French battleships to be prepared for service according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 10 dated 12 March 1921

Courbet-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the French battleships Paris(1) (flag vice admiral Charlier) and France (2) with 3 destroyers were ordered to be prepared for departure from Toulon, France towards the North Sea if such was needed.

Notes

1. Part of Courbet-class preceded by Danton-class succeeded by Bretagne-class, ordered on 1 August 1911, laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France on 10 November 1911, launched on 28 September 1912, commissioned on 1 August 1914, completed on 22 August 1914, depot ship and barracks 1940-1945, depot ship since July 1945, sold to be broken up on 21 December 1955 which started in June 1956.

2. Part of Courbet-class preceded by Danton-class succeeded by Bretagne-class, ordered on 1 August 1911, laid down by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire, France on 30 November 1911, launched on 7 November 1912, completed on 1 July 1914 and foundered after striking an unchartered rock off the French coast on 26 August 1942.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-121-21

Foreign missions in Georgia on the run according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 10 dated 12 March 1921

C-class light cruisers class Caledon-sub class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

A selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies. Gutta Percha&Rubber Limited, 1942

An item reported that foreign missions in Georgia were on 7 March on the flight forced by the situation there. The British  cruiser HMS Caradoc (1) embarked a party including the British consul at vice consul at Batum and departed on 8 March to Constantinople, Turkey. The Montrose stayed behind waiting for the British mission.

Note

1. Of the C-class light cruisers class Caledon-subclass consisting of the Caledon, Calypso, Cassandra and Caradoc, preceded by the Arethusa-class and succeeded by the Danae-class. Differs from the preceding sub-classes with slightly changed propulsion and superstructure. Building ordered in December 1917. Laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 21 February 1916, launched on 23 December 1196, commissioned on 15 June 1917, accommodation ship since April 1944, decommissioned in December 1945 and sold to be broken up on 5 April 1946.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-121-21

Japanese cargo ship Belgium Maru 1920-1944

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Sister ships Aden Maru-Atlantic Maru-Belgium Maru-Borneo Maru-Brazil Maru-Burma Maru-Celebes Maru-Chile Maru-China Maru-Denmark Maru-Eihuku Maru-England Maru-France Maru-Glasgow Maru-Gokoku Maru-Hiteru Maru-Hohuku Maru-Holland Maru-India Maru-Italy Maru-Karachi Maru-Keihuku Maru-Kinkai Maru-Liverpool Maru-Mantai Maru-Manzyu Maru-Midori Maru-Nagato Maru-Naples Maru-Nikki Maru-Norway Maru-Ohio Maru-Oregon Maru-Pacific Maru-San Francisco Maru-Singapore Maru-Sinsei Maru-Sumatra Maru-Thames Maru-Tihuku Maru-Tohuku Maru-Ume Maru-Victoria Maru. Alll vessels similar basic line differing just in bulwark at bow and house at stern. Call sign JIJD. Laid down  by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld.,Kobe, Japan on 7 January 1920, launched on 1 April 1920, completed on 18 November 1920, grounded after being torpedoed by the American submarine USS Flier (SS-250) west off Mindoro, Philippines on 23 June 1944, afterward towed to Manila and there sunk in an American air attack ok 19 October 1944. Gross tonnage 5,839 tons, under deck 5,590 tons, netto tonnage 4,216 tons and as dimensions 385.0 x 51.0 x 36.0 x 8 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 440 bhp. 81 rpm/13.5 knots, coal bunker capacity around 2,000 tons, range around 13,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10-11 (normal cruising)-12-13.5 (maximum) knots. 

The navy wants men. Recruitment poster of the Canadian navy circa 1915

The Mortimer Co. Limited, Montreal, Canada, [1915]. Library of Congress

Catch results of the German Greenland whaler Fortuyn according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 4 August 1699

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 31 July referred to the German commandeur Matthijs Claesz who left Greenland on 26 June reporting the catch results of the German Greenland whaler Fortuyn commandeur P. Paulusse of Hamburg zero, a galliot. 

