Soviet guard ship (ex-PSK-26 1933-1935, PSK-1 1935) Dzerzhinskiy 1935-1957 (PS-28 1957-1961)

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Part of the Dzerzhinskiy or Kirov-class or Project 19,consisting of the Dzerzhinskiy and Kirov, operated by the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) Border Guard. Designed by Ansaldo, Italy, laid down by Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Italy as PS.26 on 8 February 1933, launched on 16 September 1934, completed on 17 October 1934, renamed PSK-1 in February 1935, renamed Dzerzhinskiy on 26 March 1935, commissioned on 9 August 1945, renamed PS-28 on 18 May 1957, condemned on 11 June 1957, converted into a stationary staff ship since 27 June 1960 and stranded in 1961. Part of Pacific Fleet. 

Soviet flotillaleaders of the Baltic Fleet not sighted in July 1936 according to report No. 9697 dated 8 February 1937

Leningrad©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item referred to the report of the M/A, 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. The flotilla leader Leningrad was not seen in July. The anonymous flotilla leader seen in May and June stayed in July at the Marti shipyard.(1)

Note

1. Part of Leningrad-class destroyer leaders succeeded by Tashkent-class. Ordered under the 1st Five Year Oland, laid down by Shipyard 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad with yard number 450 on 5 November 1932, launched on 17 November 1933, commissioned on 5 December 1936 and finally sunk after she was used as a target ship in May 1963.

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.

Japanese destroyer Niizuki (Ship No. 108) 1941-1943

Akizuki subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Russian Vol'ny former Japanese Matsu-class Shii©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Akizuki-class or B-class destroyer consisting of Akizuki (Project 51), Fuyutsuki (Project 51) and Michitsuki (Project 53) subclasses preceded by Yugumo-class succeeded by Matsu-class. Part of Akuziki-subclass. Built under the Maru 4 Programme. Laid down by Mitsybishi, Nagasaki, Japan on 8 December 1941, launched on 29 June 1942, completed on 31 March 1943, sunk in the Battle of Kula Gulf, Solomon Islands on 6 July 1943 and stricken on 10 September 1943. 

British sailing transport Sultana 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 32, present position Constantinople, Turkey, remarks under repair.

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. 

Norwegian offshore support vessel (ex-Edda Nordri 2023-2024, Nordri Enabler 2024-?) Grampian Rhine ?-

Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026

Malta-flagged, homeport Valletta, IMO 9964912, MMSI 248245000 and call sign 9HA6569. As Edda Nordri Norway-flagged, homeport Haugesund, MMSI 257296000, call sign LAQO8, owner/manager Ostensjo Rederi AS, Haugesund, Norway. Built by Astilleros Gondan, Castropol, Spain in 2023. 

American sailing sealing ship Penguin in 1829

Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Rigging schooner. Arrived at Stonington, USA with 3,000 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).

Dutch sailing brig (ex-De Vrouw Maria 1919-1959) Morgenster 1959-

North Sea, 8 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Den Helder, Netherlands, IMO 5241659, MMSI 245136000 and call sign PHMY. Built by D&J Boot Scheepswerf De Industrie, Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands in 1919 as De Vrouw Maria (SCH200), since 1959 Morgenster (SCH324) and in 1993 started conversion into a sailing charter ship. Dimensions 37,91-48,00 (over all) x 6,64 x 2,40 metres and deadweight 225 tons. Sail area 550m2.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 925 in 1944

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

Source

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

Dutch inland sailing vessel (ex-Antonius Maria 1911-after 1954, Argus after 1954) Helena

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Laid down by Jonker, Kinderdijk, Netherlands in 1875 and in 1876 in service. Stevenaak. Statue, at the moment eldest iron built inland sailing ship in the Netherlands. Built for the Rhine-trade and nowadays to go as far as Basel, Swiss.

Portuguese galleon Nossa Senhora da Graca, 1649

Of the Companhia Geral do Comercio do Estado do Brasil, mentioned in 1649, 300 tons, 26 guns.

