sealing ship Aaron Howard in 1835

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Arrived at New London in 1835 with 1,000 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. 

American sailing sealing ship Tampico in 1834-1834

Antarctic sealing ground African coast and the Crozets. Rigging brig. Captain Holmes of Mystic. Reported in spring 1835 with 160 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. 

French ocean liner Aramis 1931-1940, X-1 1940, Aramis 1940-1942 and Japanese Teia Maru 1942-1944

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Call sign FOBP. Owner Soc. des Services Contractuels des Messagieres Maritime, France. Built by Forg. et Chantiers de la Méditerranée SA, La Seyne, France in on 30 June 1931, completed in October 1932, maiden voyage begun on 21 October 1932 converted into the armed merchant cruiser X-1 at Saigon betweeen 4 September 1939-20 January 1940, docked at Hong Kong between February 1940-1 March 1940, commissioned in the French navy patrolling in the South China Sea, returned to Saigon 1 October 1940,decommissioned and disarmed and geven back to the owners in August 1940, barracks ship since January 1942, seized by Japan on 12 April 1942, officially chartered, requistioned by the navy on 20 November 1942 repatriation ship in 1943, troop transport in 1944, as part of convoy Hi-71 underway to the Philippines. and torpedoed by an American wolfpack of submarines in the night of 18-19 August.

Gross tonnage 17,537 tons, below deck 13,130 tons, net tonnage 9,990 tons, deadweight 10,200 tons and as dimensions 543.5 (between perpnediculars)-574 (over all) x 69.6 x 33.6 x 28 (loaded) feet. Speed 17 (cruising)-19 (maximum) knots, diesel propulsion, 11,600 ihp, s crew. As merchant armed cruiser was she armed with -13,8cm/6.4” guns, 2-7.5cm/3.0” anti aircraft guns, 2-3.7cm/1.5” anti-aircraft guns and 8 machine guns. 

British naval force in Western Mediterranean attacked without success by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that enemy aircraft attacked on 9 July without success except for some near misses the British naval force in the Western Mediterranean but instead loosing 4 aircraft with another 7 damaged. The British force consisted of 1 battleship, 1 aircraft carrier, 1-6” (light) cruiser and 10 destroyers carrying out a sweep.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British aircraft destoyed or damaged Italian warships at Tobruk, Libya according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

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An item reported that the British Fleet Air Arm and the R.A.F. attacked Tobruk, Libya sinking the Italian destroyer Zeffiro (1) and damaging a second destroyer, 1 submarine and some merchant ships.

Note

1. Part of Turbine-class, preceded by Sauro-class succeeded by Navigatori-class, laid down by Ansaldo, Genoa on 29 April 1925, launched on 27 May 1927, completed on 15 May 1928 and destroyed on 5 July 1940.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

Russian diesel-electric cruise-missile submarine K-67 1965-1994

Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliette-class preceded by Echo I-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, Gorky on 31 January 1965, launched on 29 October 1966, commissioned on 30 September 1967, decommissioned in 1994 to be broken up.

Sources

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

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

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.

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

Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock

Several types of Soviet submarines of the Baltic Fleet sighted in July 1936 according to report No. 9697 dated 8 February 1937

An item referred to the report of the US Marine Attaché  Riga, Latvia dealing with the training exercises of the Soviet Baltic Fleet in July 1936 and which was based on a reliable source. It supplemented the report dealing with June 1936 No. 9680-7040. Totally 35 submarines were sighted namely the 260, 266,6 Bolshevik-class, 3 Dekabrist-class, 4-Shchuka-class, L 55, Spartakovets, 6 Lin-class, 6 M-class with a length of 35 meters and 3 P-class with a lengthof 75 metres.

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.

Romanian cargo ship Dacia loaded with war stores underway towards Romania according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated2 March 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 March 1940 No. 801 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 on 27 February the Romanian ship Dacia loaded with 3 aircraft, 400 ton machine guns and small arms coming from Marseille, France towards Constanta, Romania.

Source

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

French fishing vessel Laurent Geoffrey BL851751 1995-

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227306990 and call sign FI5469. Built by Plasti-Pêche, L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer, 85 in 1995. 

American sailing sealing ship Talma in 1834

Antarctic sealing ground African coast. Rigging schooner. Arrived at Stonington in 1834 with 1,220 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).