Catch results of the German Greenland whaler de Swaen according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 4 August 1699

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 31 July referred to the German commandeur Matthijs Claesz who left Greenland on 26 June reporting the catch results of the German Greenland whaler de Swaen commandeur Hendrik Zeeman of Hamburg 0,5 whale.

Japanese cargo ship Atlantic Maru 1920-1944

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Sister ships Aden Maru-Atlantic Maru-Belgium Maru-Borneo Maru-Brazil Maru-Burma Maru-Celebes Maru-Chile Maru-China Maru-Denmark Maru-Eihuku Maru-England Maru-France Maru-Glasgow Maru-Gokoku Maru-Hiteru Maru-Hohuku Maru-Holland Maru-India Maru-Italy Maru-Karachi Maru-Keihuku Maru-Kinkai Maru-Liverpool Maru-Mantai Maru-Manzyu Maru-Midori Maru-Nagato Maru-Naples Maru-Nikki Maru-Norway Maru-Ohio Maru-Oregon Maru-Pacific Maru-San Francisco Maru-Singapore Maru-Sinsei Maru-Sumatra Maru-Thames Maru-Tihuku Maru-Tohuku Maru-Ume Maru-Victoria Maru. Alll vessels similar basic line differing just in bulwark at bow and house at stern. Call sign JTTD. Built by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld., Kobe, Japan in December 1920 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Picuda on 30 March 1944. Gross tonnage 5,873 tons, under deck 5,590 tons, netto tonnage 4,195.11-4,254 tons and as dimensions 384.6 (loadline)-385.0 x 50.50-51.0 x 25.6-26.48 (depth) x 8 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 440 bhp. 81 rpm/13.5 knots, coal bunker capacity around 2,000 tons, range around 13,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10-11 (normal cruising)-12-13.5 (maximum) knots. 

Recruitment poster Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve Overseas Division wants men ages 18 to 38. Seamen & stokers. Join to-day [1915]

The Mortimer Co. Ltd., Ottawa, Canada [1915]. Library of Congress.

Soviet Union strenghtening naval Far East forces in 1938

Svetlana-class light cruisers. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

A letter of the German naval attache in Japan dated Tokyo, Japan 12 January 1938 referred to the Japanese newspaper Asahi which reported on 11 January from Hong Kong that a reliable source stated that the Soviet Union inted to increase her naval Far East force at Vladivostok. This was to be executed after the ice smelt in spring 1938. Transferred were the cruisers Krasny Kavkas (1) and Provintern (2), the destroyers Petrovski (3) and Dsershinky (4), a minelayer and 6-600 tons submarines. Underway would they visited Singapore, Hong Kong and other British naval strongpoints.

Notes

1. Krasny Kavkaz. Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser preceded by Svetlana-class succeeded by Kirov-class, laid down as Admiral Lazarev by Russud Dockyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine on 31 October 1913, launched on 21 June 1916, renamed Krasny Kavkaz on 14 December 1926, design modified and completed, commissioned on 25 January 1932, training ship since 12 May 1947 and sunk as a target on 21 November 1952.

2. Part of Svetlana-class cruisers preceded by Muraviev Amurski-class succeeded by Admiral Nakhimov-class, laid down by Russo-Baltic Shipyard, Reval [Tallinn], Estonia as Svetlana on 7 December 1913, launched on 27 November 1915, unfinished transferred to Petrograd, renamed Profintern on 5 February 1925, completed in October 1926, commissioned on 1 July 1928, renamed Krasny Krym on 31 October 1939, training ship since November 1954 and stricken in July 1959.

3. Fidonisy-class or Kerch-class destroyer preceded by Derzky-class succeeded by Opytny-class. Laid down as Korfu by Naval Shipyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine on 23 May 1916, launched on 10 October 1917, in German, Ukrainian and then inSoviet hands in 1920, renamed Petrovsky on 5 February 1925, renamed Zheleznyakov on 25 June 1939, transferred to Bulgaria on 18 December 1947, given back on 15 september 1949, renamed as barracks ship PKZ-62 on 8 April 1953, stricken on 10 July 1956 and broken up in 1957.