Source

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

German passenger/ro-ro cargo ship Münsterland 1986-

North Sea, 10 June 2026

Germany-flagged, homeport Emden, Germany, IMO 8601989, MMSI 211214970 and call sign DCJB. Built by Jansen Schiffswerft, Leer, Germany in 1986. Owner/manager EMS AG, Emden, Germany. 

Dutch East Indiaman Kaneelboom or De Caneel-Boom, 1661-

Yacht, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1661, launched on 14 August 1662, dimensions 116 x 26 x 10 feet.

Sources

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

Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.

Scottish sailing training- and charter ship Swan L.K. 243 (1900)

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Scottish herring lugger built at Lerwick in 1900, fitted out with a motor in 1935 and to be broken up in 1991 while in neglected state but saved. Homeport Shetland Isles.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Pietersz Rykers 1709-1719

Bookkeeper Jan Lourens Jacob and Zer Mol, Jisp

1709

Whales 2.5 Barrels blubber 150 Quardelen whale oil

1710

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

Bookkeeper Muus Nanningsz, Jisp

1711

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 130 Quardelen whale oil

1712

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 100 Quardelen whale oil

1713

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 190 Quardelen whale oil

1714

Whales 11 Barrels blubber 330 Quardelen whale oil

1715

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 140 Quardelen whale oil

1716

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 110 Quardelen whale oil

1717

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 30 Quardelen whale oil

1718

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 60 Quardelen whale oil

1719

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 30 Quardelen whale oil

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.

Italian naval training vessel Orsa Maggiore 1994-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Italy-flagged, homeport Venice, MMSI 2479380000 and call sign IAOM. Built in 1994. Used by the Italian navy for training cadets and officers. 2-mast ketch. 

American sailing sealing ship Seraph in 1829

Antarctic sealing ground southern orceans. Arrived in 1829 at Stonington with 1,000 fur-seal and 25,000 hair-seal skins, leaving the same year with the brig Anaean to the Antarctic seas.

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).

German pollution control vessel Leysand 2016-

North Sea, 10 June 2026

Germany-flagged, IMO 4067381, MMSI 218515000 and call sign DBBJ. Laid down by SET Schiffbau- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Tangermünde with yard number 197 on 31 August 2016, launched on 29 September 2017. Owner Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz, Norden, Germany. 

British merchant ship Oxenholme 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 Oxenholme.

Source

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

Danish sailing ketch Jens Krogh (1899) 1977-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Denmark-flagged, MMSI 219344000 and call sign OWMP. Built at HV Buhl, Fredrikshavn in 1899.Originally used as a fishing cutter when she was bought in 1977 and restored and now operated by FDF Aalborg Skreds. Renamed at least twice, with as homeport Esbjerg under the name Ida E 191 and in her last fishing years was Saeby her homeport and name Ulla-Vite. 

Italian sailing ship Maria Febronia lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 23 May due to submarine attack on the location 151 miles west nroth west Pantellvia. Tonnage 55 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Dutch anti pollution vessel (ex-TSM Dora 1984-?) BDS Adventure

North Sea, 10 June 2026

Part of the fleet of BDS, based at Harlingen, Netherlands. St. Vincent&Grenadines-flagged, homeport Kingstown, IMO 8417508, MMSI 375824000 and call sign J8B6346. Built by Ingeniere Maritime&Commercialisation, Tonny-charente, France in 1984. As multi purpose offshore vessel Dora France flagged until 2016, MMSI 375824000, call sign FQAR, homeport Nantes Saint Nazaire, France, owner DCNS Brest, manager Finit’mer, both of Brest, France. 

German blockade runner Aisterufer outward bound in 1943

Transport Number K. Name ship Aisterufer. Company Robert Sloman jr., Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 23 March 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

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

Dutch fishing vessel Dingenis Maria YE 161 2002-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9280249, MMSI 244228000 and call sign PCQI. Built by Scheepswerf Gebroeders Kooiman, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands in 2002. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Jacobsz Schoenmaker 1700-1711

Bookkeeper Jan Heertjes Molenaar, Jisp

1700

Whales 6 Barrels blubber 220 Quardelen whale oil

1701

Whales 14 Barrels blubber 330 Quardelen whale oil

1702

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 118 Quardelen whale oil

1703

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 90 Quardelen whale oil

1704

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 246 Quardelen whale oil

1705

Whales 5 Barrels blubber 182 Quardelen whale oil

1706

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 190 Quardelen whale oil

1707

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 42 Quardelen whale oil

1708

Whales 4 Barrels blubber 190 Quardelen whale oil

1709

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 40 Quardelen whale oil

1710

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

1711

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil

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.