American sailing sealing ship Ospray in 1834

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Arrived at New London in 1834 with 74 fur-seal skins. Has sent home around 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).

French inland cargo vessel Guilde (Cud) 1929-

Dunkirk, France 27 July 2026

ENI 01830834. Freycinet type. Built by Rousseau, Sittevilles-lès-Rouen, France in 1929.

British Fleet Air Arm at Malta attacked an Italian Catania aerodrome according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that aircraft of the British Fleet Air Arm at Malta attacked an Italian Catania aerodrome on 6 July dropping 9,000 lbs of bombs setting 4 big fires on in the hangars and workshops.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British naval force destroyed supply ships at Bardia according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that a British force consisting of cruisers and destroyed on 6 July with success ships in the Bardia harbour part of the Libya-Egptian frontier sinking two military supply ships. Enemy aircraft attacked without success the British ships.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

French fishing cutter (ex-Mathieu Harmonie 1988-1994, Belouga 1994-2020) Neo Christina BL.735810 2020-

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227318640 and call sign FQHG. Built by Robert Hus, Saint Malo, France in 1988. Identification number SM.735810, St. Malo 1998-1994, MN.735810, Marennes 1994, IO.735810, d’Oleron 1994-1995 and DK.735810, Dunkirk 1995-2020. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Hendriksz Stap 1725

Bookkeeper Ysbrand van Grieken, Amsterdam

1725

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

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 Greenland commandeur Jacob de Boer 1724-1727

Bookkeeper Gerret Hoofd, Westzaan

1724

Whales 0.50 Barrels blubber 20

1725

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 25

1726

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1727

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Total

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 45

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.

French light ship BF 6 (ex-Dyck 1946-1978) Sandiettié 1978-

Dunkirk, France 27 July 2026

Building by Forges et Chantiers started in 1946, commissioned in 1949 as BF 6 Dyck and since 1978 Sandiettié until June 1989. Owner since 1997 city Dunkirk, monument since 17 March 1997, arrived at Dunkirk on 3 June 1998, restored and since 2007 as museum ship open for public. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 989 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 February 1945.

Source

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

Italian sailing ship Domenico Micurata lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 1 June due to artillery fire on the location Magzara. Tonnage 194 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Portuguese ironclad Vasco da Gama 1875-1935

The Illustrated London News dated 29 April 1876

Laid down by Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London, England in 1875, launched on 1 December 18756, completed in 1878, reconstructed by Orlando, Livorno, Italy in 1901, crew mutinied partly in 1913 and fully in 1915, disarmed in 1933 and sold to be broken up in 1935.

Summer maneuvers of the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1929

An item referred to the report of the American Military Attaché major G.E. Arneman dealing with the summer manoeuvers of the Russian Baltic Fleet and which was received by G/2 W.D. on 31 January 1929. Arneman wrote while using a Finnish source that the final maneuvers of the Soviet Baltic Fleet found place between 31 August-2 September 19298. Started was with a battle maneuver at sea during a heavy storm causing minor damage to some ships. For instance some torpedo boats lost masts and water came via leaking gun ports to the decks and even in the ward rooms of the participating battleships. In the second phase was Kronstadt and the coastal fortifications attacked. Local Osoaviachem and proletarian organisations were mobilized to fight fires and to organize the gas defence.

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.

South Sea whalers boiling blubber in 1876

Artist O.W. Brierly. The Illustrated London News dated 29 April 1876

Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (19 May 1817 Chester, England-14 December 1894 London, England) British marine painter. 

British whaler Manchester in 1785

When the Scottish whaler Satisfaction arrived at Greenock returning from Greenland on 16 July she reported that by 25 June the British whaler Manchester of Hull had caught 17 whales.

Source

The Scotts Magazine. Vol. XLVII. Edinburgh, 1785.

British whaler Chance in 1785

When the Scottish whaler Satisfaction arrived at Greenock returning from Greenland on 16 July she reported that by 25 June the British whaler Chance of Hull had caught 10 whales.

Source

The Scotts Magazine. Vol. XLVII. Edinburgh, 1785. 

Model of an anonymous floating battery gunboat dated around 1850

The figure head represents the head of a horse. Hull shows”a single row of widely spaced minute portholes”and amidships single superstructure with rounded ends with portholes in all sides. Single four-bladed propellor.

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID SLR2704.