4. Dzerzhinsky. Part of Fidonisy-class or Kerch-class destroyers preceded by Derzky-class succeeded by Opytny-class. Ordered on 17 March 1915, laid down as Kaliakria on 29 October 1915, launched on 14 August 1916, commissioned on 30 October 1917, renamed Dzerzhinsky on 24 November 1926, commissioned on 28 August 1929 and sunk when striking a mine off Sevastopol on 13 May 1942 and stricken on 24 June.

Source

High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM). Case 36.

Chinese naval and aircraft losses in January 1938

A letter of the German naval attache in Japan dated Tokyo, Japan 24 January 1938 reported that China since the outbreak of the war with Japan on 22 January 1938 lost 659 aircraft (shot down 259 certain 22 possible, destroyed by boms 340 certain 38 possible) and 27 navy ships with a total tonnage of 32,132 tons, Japan just 65 aircraft. The naval losses included 8 cruisers totally 23,300 tons, 10 gunboats totally 5,592 tons, 1 small gunboat of 50 tons, 1-390 tons torpedo boat, 3 smaller torpedo boats totally 288 tons, 3 special vessels totally 2,500 tons and 1-12 ton with fish torpedoes armed cutter.

Source

High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM).Case 36.

The Tidal Wave. July 4.1918 95 Ships launched. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, USA, [1918]. Library of Congress

Japanese cargo ship Aden Maru 1919-1944

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Sister ships Aden Maru-Atlantic Maru-Belgium Maru-Borneo Maru-Brazil Maru-Burma Maru-Celebes Maru-Chile Maru-China Maru-Denmark Maru-Eihuku Maru-England Maru-France Maru-Glasgow Maru-Gokoku Maru-Hiteru Maru-Hohuku Maru-Holland Maru-India Maru-Italy Maru-Karachi Maru-Keihuku Maru-Kinkai Maru-Liverpool Maru-Mantai Maru-Manzyu Maru-Midori Maru-Nagato Maru-Naples Maru-Nikki Maru-Norway Maru-Ohio Maru-Oregon Maru-Pacific Maru-San Francisco Maru-Singapore Maru-Sinsei Maru-Sumatra Maru-Thames Maru-Tihuku Maru-Tohuku Maru-Ume Maru-Victoria Maru. Alll vessels similar basic line differing just in bulwark at bow and house at stern. Call sign JADD. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld., Kobe, Japan with yard number 459 on 31 March 1919, launched on 16 June 1919, completed on 8 July 1919, requisitioned by the army as troop transport Alloted IJA No. 296 on 5 October 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Gurnard (SS-254) 80 miles north of Menado, Philippines on 6 May 1944. Gross tonnage 5,824 tons, under deck 5,586 tons, netto tonnage 4,195 tons and as dimensions 385.0 x 51.0 x 36.0 x 8 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 440 bhp. 81 rpm/13.5 knots, coal bunker capacity around 2,000 tons, range around 13,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10-11 (normal cruising)-12-13.5 (maximum) knots. 

American whaler Wailua fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling brig Wailua fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Hawaii-flagged 280 Tons. Costs ready for sea 24,000 US dollars. Owners and agents Hoffschlaeger&Stapenhorst. Remarks on passage from Bremen, Germany due 1 April.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

American whaler Victoria fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling brig Victoria fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Hawaii-flagged 200 Tons. Costs ready for sea 23,00 US dollars. Owners and agents Hoffschlaeger&Stapenhorst. Remarks departed on 30 November [1857] for the Californian coast.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

British protected cruiser HMS Blake 1888-1922

Royal Museums Greenwich

Orlando-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Blake. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Edgar. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Blake-class protected cruisers preceded by Orlando-class succeeded by Edgar-class. Laid down by Chatham Dockyard in July 1888, launched on 23 November 1889, completed on 2 February 1892, destroyer depot ship since 1907 and sold to be broken up on 9 June 1922. 