Norwegian sailing vessel (ex-No. 4 1918-1965) Ryvingen

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Norway-flagged, MMSI 257744610 and call sign LDTL. Built as pilot boat No. 4 in 1918, served until 1965, then became a sea scout boat at Oslo, sold to the Norwegian foundation Losskøte Rvingen van 1918. 

British sailing transport Eveline 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 31, present position Balaklava, remarks waiting for orders, regimental baggage on board.

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

Source

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

Dutch fishing vessel Cornelia YE 157 1998-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, IMO 9168001, MMSI 244718000 and call sign PEOK. Mussel dredger. Built by Scheepswerf Maaskant, Stellendam, Netherlands in 1998. 

American sailing sealing ship Pacific in 1829-1830

Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Rigging schooner. Captain Jas. Brown. Left Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA on 1 October 1829, left South Georgia on 5 March 1830 with as catch results 256 skins and 1,800 gallons sea elephant oil.

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).

Dutch sailing vessel Lise (1935)

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244850933 and call sign PG3242. Built as a haicutter by Nipper, Skagen, Denmark in 1935 and active as fishing vessel on the North Sea until 1989, converted into a cutter rigged 2 mast pleasure craft. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 924 in 1944

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

Source

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

Belgian sailing 2-mast gaff schooner Rupel 1996-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Boom, MMSI 205362800 and call sign OS3628. Designed by Vennekens using the concept of the end 18th Century Baltimore Schooners. Built in 1996.

Portuguese galleon Nossa Senhora da Conceicao 1655-1656

Mentioned between 1655-1656.

Source

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

Belgian sailing vessel Saeftinghe 1993-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Belgium-flagged, homeport Ostende, MMSI 205250970 and call sign OQ5209. Ketch. Designed by Dutch Architect Bekedebrede and built by De Vries Jachtwerf, Lemmer, Netherlands in 1993. 

Dutch East Indiaman Rammekens, also called Het Casteel van Rammekens 1661-

Yacht, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1661, launched on 29 July 1662, dimensions 126 x 29 x 12 feet.

Sources

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

Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.

Dutch tug (ex-Voorne 1957-1969, Eerland 17 1969-2000) Theo 2000-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Harlingen, ENI 02310179, MMSI 244700811 and PD6417. Built by H. de Haas, Maassluis, Netherlands with yard number 101 for account of L. Smit&Co. Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij, Rotterdam in 1957. 

British merchant ship Iberia 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 Iberia.

Source

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

British destroyer HMS Wrestler 1917-1944

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

HMS Wakeful, Admiralty W-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Amazon.  ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

D35. Part of Admiralty W-class destroyer preceded by S- and Parker-classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. Ordered on 9 December 1916, laid down by Swan Hunter, Wallsend, England in July 1917, launched on 25 February 1918, commissioned on 15 May 1918, mined off Juno Beach on 6 June 1944 and sold to be broken up on 20 July 1944.

A battleship like a kraken according to the newspaper Hawera&Normanby Star dated 8 December 1910

An item reported that the American major general Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff recently received a model of a battleship fitted out with huge arms like a devil-fish, able to walk over the bottom of the water. The ship called by the newspaper ‘a real leviathan” could “skim over the waves as lighty as a swallow and do the rest crawling on its hands and knees until it is under the middle of the opposing fleet. It then thrusts out hidden tentacles of steel and pulls the fleet to destruction.”Sadly enough was no more details supplied.(1)

Note

1. Leonard Wood (9 October 1860-7 August 1927), chief of staff of the US Army (22 April 1910-21 April 1914), military governor of Cuba (23 December 1899-20 May 1902) and governor-general of the Philippines (14 October 1921-7 August 1927).