Italian ironclad battleship Duilio 1873-1909 (GM40 1909-)

The Illustrated London News dated 20 May 1876

Part of Duilio-class preceded by Principe Amedeo-class succeeded by Italia-class. The building was made public by the Italian minister of navy admiral Simone Arturo Saint-Bon in March 1873. There were three of these battleships to be built and which were to be the most powerful warships of their time as designed by Benedetto Brin. The Caio Duilio was laid down at ny R.C. di Castellammare di Stabia on 6 January 1873, launched on 8 May 1876, commissioned on 6 January 1880, plans to rebuilt along the lines of the Enrico Dandolo were cancelled in 1902, decommissioned 1906 , disarmed on 29 June 1909, converted into a coal an storage hulk and renamed GMV40 in 1909. Her sister ship was the Dandalo, the third one was never realized.

Proposal by William Haggett of the floating battery Prince of Wales A.2 dated 1862

Described in NPC9314 as “Gun deck over one vessel 70 guns with supplemental power fo extra speed and turning round”. Drawing NPC9315 is title ‘Battery with one vessel 70 guns” and shows “a combined deck floating battery, a single deck floating battery and the framing and plating”.Design of architect William Haggrtt from Sherborne, Dorset, England.(2)

Note

1. William Haggett (1808-1887), architect of profession and surveyot. Held some patents including Haggett’s Improved Method of Treating Metals&c. to increase their strength, filed 20 September 1859 and one dated 24 April 1862 for improvements in locomotive engines and carriages for railroads, tram and common roads.

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPC9313-9314, See also NPC9315-9317-9318. 

British ironclad battleship HMS Inflexible in 1876

British HMX Inflexible. The Illustrated London News dated 29 April 1876

British HMX Inflexible. The Illustrated London News dated 6 May1876

Preceded by HMS Dreadnought succeeded by Ajax-class, laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 24 February 1874, launched on 27 April 1876, commissioned on 5 July 1911 and broken up in 1903. Built as an answer on the Italian battleships Duilio and Dandolo which had a main armament of 4-45cm/17.7” guns. She was armed with 2x2-40,64cm/16” muzzle loading rifles. 

Proposal by William Haggett of the floating battery Victoria A.1 dated 1862

Described as a combines three deck battery. Drawing NPC9310 mentioned a gun deck with 71 guns. Drawing NPV9311 illustrated what was possible if two ships with extra engines were combined: “Combination when more than 1 ship is employed with extra engines to give greater speed”. Drawing NPC9315 is title ‘Battery with one vessel 70 guns” and shows “a combined deck floating battery, a single deck floating battery and the framing and plating”. Design of architect William Haggett from Sherborne, Dorset, England.(1)

Note

1. William Haggett (1808-1887), architect of profession and surveyot. Held some patents including Haggett’s Improved Method of Treating Metals&c. to increase their strength, filed 20 September 1859 and one dated 24 April 1862 for improvements in locomotive engines and carriages for railroads, tram and common roads.

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPC9310-9311-9312-9316. See also NPC9315-9317-9318.

British central battery ironclad HMS Alexandra 1873-1908

The Illustrated London News dated 22 March 1876

Laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 5 March 1873, launched on 7 April 1875, commissioned on 31 January 1877, mechanical training ship since 1903 and sold to be broken up in 1908. 

Proposal by Peter Borrie for a 19th Century anonymous steam floating battery

Described as an improved safety iron twin steamship by engineer Peter Borrie, No. 3 Crescent, Minories, London, England.

Note

1. PeterBorrie (8 March 1802-South Latch, Abernyte, Perthsire, Scotland-10 January 1856 Middlesborough, England). Came in 1832 with the side connecting rod Borrie engine, designed by himself. Of Peter Borrie&Co., Tay Foundry, Dundee, Scotland producing marine engines for ships, parts of iron ships and locomotives, since 1840, went bankrupt in 1842-1843, apparently inventory sold in April 1846, established a shipyard at Middlebrough, England in 1853. Held a patent for a Safety Iron Twin Steamer dated 1850. Named Gemini was she suitable for transporting good, persons and cattle, mainly built of iron with two separate hulls placed side by side, with them them the paddlle box. At each end of this paddle box were deckhouses positioned. She was to serve on rivers and had a lenght of 157.5 feet, a beam on deck of 26.5 feet, with each hull being 8.5 broad and a space of 9.5 feet between them. If she was to serve at sea was her boam to be increased in proportion to length and the trade.