Japanese preparing invasion of Salamua, New Guinea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 30 January 1942

An item reported that Japanese aircraft attacked 3 times Salamua and in the vicinity were one large and 6 small Japanese ships sighted. The J.I.C. commented that this could be preparations for an invasion. On Salamua were several excellent airfields making it a base for operations covering the Coral Sea.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 51 dated 30 January 1942 

German tender Bombe 1881-after 1917

Belonged to the navy. Built in 1881. Displacement 21 tons. Horsepower 80 ihp. Served at Artillery Depot, Geestemünde.

Source

German Navy (vessels miscellaneous) O.N.I. Publications No. 20, December 1917. 

Japanese cargo-passenger ship (Makambo 1907-1939) Kainan Maru 1939-1944

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Call sign JZON. Launched by Clyde Shipbuilding&Engineering Co. Ltd., yard Castle Works, Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 273 on 16 March 1907 for Burns, Philp&Co. Ltd., Sydney, Australia as ss Makambo and torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Stoic off Phuket, Thailand on 12 June 1944. Gross tonnage 1,134 tons, netto tonnage 637 tons, deadweight .1930 tons and as dimensions 210.3 x 31.4 x 14.8 x 9.6 (light)-17.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 145 nhp, coal bunker capacity 21.. tons, range 2,900 nautical miles/8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-10 (maximum) knots. 

German Greenland whaler St. Jacob returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 12 June 1698

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 August reported the arrival at Hamburg,Germany of the German Greenland whaler St. Jacob commandeur Jacob Buysen 5 whales 250 quardelen.

German Greenland whaler Vigilantia returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 12 June 1698

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 August reported the arrival at Hamburg,Germany of the German Greenland whaler Vigilantia commandeur Carsten Rickmers 10,5 whale 450 quardelen.

French naval architect S.Ch.H. Dupuy de Lôme (1816-1885)

Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany

Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lôme (15 October 1816 Ploemeur, France-1 February1885 Paris, France), educated In France visited he around the United Kingdom where he studied the iron shipbuilding and steam navigation, for instance off ss Great Britain. He adviced in 1845 the French minister of Marine to built a screw steam frigate. As result was in 1847 the building of the screw steam battleship Le Napoléon ordered. As Directeur du Matériel he designed in 1857 worlds first steam oceangoin ironclad La Gloire.

Romanian gunboat Siretul in 1908

Dimensions 30 x 4 x 1.8 metres.Displacement 130 tons. Horsepower 379 hp. Speed 10 knots. Armament 1-5.7cm gun, 1 machine gun. Crew numbers 30 men. Launched in 1888.

Source

“Die Donauflotillen”, in Die Flagge. Organ des Vereines zur Förderung der österreichischen Schiffahrt, nr. 11, 1908. 

Japanese battleships Katori and Kashima bound for Japan according to the Dutch newspapers The nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 9 June 1906

An item dated London, England 8th reported the departure from Portsmouth, England by the new Japanese battleships Katori (1) and Kashima (2) bound for Japan.

Notes

1. Part of the Katori-class, modified British King Edward VII- class battleships, preceded by Mikasa and succeeded by Satsuma-class, laid down by Vickers Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom on 27 April 1904, launched on 4 July 1905, commissioned on 20 May 1906, left actual service in April 1922, stricken on 23 October 1923 and broken up between 1924-1925.

2. Part of the Katori-class, modified British King Edward VII- class battleships, preceded by Mikasa and succeeded by Satsuma-class, building ordered in 1904, laid down with yard number 755 by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick on 29 February 1904, launched on 22 March 1905, completed on 23 May 1906, decommisioned in April 1922, stricken on 20 September 1923 and broken up in 1924

British crewtender MO 7

Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 August 2024

UK-flagged, homeport Riga, Latvia, IMO 9924053, MMSI 232033201 and call sign MIQO6. Part of fleet of Mainprize Offshore, United Kingdom

