Russian nuclear attack submarine K-373 1972-1990

Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-I class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 945 Barrakuda/NATO: Sierra-class I©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 971 Shchuka-B/NATO: /Akula ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-I class, preceded by Victor-class succeeded by Project 945 Barrakuda and Project 945A Kondor/NATO: Sierra-class I and II and Akula-class. Laid down by Admiralty (Sudomekh), Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Russia on 26 June 1972, launched on 19 April 1978, commissioned on29 December 1979 and decommissioned on 10 April 1990.

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.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Oscar-classdated 11 April 2026 15:53 o’clock

Russian ships info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock. 

British submarine HMS Trident active in Dutch East Indies waters in July 1945

An item reported that during recent patrols in the Malacca Strait the British submarine HMS Trident shelled a Japanese airfield south east of Sabang, Dutch East Indies and further sunk a junk and a landing craft.(1)

Note

1. N52. Part of T-class preceded by Grampus-class succeeded by U-class. Laid down by Cammell Liard&Co. Limited, Birkenhead, England on 12 January 1937, launched on 7 December 1938, commissioned on 1 October 1939 and sold to be broken up on 17 February 1946.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Danish crew tender Defender 2017-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Denmark-flagged, IMO 9808821, MMSI 219770000 and call sign OXLX2. Built in 2016. Owner Northern Offshore Services A/S.

Japanese installations at Kota Radja, Northern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies attacked by Allied aircraft on 11 July 1945

An item reported that on 11 July 24 Hellcats attacked Japanese installations at Kota Radja, Northern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies loosing one Hellcat (pilot saved) and destroying one enemy aircraft.(1)

Note

1. The Grumman F6F was an American carrier-based fighter.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-67-28 Weekly Résumé (No. 306) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 5th July to 0700 12th July 1945. 

Deed of chartering for Dutch Greenland whaler St. Pauls in 1660

Deed of chartering dated 9 March 1660 between alderman of Delft Pieter van Lodensteijn and Joost Wittert for himself and other owners of the St. Pauls of 130 lasten to depart from Delfshaven with the other fishing vessels towards Greenland on whaling. Master Cornelis Jansen Harel.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Wouters 18-511-96

British merchant ship Austrian 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 Austrian of the Allan Line.

Source

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

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Terrier 1910-1934, Mubuhay I 1934-1938) Ryunan Maru 1938-1942

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Sister ships Tonegawa Maru and Yamayuri Maru identical similar Ryunan Maru. Call sign JQKM, Owner in 1939 Koun Kisen K.K. (managers Yamashito Kisen K.K.), Kobe, Japan. Launched by J.L. Thompson&Sons Ld., Sunderland, England on 30 December 1910, completed in February 1911, owner Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, Norway, transferred to Far Eastern S.C. Co. Ltd. A/S in 1934 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Drum at Owase, Honshu, Japan on 20 October 1942. Gross tonnage 5,106 tons, under deck 4,717 tons, net tonnage 3,753 tons, deadweight 8,130 tons and as dimensions 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.4 x 7.9 (light)-24.9 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower 458 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,334 ton, range 10,500 nautical miles/10.5 knots and speed 10.5 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 567 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Yard Deutsche Werke, Skaramangas, Greece. Date building ordered 6 May 1943. Date completion January 1945.

Source

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

Dutch heavy load carrier Fairlane 2001-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Netherlands-flagged, hoemport Rotterdam, Netherlands, IMO 9153654, MMSI 245021000 and call sign PBFW. Owner/manager Jumbo Shipping, Schiedma, Netherlands. Built by Madenci Marine Industry, Karadeniz Eregli, Turkey in 2001. 

The armament of the Dutch merchant ship Mangkalihat in the Second World War

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 67 3sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

 

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 26 March 1942.

Cargo ship, launched by Deutsche Schiff- & Machinenbau A.G., Werk Joh. C. Tecklenborg A.G., Wesermünde, Germany with yard number 425 in 1928, delivered in April 1928 as Lindenfels  owner/manager Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft 'Hansa' A.G., Bremen, Germany, laid up at Sabang, Dutch East Indies in September 1939, seized by Dutch governement in May 1940, sold to manager N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands, owner N.V. Nederlandsch-Indische Maatschappij voor Zeevaart II, Batavia, Dutch East Indies and renamed Mangkalihat on 10 May 1940 and torpedoed by German submarine U 198 underway from Suez, Egypt via Cape Town, South Africa to the United Kingdom as part of convoy B.C.2 east of Lourence Marques on 1 August 1943 and sunk on 3 August despite salvage efforts.Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands. 

Japanese minesweeper MS 04 1950s

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Length 68.6 feet. The Chiyozuru-class with as dimensions 95 4/5 (overall) x 18 2/3 x 6 1/2 feeet and a displacement of 130 tons, wood-built between 1943-1945 as auxiliary sub chasers named after birds but which were before known as MS+number? 

Portuguese frigate Santo Antonio 1775-1799

Transport/charrua, of the Companhia Geral de Pernambuco e Pariba, mentioned between 1775-1799, armanen t of28 guns.