Sources

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPD0516 and 0517.

The Artizan, May 1844, p. 115

Launching of the British merchant ship Louisa Shelbourne at Battersea, England in 1854

The Illustrated London News dated 22 April 1854

Launched by Carnes Shipyard, Nine Elms, Vauxhall last Saturday. Built conform the barge or flat-bottomed principle and to be used for the Baltic trade between London, England and St. Petersburg, Russia. The largest ship until then built along the Thames above the bridge with her dimensions 119 (keel)-145 (over all) x 29’6”x 12’6” (hold) x 3.5 and a measurement of 560 tons. Barque rigged. Passenger accommodation and adapted for a screw propellor. 

British proposal for an anonymous ironclad frigate with movable turrets in 1867

Made by Palmer’s Shipbuilding&Iron Co. Ltd., Laird Bothers Ltd. on 27 July 1867. Drawing NPC8886 mentioned “Comperative Design.”

Source

Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NPC8886-8887-8888-8889.

Launching of the British sailing frigate HMS Phoebe and passing screw steam ship of the line HMS Nile in 1854

The Illustrated London News dated 22 April 1854

The 50-guns frigate was launched at the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth, England in the afternoon of 12 April. The passing warship is the British HMS 90-guns ship of the line HMS Nile. (1) While the frigate was towed by the steam tender was the Nile underway to her moorings in the Sound waiting for orders to join the Baltic Fleet. The Phoebe built along the lines of her sister ship HMS Indefagitable had as dimensions 174’8.5” (keel)-180 (between perpendiculars) x 51’6” (extreme) x 16’6” (depth in hold) and as measurement 2,043-82-94 burthen rons. At the shipyard were more as 3,000 workmen busy. Undocked as screw steamship at the Devonport Dockyard on 10 April 1860 was to Castle sold to be broken up at Charlton on 6 April 1876.

Note

1. Part of Rodney-class sailing ships of the line 2nd rate preceded by Boyne-class succeeded by Albion-class. Building ordered in November 1826, laid down by Plymouth Dockyard in October 8127, launched on 28 June 1939, converted into a screw steamship between 1852-1854, commissioned on 30 January 1854, decommissioned on 23 April 1864, reclassified as training shipin 1876, renamed Conway on 24 July 1876, wrecked on 14 May 1953 and what left was destroyed by fire on 31 October 1956

British submarine HMS Pandora claimed to have sunk French light cruiser according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

Photo Allan C. Green 1878-1954. State Library of Victoria

La Galissonière-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the British submarine HMS Pandora (1) claimed to have sunk on 5 July off Algiers, French Algeria a French 15.24cm/6” (light) La Galissonière-class cruiser.(2) Next was the Pandora forced to dive to escape bombs and depth charges.

Notes

1. N42. Originally to be named Python but in 1928 decided to rename her Pandora. Part of Parthian-class preceded by Odin-class succeeded by Rainbow-class, ordered on 7 February 1928, laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 9 July 1928, launched on 22 August 1929, commissioned on 30 June 1930 and sunk in a Germann air attack on Malta on 1 April 1942.

2. She sunk not a La Galissonière-class cruiser but the French aviso Rigault de Genouilly, laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Lormont, France on 7 July 1931, launched on 18 September 1932, commissioned on 14 March 1934 and sunk on 4 July 1940.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

Norwegian whale factory ship (ex-Potsdam 1899-1915, Stockholm 1915-1928) Solglimt 1928-1941 (Sonderburg 1941-1944)

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Call sign LDMD. Owner in 1939 A/S Odd, managers A/S Thordahl. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 139 for the Dutch Holland America Line (HAL), Rotterdam, Netherlands on 4 May 1899, launched on 15 December 1899, completed on 5 May 1900, sold to the Swedish America Line in September 1915, sold to the Hvalfangerstakjeselskabet Atlas in November 1928, fitted out as whaling factory ship, captured by German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in the Southern Ocean on 14 January 1941, arrived with prize crew at Bordeaux, France on 16 March, added to the Kriegsmarine and renamed Sonderburg, managed by the Erste Deutsche Wahlfang Gesellschaft in 1941,managed by the Trossschiffverband in1942, scuttled by Germans in the English Channel of Cherbourg, France in June 1944, partly blown up with explosives in August 1946, raised in January 1947 followed being broken up at Britain. Gross tonnage 12,246 tons, under deck 9,522 tons, net tonnage 7,090 tons and as dimensions 550.1 x 62.1 x 34.6 feet. 

