Dutch dredger (ex-Alblas 1996-2006, Cap Formentor 2006-2017, Mandeo 2017-2019) Schenge 2019-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 4 May 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport, Goes, Netherlands, IMO 9108829, MMSI 24416000 and call sign PCNC. Built by Societatea Comerciala Severnav S.A., Drobeta-Turnu, Severin Romania with yard number N030005 in 1996. Ex general cargo ship Alblas renamed on 30 January 2006 Cap Formentor (Spain/Canary Islands-flagged, MMSI 224802000 and call sign ECKR, homeport Santa Cruz de Tenerife), renamed Mandeo. As Mandeo owned/managed by Transportes Maritimos de Alcudia, Alcudia, Spain. Bought in begin 2019 by the Zandhandel Faasse b.v./Faasse Groep, Goes, Netherlands and rebuilt by EK Electronics into a hopper dredger.

Merchant traffic heading westward of Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 11 August 1917

An item reported that on August were heading to the west 1 British steamship, 1 French steamship, 2 armed British steam transports, 3 armed steamships, 1 armed Italian steamship, 2 American steamships, 1 Japanese steamship and 1 Norwegian steamship coming from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Belgian cutter De Zwerver (1988-2018) Antje de Vries Z-115 2018-

Harlingen, Netherlands 6 May 2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Zeebrugge, IMO 8812760, MMSI 205752000 and call sign OPXN. Built by Tille Scheepsbouw, Kootstertille, Netherlands in 1988. Owner NV Rederij Jacobus (Gebroeders Berg, Oostende, Belgium). 

Russian whaling barque Suomi visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 17 April 1852

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 April was cleared the Russian whaling barque Suomi master Hashagen for cruising.

American whaling barque Rajah visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 17 April 1852

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 April was cleared the American whaling barque Rajah master Fisher for cruising.

Japanese protected cruiser Matsuhima sunk Chinese warship in the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894

Nakamura Shûkô, 1894. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Part of the Matsushima-class consisting of the Itsukushima, Matsushima and Hashidate, preceded by the Naniwa-class based on the pinciples of the French Jeune Ecole. Ordered under the 1886 Fiscal Year, laid down by the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée on 17 February 1888, launche don 22 January 1890, completed on 5 April 1892, sunk after an accidental explosion while berthed in the Pescadores islands of Hawaii on 30 April 1908 and stricken on 31 July 1908.

The caption of the illustration tells us that she just sunk a Chinese ship. In the battle she was flagship of admiral Itō Sukeyuki (20 May 1843-16 January 1914) who was forced to leave her as she was heavily damaged by enemy gunfire.

In the First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894-17 April 1895) collided the Chinese and Japanese empires mainly for influence over Korea. It was a total success for Japan including the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894 in which the Chinese Beiyang Fleet was humiliated lossing several ships despite her superiority on paper. In reality most of the Chinese ships were aged, unsufficient maintained and her crews lacking discipline. 

British merchant ship Nepaul 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 Nepaul of the Peninsular and Oriental Company.

Source

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

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 579 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 24 June 1943. Date completion unknown due to transport and labour problems allowing a future maximum completion of 1-2 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

Dutch pusher tug Citybarge

Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026

ENI (?) 03802614. Owned by Kotug, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 

Portuguese training ship Sagres returned ta Lisbon, Portugal in August 1941

In his letter No. 1165 dated Lisbon 30 August 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the arrival of the Portuguese training ship Sagres at Lisbon in the late morning of 29 August returning from Ponta Delgada, Azores.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal. 

Japanese navy officers dicussing strategy and tactics how to get control over the Yellow Sea

Mizuno Toshikata, 1894. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

In the First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894-17 April 1895) collided the Chinese and Japanese empires mainly for influence over Korea. It was a total success for Japan including the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894 in which the Chinese Beiyang Fleet was humiliated lossing several ships despite her superiority on paper. In reality most of the Chinese ships were aged, unsufficient maintained and her crews lacking discipline. 