Source

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

Portugese transport Sao Jose, Principe da Beira 1775-1795

Mentioned between 1775-1795, charrua.

Source

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

Singapore owned cargo ship Lowlands Luck 2023-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Singapore-flagged, IMO 9969209, MMSI 563196400 and call sign 9V8452. Owner Goodwill Maritime Pte Ltd., Singapore, manager Cleanseas Shipmanagement Inc., Manila, Philippines. Built by Shin Kasado Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kudamatsu, Japan in 2023. 

Availability of the Russian tanker Kreml present in the Black Sea in mid November 1942

In a memorandum dated Berlin, Germany 24 November 1942 of the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine 3. Abteilung Seekriegsleistung was the Soviet merchant fleet in the Black Sea described. The majour source used for the memorandum were interrogations of prisoners of war. It became clear that in the Russian Black Sea harbours just 26 cargo ships with a total tonnage of 69,656 gross registers tons and 9 tankers with a total gross register tonnage of 45,790 ton were lying. Of this ships were however no more as 7 cargo ships (totally 18,998 BRT) and 3 tankers (14,45 BRT) available for tasks, the other ships were too damaged and regarded the present time not expected to be repaired on short notice.

Kreml, 7,661 tonsgross register tonnage, lying at Batum, Georgia, Damaged. (1)

Note

1. Call sign UOWD, gross tonnage 7,761, under deck 6,784 ton, net tonnage 4,111 ton, built by States Shipbuilding Yard Marti, Nikolaev, Ukraine, dimensions 446.0 x 56.1 x 34.2 feet. Homeport Tuapse.

Sources

Bundesarchiv RM45-V-85.

Lloyds Register 1939. 

Russian survey vessel Murman 1934-1960s

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Part of Okean-class consisting of the Murman, Okean and Okhotsk. Laid down by No. 194/A. Marti, Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia with yard number 201 on 28 May 1935, launched on 28 May 1935, commissioned on 3 March 1937, minelayer between 8 May 1939-8 December 1945 and stricken in the 1960s.

Sources

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

Huan, Cl. La Flotte rouge.

Budzbon, P., J. Radziemski, and M. Twardowski. Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945, volume I-3.

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

Meister, J. Soviet Warships of the Second World War.

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

Rohwer, J. and M.S. Monakov. Stalin’s Ocean-going Fleet. Soviet naval strategy and shipbuilding programmes 1935-1953.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Far Eastern Sighting Guide (ONI-F-31-FE).

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

American whaler Cowper visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 November 1850

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 15 November the American whaler Cowper master Cole was cleared for New Bedford. 

German LPG/chemical tanker Taugas 2015-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Antigua&Barbuda-flagged, homeport St. John’s, IMO 9675080, MMSI 304067000 and call sign V2GS2. Owner MT Taugas Schiffahrts Gmbh&Co. Kg, manager Sloman Neptun Schiffahrts Gmbh&Co Kg., both at Bremen, Germany. Built by Stx Offshore&Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Jinhae, South Korea. 

German submarine U 157 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 28 June 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 30 June. Work started on 22 April 1918. Planned completion on 17 June. Description of the work overhaul. Remarks replaced on 26 June 1918.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

British destroyer HMS Vigo 1918

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

Sistership Veteran. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An Admiralty modified W-class destroyer ordered under the 14th War Programme . Of the 38 ships ordered were just 7 completed, the other 31 were cancelled. Preceded by S-and Parker-classes and succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. To be built by James Brown&Company Shipyard, Clydebank, Scotland. Order cancelled on 26 November 1918.

British tanker British Renown visited the Black Sea according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 12 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 12 February 1940 No. 729 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 the British tanker British Renown on 7 February 1940 underway from Constanta, Romania with 10,300 ton gasoline towards Gibraltar for orders. Reported passing FT on 9 February 1940. On the stern one gun, amidships 1 flak and mine protection device. Over all dark grey painted.

Source

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

Norwegian cargo ship (ex-Admiral Sky 2001, Anna J 2001-2005, P&I Nedlloyd Spring 2005, Hanseatic Spring 2005-2007) Wilson Dover 2007-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2026

Norway-flagged, IMO 9005754, MMSI 259179000 and call sign LAYI8. Built by Estaleiros Navais Do Mondego, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal in 1993. Germany-flagged 2005, Antigua&Barbuda-flagged 2005-2007, Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, MMSI 314251000 in 2007, Germany-flagged 2007 and Norway-flagged since 2024. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS, manager Wilson Ship Management AS, Bergen, Norway. 

American whaler Covington visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 November 1850

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 15 November the American whaler Covington master Devoll was cleared for cruising.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 566 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Yard Deutsche Werke, Skaramangas, Greece. Date building ordered 6 May 1943. Date completion December 1944.

Source

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

German blockade runner ms. Quito 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. Quito. Not loaded. Left Coquimbo, Chile on 17 Mei 1941. Arrived at Yokohama, Japan on 27 June 1941.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Watten (K 659) 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 Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Company Ltdk, Blyth, England. 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 merchant steamship Conway Castle hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 2,966 tons. Troop transport. Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.

Source

The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64. 