American whaler Kaual fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling brig Kaual fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Oldenburg-flagged 220 Tons. Costs ready for sea 21,000 US dollars. Owners and agents Hoffschlaeger&Stapenhorst. Remarks departed on 15 December [1857] for cruising.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

American whaler Antilla fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling brig fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Hawaii-flagged 220 Tons. Costs ready for sea 27,500 US dollars. Owners and agents Melchers&Co. Remarks in port to depart on short notice.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

Liberian bulk carrier Golden Pearl 2013-

Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 August 2024

Marshall Islands-flagged, homeport Mahuro, IMO 9470375, MMSI 538008053 and call sign V7RF7 (in 2013 V7AU3). Hong Kong/China-flagged, call sign VRMI8 between 2013-2018. Built by Pipavav Defence&Offshore Engineering, Rajula, India in 2013. Owner/manager Thome Shipmanagement, Monrovia, Liberia. Thome Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd., Singapore was in 2021 operator, owner Golden Pearl Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.

Two Russian battleships under construction according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 30 October 1906

 Andrei Pervozvanny-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that on Russian shipyards 2-20.000 tons battleships were being built.(1)

Note

1. This must be the Andrei Pervozvanny-class modified Borodino-class design preceded by Evstafi-class succeeded by Gangut-class with a displacement of 17,600-18,880 (deep load) tons and as main armament 2x2-30.5cm/12” guns. Consisted of the Andrei Pervozvanny construction started on 2/15 March 1904 and the Imperator construction started on 14/27 October 1904, both broken up in 1923. 

Japanese battleship Mikasa lost due to explosion according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 13 September 1905

An item dated Tokyo, Japan 12th reported that on board of the Japanese battleship Mikasa fire broke out and that she exploded taking with her 599 men.(1)

Note

1. Modified British Formidable-class battleships, preceded by Asahi succeeded by Katori-class, building ordered on 26 September 1898, laid down by Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 24 January 1899, launched on 8 November 1900, commissioned on 1 March 1902, sunk at Sasebo in the night of 11-12 September 1905, 251 men killed, refloated on 7 August 1906, repaired and modified, recommissioned on 24 August 1908, reclassified as 1st clas coast defence ship, stricken on 20 September 1923, still existing.

Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine

Halsskov Rev., Denmark 29 August 2024

Project 877 Paltus called by NATO Kilo-class designed by the Rubin Design Bureau, Russia preceded by Tango-class succeeded by Lada-class, built since 1980 at least 83 of which around 65 in active service.

Russian merchant ship Rion active in the Pacific on 1 July 1944

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A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers.

Gross tonnage 3,113 tons. Type mv freighter. Built 1931.Speed 11 knots. Fuel oil. International call signUOVZ. Service Transpacific. Remarks also active in the fishing industry.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945

Danish patrol vessel Nymfen P524 2006-

Halsskov Rev., Denmark 29 August 2024

Denmark-flagged, MMSI 220435000 and call sign OVFE. Part of Diana-class or Minor Standard Craft Mk II preceded by Barsø-class, six planned and built by Faaborg Vaerft A/S. Lia down on 6 December 2006, launched on 30 July 2007, completed on 30 April 2008 and commissioned in May 2009. 

British battleship HMS Thunderer arrived at Tenerife according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 44 dated 5 November 1921

HMS Thunderer. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Orion-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that that on 3 November the British battleship HMS Thunderer left Funchal, Madeira/Portugal arriving on 4 November at Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands/Spain.(1)

Note

1. Building by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at the mouth of the Bow Creek on the west side at Canning Town ordered in 1909, laid down on 13 April 1910, launched on 1 February 1911, commissioned in May a year later and decommissioned in 1921 to became a year later a seagoing training ship for cadets and finally paid off in November 1926 in December 1926 and grounded off Blythe on her last voyage to the scrap yard. Part of the Orion-class, preceded by Colossus-class and succeeded by King George V-class.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-73

Romanian gunboat Oltul in 1908

Dimensions 30 x 4 x 1.8 metres.Displacement 130 tons. Horsepower 379 hp. Speed 10 knots. Armament 1-5.7cm gun, 1 machine gun. Crew numbers 30 men. Launched in 1888.