German blockaderunner Annelies Essberger in 1941

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. Annelier Essberger. Loaded with 4,100 ton rubber. Left Dairen on 20 June 1941. Arrived at Bordeaux, France on 10 September 1941. Renamed Herstein.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

Former Dutch buoy layer Eems (A935) 1961-

Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026

Laid down at the Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands in January 1961, launched on 18 March 1961 and commissioned on 17 July 1961. Was to be sold in 1994. 

French warships visiting Cette [Sète, France] according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 11 August 1917

An item reffed to information of exchanged prisoners of war reporting that on 21 July since a long time warships visited the harbor of Cette [Sète, France]. It were the French torpedo boats 281-282, 285 and 310 and a destroyer.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch air-defence and command frigate Hr.Ms. Evertsen (F 805) 2001

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 11-5-2025. Air too warm so bad photographs

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244942000 and call sign PAEU. Part of De Zeven Provinciën-class preceded by Tromp- and Jacob van Heemskerkc-classes. In November 2023 was decided to cancell her successort the Future Air Defender (FuAD), ajoint German-Dutch project. Laid down by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding on 6 September 2001, launched on 19 April 2003 and commissioned on 10 June 2005. 

Dutch deck barge Antje Rutten 12

Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026

Zaandam, Netherlands, ENI 02330473. 

Shipping traffic at Gibraltar on 7 August according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 11 August 1917

An item reported the arrival on 7 August at Gibraltar of 2 armed Italian passenger ships, 1 armed steamship, 2 armed French steamships,1 British steam tug with a gun on the bow, 4 armed British steamships, 1 Greek steamship and 2 armed Italiaan steamships coming from the west.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

German submarine SM U-39 sunk British steamship Ganges according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 14 August 1917

German submarine U 39©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German submarine SM U-39 commanded by Kapitänleutnant WaltherForstmann (9 March 1883-2 November 1873) torpedoed and sunk on 30 July an unknown armed and fully loaded steamship (at least 5,500 ton) heading west towards Gibraltar 5 nautical miles south of Cap Spartel.(2)

Notes

1. Type U 31. Ordered on 12 June 1912, laid down at Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 199 on 27 March 1913, launched on 26 September 1914, commissioned on 13 January 1915, interned at Cartage, Spain since 18 May 1918 surrendered to France on 22 March 1919 and scrapped at Toulon, France in 1923.

2. The British Ganges of 4,177 ton.

Sources

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German container ship Santos Express 2017-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 3 May 2026

Germany-flagged, homeport Hamburg, IMO 9777632, MMSI 218854000 and call sign DJQD2. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea in 2017. Owner/manager Hapag Lloyd AG, Hamburg, Germany. 

Dutch East Indiaman Koudekerk 1654-

Yacht, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1654, launched 24 October 1654.

Sources

Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759. 

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 134 1945-1948 and MS 20 1945-

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Type B ordered under the 1943-1944 Programme to be part of the coastal forces. Of the 280 ordered were just 56 laid down and even a less number finally completed when the Second World War ended. To serve as convoy escorts were the boats also fitted out with minesweeping gears. Based on a traditional wood built fishing boat. With a displacement of 238 tons and as dimensions 93.5 (between perpendiculars)-105. 3/4 (over all) x 20.2 x 7.75 feet. Geared diesel propulsion with 400bhp via one shaft and speed 9 knots. Crew numbered 26 men. Armament consisted of 2/4x1-2.5cm guns and 8-12 depth charges. Built by Shikoku. Completed on 26 February 1945, handed over to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency and renamed MS 20 on 1 May 1948. 