Source

New Zealand historical newspapers. Papers Past

German naval 20mm Flak-Vierling C 38

Model Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany, 2023

A flying-floating battleship according to the newspaper Hawera&Normanby Star dated 8 December 1910

An item reported that an inventor handed over to the American general William Allen (1), Chief of the Signal Corps, Washington, DC, USA a model of a flying battleship.(2) Allen said that the floating annex flying battleship was “one of the most terrible things, on paper and otherwise, that he ever considered.” It went far beyond the fantasy of the notorious Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchausen (11 May 1720 Bodenwerder, Germany-22 February 1797 Bodenwerder, Germany). It was a hybrid mix between a ship and a plane which could “dip out of the sky and settle down like a duck in the water among a flock of battleship, and when it gets ready can open fire righy and left with twelve-inch (30.48cm) and twenty torpedoes. When the captain desires he can rise out of the water, fly over the fleet, and land anywhere he wants, for instance, in Central Park, New York, and from there open fire.” Sadly enough was no more details supplied. (1)

Notes

1. This must be brigadier general James Allen (13 February 1849 La Porte, Indiana, USA-19 February 1933 Washington, DC, USA) who was Chief Signal Corps between 10 February 1906-13 February 1913. He was the first chief of the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps which can be considered to be a forerunner of the US Air Force. He urged the US Army to buy a dirigible, which became the Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 in 1908.

2. On 14 November 1910 made a plane with as pilot Eugene Ely the first take-off from a warship. This was the American cruiser USS Birmingham VL-2. The US Navy was in the 1910s interested in sea-based floaplanes and flying boats.

Source

New Zealand historical newspapers. Papers Past

Cross section gun turret American monitor USS Monitor 1861-1862

Model Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany, 2023.

Ordered on 4 October 1861, laid down by Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, USA on 25 October 1861, launched on 30 January 1862, commissioned on 25 February 1862, lost at sea due to a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA on 31 December 1862 and wreck found back on 27 August 1973. 

Escaped German crew members of the German merchant ship Windrijk arrested according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 7 March 1942

An item reported that 50 miles from Santos, Brazil 10 of the 11 escaped German crew members of the Windrijk were arrested. One men drowned during a storm off Praia Grunde. The German vice consul and ‘other persons’ who helped the sailors were arrested.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 87 dated 7 March 1942.

Model German steam whale catcher Rau IX 1939

Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany, 2023.

Built by Deschimag, Werk Seebeck, Wesermünde to be added to the fleet of the whale factory Walter Rau. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War was the season 1939-1940 cancelled and the fleet transferred to the navy. Rau IX became a submarine chaser and so-called Vorpostenboot. After the war used for sweeping mines and in 1948 handed over to Norway and became a whale catcher. Later under the flag of Iceland renamed Hvalur V and under the flag of the Far Oer Heykur Wale. In 1969 returned to Bremerhaven, Germany and became a museumship. 

Deed of chartering for the Dutch Greenland whaler de Hoop in 1659

Deed of chartering dated 28 February 1659 between merchant Hugo Grootvelt and master Cornelis Nekeman of Vlieland of the ship de Hoop with the dimensions 122 x 25.5 z 10.5 (hold) and above 5 1/4 Sardam (=Zaandam) feet for a whaling voyage towards Greenland.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Wouters 18-510-155

Harpoon gun on Dutch whale catcher AM 2

Model Katwijks Museum, Netherlands

Scottish whaler John in 1821

Type ship. Master T. Jackson. Tonnage 316 tons. A prize. Owner Jas. Hunter&Co. Port where registered Greenock.

Source

List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Glasgow, 1821. 

Harpoon gun

Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany

British whaler Rifleman arrived in the Bay of Islands according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Saturday 25 May 1839

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

An item referred to a list of arivals and departured at the Bay of Islands between 26 February-2 May reporting the arrival of the British whaler Rifleman, Davies of London, 13 months, 1,300 barrels sperm oil on 8 April.(1)

Note

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