Source

“Die Donauflotillen”, in Die Flagge. Organ des Vereines zur Förderung der österreichischen Schiffahrt, nr. 11, 1908. 

American guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) 1987-

Design Strike (CSGNI) cruiser 1970s. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

modified Virgiana-class cruiser design 1977-1979. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Off Halsskov Rev., Denmark 30 August 2024

USA-flagged, homeport Norfolk, MMSI 338936000 and call sign NVVV. Part of Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers preceded by planned but cancelled Strike cruiser and realized Virginia-class cruisers and succeeded by planned but cancelled CG (X), planned DDG (X) and realized Arleigh Burke destroyer Flight III-class. Building ordered on 26 November 1984, laid down on 7 April 1987, launched on 19 March 1988 and commissioned on 9 December 1989. 

American whaler Hawaii fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling barque Hawaii fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Hawaii-flagged 230 Tons. Costs ready for sea 20,000 US dollars. Owners and agents Melchers&Co. Remarks Departed on 9 February for cruising.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

American whaler Oahu fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii according to the The Friend dated 3 March 1858

An item reported the whaling brig Oahu fitted out at Honolulu, Hawaii for the 1858 whaling season. Hawaii-flagged 157 Tons. Costs ready for sea 20,000 US dollars. Owners and agents Melchers&Co. Remarks departed on 16 December [1857] for cruising.

Source

Samuel C. Damon. The Friend. A monthly journal devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Vol XV. Honolulu, 1858.

Russian seagoing rescue tug (ex-SB-921 1984-1985) Evgeniy Churov 1985-

Off Halsskov Rev., Denmark 29 August 2024

Russia-flagged, homeport Kaliningrad, IMO 8406640. Built by Rauma Repola Uusikaupunki Yard - Uusikaupunki, Finland with yard number 321 in 1985. Project 712 and named by NATO Sliva-class. Laid down on 17 August 1984, launched on 28 December 1984 and commissioned on 5 July 1985. 

British light cruiser HMS Caradoc bound for Egypt according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 44 dated 5 November 1921

C-class light cruisers class Caledon-subclass. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the British light cruiser HMS Caradoc (1) would due Brindisi, Italy on 8 November to bring Lord Allenby (2) to Egypt.

Notes

1. Of the C-class light cruisers class Caledon-subclass consisting of the Caledon, Calypso, Cassandra and Caradoc, preceded by the Arethusa-class and succeeded by the Danae-class. Differs from the preceding sub-classes with slightly changed propulsion and superstructure. Building ordered in December 1917. Laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 21 February 1916, launched on 23 December 1916, commissioned on 15 June 1917, accommodation ship since April 1944, decommissioned in December 1945 and sold to be broken up on 5 April 1946.

2. Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby 1st Viscount Allenby (23 April 1861 Brackenhurst, England-14 May 1936 London, England), Field Marshal and High Commissioned in Egypt between 1919-1925.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-73

Russian navy reorganized according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 44 dated 5 November 1921

An item reported that at the naval conference at Moscow, Russia between 15-21 July was decided that:

-the admiralty was converted from an independent Commissariat into an independent Naval Staff subordinated to the Naval Representative on the Revolutionary Military Soviet

-the office of Assistant Officer Commanding Naval Forces was abolished

-the Chief Naval Technical and Economic Departments were replaced by a new Technico-Economic Department of the Staff.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-73 

Russian 4 mast training barque (ex-Padua 1926-1946) Kruzenshtern 1946-

Off Halsskov Rev., Denmark 30 August 2024

Russia-flagged, homeport Kaliningrad, IMO 6822979, MMSI 273243700 and call sign UCVK. Steel built. Nowadays operated by the by the Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy. Laid down at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg-Werft, Germany as the Padua on 11 June 1946 for account of the Hamburger Reederei F. Laeisz). Became Russian property on 12 January 1946. Modernized between 1968 and 1972. She still holds the record for the fastest voyage sailing between Hamburg and Australia via Chile completing in 8 months and 23 days. Homeport between 1926-1946 Hamburg, Germany, between 1946-1981 Riga, Latvia, Tallinn, Estonia 1981-1991 and since then Kaliningrad, Russia.