British screw steam transport Mauritius 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 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 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Sunart 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Harland & Wolff. Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185

France hired transport Iraouaddy for French expedition to Madagascar in 1895

With the First Madagascar Expedition (May 1883-December 1885) started the Franco-Hova War. In December 1885 was a Treaty signed which the French interpreted as being a Protectorate Treaty which was denied by Queen Ranavalona III. The result was the Second Madagascar Expedition December 1894-1 October 1895) ending in Madagascar becoming a French colony (1897-1958). The Malagasy Republic was an autonomous French territory until she became independent as the Democatric Republic of Madagascar in 1975. Left Marseille, France on 12 April and Port Said, Egypt on 17 April with generals Duchesne, Voyron, De Torcy and staff.

Source

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

Dutch East Indiaman Slot ter Hooge 1777-1790

Painter unknown. Fantasy landscape off Cape Town, South Africa 18th Century

muZEEum, Vlissingen, Netherlands

Mantelpiece which belonged to the house of the E.I.C. equipagemaster at Middelburg, Netherlands. E.I.C. chamber Zealand, building no. 249, on stocks by Willem Udemans at the E.I.C. yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 15 January 1777, launched 14 May 1779, dimensions 150 x ? x ? feet and lost in the Indian Ocean between Batavia, Dutch East Indies and Cape Good Hope, South Africa in 1790.

Russian nuclear cruise-missile submarine K-119 Voronezh 1986-

Project 661 Anchaer/NATO: Papa-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 949A Antey/NATO: Oscar II-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Project 949A Antey called by the NATO Oscar II preceded by the Papa- and Charlie-classes and succeeded by the Yasen-class. Totally were 20 submarines of Project 949-949A ordered of which six were totally. Of the six four were even never laid down. A fouth-generation follow-on was planned but never realized. In 2011 was a modernisation announced under Project 949AM to be realized by the Rubin Design Bureau cooperating with the Zvedocja and Zvezda shipyards. Designed for attacking NATO carrier battle groups with her 24 P-700 Granit (the SS-N-19 Shipwreck) cruise missiles. During the modernization was replacement of the Granit cruise missiles planned by 72 3M-54 Kalibr or P-800 Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles.

Laid down at Sevmash on 25 February 1986, launched on 16 December 1988, commissioned on 29 December 1989, since 2020 laid up in reserve, part of the Northern Fleet.

Sources

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

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

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar-class_submarine dated 11 April 2026 15:53 o’clock

https://russianships.info/eng/submarines/  dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock. 

French whaler l’Angelina visited Lahaina, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 10 April 1852

An item reported that at Lahaina, Hawaii on 3 April was cleared the French whaler l’Angelina master Vauquelin for cruising.

Torpedo net protection for German battleship SMS Thüringen dated 15 November 1913

Nassau-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Helgoland-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kaiser-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Torpedo net sketch dated 15 November 1913. Bundesarchiv RM-3-322

Part of Helgoland-class consisting of the Helgoland, Ostfriesland, Oldenburg and Thüringen built between 1908-1912 and in service between 1912-1920 (1921), preceded by Nassau-class succeeded by Kaiser-class. Laid down by AG Weser, Bremen on 2 November 1908, launched on 27 November 1909, commissioned on 1 July 1911, decommissioned on 16 December 1918, stricken on 5 November 1919, ceded to France as war reparations, used as target ship, sunk off  Gâvres, salvaged and broken up en situ 1923-1933 although parts remains.

American whaler Euphrates visited Lahaina, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 10 April 1852

An item reported that at Lahaina, Hawaii on 25 March was cleared the American whaler Euphrates master Peakes for cruising.

Dutch mine hunter Hr.Ms. Willemstad M 864 1986-

North Sea off Dutch coast 29 April 2026

Part of Alkmaar-class based on the design of the Tripartite-class mine countermeasures vessel which development started by Belgium, France and the Netherlands in 1975. Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 245945000 and call sign PAEO. Part of Alkmaar-class. Laid down by Scheepswerf Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 3 October 1986, launched on 27 January 1989 and commissioned on 20 September 1989. 