American whaler Thomas Dickinson visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 4 November 1854

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 28 October the American whaler Thomas Dickinson master Taber 28 months 80 barrels sperm oil 800 barrels whale oil 13,000 lbs bone

Fishing vessels Harbour Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

American whaler Geo Howland visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 4 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 28 October the American whaler Geo Howland master Wight 23 months 1,200 barrels whale oil 1,000 lbs bone

French fishing vessels Roxanne (1988) and Laurent Geoffrey (1995)

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

French fishing vessel (de Meuchk 1988-2021, Fury 2021-2025) Roxane BL.714474 2025-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227317890 and call sign FI5986. Built by Pradère Pierre Gujian Mestras in 1988. Identification number DK.714474, Dunkirk 1988-2005, BL.714474, Boulogne-sur-Mer since 2005.

French fishing vessel Laurent Geoffrey BL851751 1995

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227306990 and call sign FI5469. Built by Plasti-Pêche, L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer, 85 in 1995. 

American whaler Minerva visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 4 November 1854

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 28 October the American whaler Minerva master Reynolds 40 months 1,100 barrels whale oil 1,200 lbs bone

German whale factory ship Unitas 1937-1945, British Empire Victory 1946-1947, South African Empire Victory 1946-1950, Abraham Larsen 1950-1957 and Japanese Nisshin Maru II 1957-after 1967

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Call sign DOTC. Owner in 1939 Jürgens Van den Bergh Margarine Verkauf Union GmbH, Bremen, Germany. Built by Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinebau A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany as a sister ship of the Terje Viken in 1937, became after the Second World War a war reparation, renamed Empire Victory and operaed by the Ministry of Food in the 1945-1946 season, sold to the Union Whaling Co., Durban, South Africa, renamed Abraham Larsen in 1950, sold to Taiyo Gyogyo KK, Japan renamed Nisshin Maru II in 1957, converted into a fish-processing factory in 1967 active in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Gross tonnage 21,846 tons, under deck 18,256 tons, net tonnage 11,841 tons and as dimensions 602.5 x 80.2 x 49.1 feet. 

British Davis Strait whaler London returned home in 1798

An item reported the arrival at Hull, England of the whaler London, master Edmunds, coming from Davis Strait.

Source

Lloyd’s List dated London, England 31 August 1798.

French fishing vessels Corentin-Luca (1989) and Adèle-Camille (1988)

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

(ex-Remy Mathieu 1989-1992, Pater Felix 1992, Vader Félix 1998-2012, Hannah Mattheo 2012-2015) Corentin-Lucas BL 714 691 2015-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227594760 and call sign FI612. Built by Chantier Blamengin, Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1989. Identification nummer DK.714691, Dunkirk 1989-1998 and BL.714691, Boulogne-sur-Mer since 1998.

(ex-Edelweiss 1988-2011, Majeanda 2011-2025) Adèle-Camille 2025-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227312440 and call sign FI8805. Identification nummer CH.711604, Cherbourg 1988-1884 and BL.711604, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1994-nowadays.

British Davis Strait whaler Elizabeth returned home in 1798

An item reported the arrival at Hull, England of the whaler Elizabth, master Tedder, coming from Davis Strait.

Source

Lloyd’s List dated London, England 31 August 1798.

French fishing vessels Roxane, Providence and Loïc II

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 19 July 2026

(de Meuchk 1988-2021, Fury 2021-2025) Roxane BL.714474 2025-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, MMSI 227317890 and call sign FI5986. Built by Pradère Pierre Gujian Mestras in 1988. Identification number DK.714474, Dunkirk 1988-2005, BL.714474, Boulogne-sur-Mer since 2005.

Providence 1990-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, MMSI 227300250, call sign FG8318 and identification number BL.735379 1990-Built by ETMCM Fallet, Michel Saint Valéry sur Somme, France in 1990.

Loïc II 1995-

France-flagged, homeport Boulogne-sur-Mer, MMSI 227317569 and call sign FO3263. Built by Plasti-Pêche, L’Aguillon-sur-Mer, 85 in 1995.