Dimensions 95,15 (between perpendiculars)-114,5 (sparred) x 14,02 x 6,720 (summer)-7,200 (normal) metres, a displacement of 5.805 (summer)- 6.400 ((normal tons), deadweight 1.645 tons, gross tonnage 3.141 tons and net tonnage 942 tons. Height mainmast 21,40 metres. Total sail area of the 31 sails is 3.553 square metres. Further more fitted out with 2 x 736 kW, 8NVD 48A-2U (S.K.L. 8-cylinder engines and 4 MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, D 2866 LXE 30 auxiliary diesel generators. Her crew numbers 76 men with accommodation for 160 cadets.

British whaler Ebor arrived at Hull, England in 1820

Tonnage 383 tons. Number of caught whales 10. Oil 178 tons

Source

The Trade and Commerce of Hull and its ships&shipowners. Past and present. Hull, 1878, p. 81. 

British whaler Brunswick arrived at Hull, England in 1820

Tonnage 357 tons. Number of caught 15 whales. Oil 218 tons

Source

The Trade and Commerce of Hull and its ships&shipowners. Past and present. Hull, 1878, p. 81. 

American guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) 1987-

Design Strike (CSGNI) cruiser 1970s. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

modified Virgiana-class cruiser design 1977-1979. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Normandy. Great Belt Bridge, Denmark 30 August 2024

USA-flagged, homeport Norfolk, MMSI 338936000 and call sign NVVV. Part of Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers preceded by planned but cancelled Strike cruiser and realized Virginia-class cruisers and succeeded by planned but cancelled CG (X), planned DDG (X) and realized Arleigh Burke destroyer Flight III-class. Building ordered on 26 November 1984, laid down on 7 April 1987, launched on 19 March 1988 and commissioned on 9 December 1989. 

New activities of Japanese warships in the Dutch East Indies expected according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 30 January 1942

An item reported that scattered Japanese ships in the vicinity of southeast Celebes, Dutch East Indies probably would form a strong naval force to reinforce Kendari and attacking Amboina and Koepang.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 51 dated 30 January 1942 

British and Australian destroyers battling with Japanese convoy escort according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 30 January 1942

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A selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies. Gutta Percha&Rubber Limited, 1942

Japanese cruiser Sendai. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that two British destroyers battled with two Japanese destroyers in the vicinity of Kendari, Dutch East Indies.(1,2,3) The British destroyer HMS Thanet was sunk just like a Japanese destroyer and the other damaged. The J.I.C. commented that the Japanese denied ther losses but confirming the sinking of the Thanet.

Notes

1. H29. HMS Thanet. Ordered in July 1917, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie&Company, Hebburn on 13 December 1917, launched on 5 November 1918, commissioned on 3 August 1919, sunk on 27 January 1942. Part of S-class destroyers or Modified Trenchant-class preceded by R and W-classes succeeded y Modified W-class.

2. HMAS Vampire. Building ordered in 1916, laid down as HMS Wallace by J. Samuel White&Co. Ltd., Cowes, Wight on 10 October 1916, launched on 21 May 1917, renamed Vampire in 1917, commissioned on 22 September 1917, decommissioned and handed over to Australia on 11 November 1933, between 31 January 1934-11 May 1938 decommissioned and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 9 April 1942 a day after leaving Trincomalee, Ceylon escorting HMS Hermes. Part of V-class flotilla leader preceded by S and Parker classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leader HMS Ambuscade and Amazon.

3. in fact they intercepted a Japanese convoy near Endau, Malaya escorted by the Japanese light cruiser Sendai, 6 destroyers and smaller units. There was none Japanese destroyer lost.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 51 dated 30 January 1942