Directions of convoys between Port Said, Egypt and Livorno, Italy described according to the Kriegsnachrichten No. 60 of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated 28 June 1918

An item referring to an agent described the directions of a convoy from Port Said, Egypt to Livorno, Italy. From Port Said 20 nautical miles NNW, under the coast to Marsa Susa, from there immediately to Cap Spartivento, from there via the Strait of Messina to Capri where the steamships bound for Naples seperated. The ships destined for Livorno while escorted by Italian destroyers passed west of the island Palmarola to Cap Corso and from directly to Livorno.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch cargo ship Aagtekerk 1932-1942

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Starting with trial on 23 January 1934. 

 Stadsarchief Amsterdam Archief Nederlandse Dok- en Scheepsbouw Mij (10179)

Laid down by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 226 on 31 December 1932, launched on 7 October 1933, delivered to owner/manager N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij The Hague, Netherlands on 23 January 1934 and sunk by German bombers underway from Alexandria, Egypt to Malta as part of convoy WM 11 north of Tobruk, Italian Libya on 4 June 1942. 

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 140 1945

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Type B ordered under the 1943-1944 Programme to be part of the coastal forces. Of the 280 ordered were just 56 laid down and even a less number finally completed when the Second World War ended. To serve as convoy escorts were the boats also fitted out with minesweeping gears. Based on a traditional wood built fishing boat. With a displacement of 238 tons and as dimensions 93.5 (between perpendiculars)-105. 3/4 (over all) x 20.2 x 7.75 feet. Geared diesel propulsion with 400bhp via one shaft and speed 9 knots. Crew numbered 26 men. Armament consisted of 2/4x1-2.5cm guns and 8-12 depth charges. Launched by Shikoku on 6 August 1945. When the war ended 90% completed.  

German blockade runner ms Ramses in 1941

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. Ramses. Loaded with 3,853 ton rubber. Left Dairen on 19 May 1941. Arrived at Yokohama, Japan on 30 August 1941. Returned to Japan while it was uncertain if she could run the blockade on the Atlantic.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 578 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 24 June 1943. Date completion unknown due to transport and labour problems allowing a future maximum completion of 1-2 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Stemster 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Harland & Wolff. Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185

British screw steam transport Columbo 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 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 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

Dutch passenger-cargo ship Simon Bolivar 1926-1939

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Laid down by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 138 on 25 February 1926, delivered to Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands on 15 December 1926 and sunk after striking two German magnetic mines at the North Sea one mile south of the light ship Sunk on 18 November 1939. 

British merchant ship Texas 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 Texas of the Dominion Line.

Source

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

Dutch 3-mast hooker Brandenburg in 1780

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Engel Hoogerheyden, 1780

muZEEum, Vlissingen, Netherlands

Certificate dated 9 November 170: dimensions 112’7”x 31’8”x 13’3½”, height deck 5’6½”, 127 6/10 lasten, destination America, master Jan de Vos of Middelburg. Certificate dated 12 April 1791: dimensions 112’7”x 31’8”x 13’3½”, height deck 5’6½”, 170 93/400 lasten, destination Africa, master Ottexander Gerritsen of Middelburg. The foundation of the Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie was 13 July 1270 stated and since 5 August was a board active. The municipality of Middelburg was responsible for the supervision. The company was 28 September allowed to found a yard and elsewhere where ships bought. January of the next year departed her first ships since 1723 with destination Africa (Guinea). Since 1730 played the company an important roll in the slave trade between Africa and the West Indies and from there back to Europe. Because due to the fact that the (second) Dutch West India Company already was active in this area were this latter company paid compensation. The last slave voyage was in 1807. The ships were measured by experts on behalf of the chamber Zealand of the Dutch West Indies Company and which supplied a certificate. Dimensions in Amsterdam foot.

Source

Archive Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie no. 148 (Zeeuws Archief, Middelburg).

Portuguese transport Nossa Senhora da Gloria, Remedios e Sao Jose 1777-1796

Packet of the crown, mentioned between 1777-1796.

Source

A. Marques Esparteira. Catalogo dos navios brigantinos (1640-1901). Lisboa, 1976.

Top views and longitudinal section of an American design for an impenetrable (impregnable) floating battery dated October 1861

National Archives/ Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships. Series: Ship Design and Construction Drawings

Of C. Gordon and J. Ericcson. 

Dimensions upper vessel 172 x 44.x 5 (depth) feet.

Dimensions lower vessel 124 x 34 x 6 (depth) feet.

American design by J. Ericsson of a screw ram on the monitor system dated 11 August 1862

National Archives/ Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships. Series: Ship Design and Construction Drawings

 

Design by William T. Morris of a 90 tons armoured gunboat dated Philadelphia, USA 15 January 1848

National Archives/ Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships. Series: Ship Design and Construction Drawings

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Sangetsu Maru 1937) Yamazuki Maru, Yamasuki Maru or Yamatsuki Maru 1937-1942

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Similar Kamogawa Maru (1938), Keiyo Maru (1937), Sinko Maru (1935), Tamagawa Maru (1938), Yamagiri Maru (1938), Yamazuki Maru (1937), Yodogawa Maru (1938) and Zenyo Maru (1937). Call sign JYXL. Owner in 1939 Yamashita Kisen K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Laid down by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Yokohama, Japan on 15 July 1937, launched on 3 December 1937, completed on 19 February 1938, requistioned by the army on 15 November 1941, became troop transport Alloted IJA No. 892, deliberately beached at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanalon 15 November 1942, wreck broken up in the 1950s. Gross tonnage 6,349 tons, under deck 5,757 tons, net tonnage 4,223 tons and as dimensions 439.4 x 58.3 x 32.0 x 9.6 (light)-26 (loaded) feet. Horsepower 1,165nhp/4,700 bhp, one screw, 110rpm=14 knots, 1333rpm=17 knots, fuel oil bunker capacity including deep tanks 2,700 tons, range 47,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14/15(normal cruising)-17-19 (maximum) knots. 

Lot of shipping traffic at Valona (Vlorë, Albania) according to the Kriegsnachrichten No. 60 of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated 28 June 1918

An item reported that in the evening of 25 June 10 steamships in the harbour of Valona [then Italian=Vlorë, Albania] were sighted. In the afternoon was a lot of traffic caused by arriving steamships.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Dutch safety and standby vessel (ex-Miranda 2016-2022, Miranda I 2022) Miranda 2022-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

San Marino-flagged, IMO 9738258, MMSI 268235302 and call sign T7AD2. Built in 2016. Earlier Bahamas-flagged 2016-2022, United Kingdom-flagged 2022 and since 2022 again Bahamas-flagged. Part of the fleet van Van Laar Maritime. 

German submarine sighted convoys on sea lane Port Said-Medina Bank according to the Kriegsnachrichten No. 60 of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated 28 June 1918

An item referring to a 8-days surveillance of a submarine reported that mid May on the line Port Said-Medina Bank between 17-22 degrees east three convoys coursing to the east were sighted.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Kirkaig 1945

River-class ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bay-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modified River-class hull and improved armament. Of this class were 28 ships built and 54 cancelled. To be built by Harland & Wolff. Cancelled in 1945.

Sources

Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-1945

David K. Brown. Nelson to Vanguard. Warship design and development 1923-1945.

David K. Brown. Atlantic Escorts. Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II.

J.J.. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present.

Norman Friedman. British Destroyers&Frigates/ The Second World War and After.

Leo Marriott. Royal Navy Frigates since 1945. 2nd edition.

G.M. Stephen. British warship designs since 1906.

A.W. Watson. ‘Corvettes and frigates’ in: Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1947, p. 165-185