American destroyer USS Monaghan DD-354 1933-1944

Clemson-class type. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Aylwin, Farragut-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Porter, Porter-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Farragut-class preceded by Clemson-class succeeded by Porter-class. Together with the Portland-class authorized by the Congress on 29 April 1916 although without the necessary funding, causing a seriously delay in actual building. Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 21 November 1933, launched on 9 January 1935, commissioned on 19 April 1935 and lost in the Typhoon Cobra while underway from Hawaii towards Ulithi, Caroline Islands on 18 December 1944. 

Communist China building or refitting landing craft increased according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 July 1955

An item reported increased activities in refitting or even newbuilding of L.C.V.P.’s and L.C.M.’s at Shanghai, China. Most of the work was probably refitting. The figure of 30 L.C.V.P.’s and 20 L.C.M.’s was mentioned and which landing craft were possible to be used for occupying the Off-Shore Islands.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Thais torpedo boat HTMS Pattani 1934-

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Pennant 13. Part of Trad-class preceded by Number 1-class succeeded by Kantang-class. Italians design, in fact a smaller Italian Spica-class. Laid down by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy on 31 March 1935, launched on 16 October 1936, commissioned in later 1936, sunk as a target. 

American whaling bark Cherokee visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 November 1850

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 13 November the American whaling bark Cherokee master Cleaveland was cleared for New Bedford.

British flotilla leader HMS Saumarez 1916-1931

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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

Built under the Six Emergency War Construction Programme. Ordered in July 1915. Part of Parker-class flotilla leaders preceded by Marksman-class and succeeded by Admiralty V-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 2 March 1916, launched on 14 October 1916, commissioned on 21 December 1916 and sold to be broken up in January 1931. 

British screw steam transport Cormorant 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 103, present position Constantinople, Turkey, 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 854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

British anti-submarine frigate HMS Loch Vennacher (K 657) 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 Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Company Ltdk, Blyth, England. Cancelled in 1945. Loch-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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

Soviet troops left Port Arthur according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 July 1955

An item reported that recent reports stated that that was left of the Soviet troops in Port Arthur was withdrawn and that Communist China now controlled the naval base facilities. It was unknown what the fate was of the Soviet naval vessels based there, possible handed over to the Chinese navy.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

British destroyer HMS Werewolf 1919

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

Sistership Veteran. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An Admiralty modified W-class destroyer ordered under the 14th War Programme . Of the 38 ships ordered were just 7 completed, the other 31 were cancelled. Preceded by S-and Parker-classes and succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. To be built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend,England, transferred to J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes, Wight, launched on 17 July 1919, not completed and order cancelled in September 1919.

French whaler Nile visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 16 November 1850

An item reported that at Honolulu, Hawaii on 13 November the French whaler Nile master Saillard was cleared for Le Havre, France. 

Japanese auxiliary patrol boat No. 137 1945-1946

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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 15 July 1945 and sunk in rough weather on 18 April 1946. 

British merchant steamship Ganges hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 4,196 tons. Transported hospital stores. Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.

Source

The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 461 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Gusto, Schiedam, Netherlands. Yard number 160. Date building ordered 3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

Dutch whaler De Anna for sale at auction at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1736

Shipbrokers Jacob de Flines. Auction at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement, Haarlemmerdyk, Amsterdam on Monday 22 October 1736 when the Boomklok stopped of the fluyt De Anna, commandeur Pieter Kraey. Built in 1729 and in 1735 new bowsprit and partly the rigging. Armed with 2 iron gotelingen. Dimensions 112 (prow) x 27.10½ (first beam before large hatch within the hull) x 12.6 (depth of hold at first beam before large hatch on load line) x 6.6 (height verdeck first beam before large hatch) x (height steering wheel area) Amsterdam foot. Sold for ƒ 13,725 to Verlaan and Vooghdt.  

Source

Stadsarchief Amsterdam 5071 inventory no. 4 

France hired transport Ville de la Ciotat 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 3 April with engineers and civilian workers. Messageries.

Source

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

German sail training ship (ex-San Antonio 1909-1973, Ariadne 1973-1982) Grossherzogin Elisabeth 1982-

Bremerhaven, Germany 26 April 2026

Launched by N.V. Scheepswerf v/h Jan Smit, Alblasserdam, Netherlands for account of Andreas Hammerstein, Rotterdam, Netherlands as a steel built 3-mast gaff rigged schooner with diesel auxiliary engine on 19 August 1909, delivered on 5 November 1909, sold to Sweden, homeport Hovenaset in 1965, sold to Germany in 1973 and nowadays based at Elsfleth, IMO 5309413, MMSI 211205920 and call sign DGEN. The website Marhisdata claims that she was already sold to Sweden in July 1947 and renamed Buddi, renamed Santoni in 1955, renamed Santoni in 1955.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fherzogin_Elisabeth_(ship) dated 27 April 2026 09:53

Het Nederlandsche Zeewezen dated 1 September 1910. 

Soviet Union transferring floating docks from Black Sea to the Far East according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 July 1955

Sverdlov-class cruisers. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that two Soviet reinforced concrete floating in four sections were underway from Kherson, Ukraine, Black Sea to what was believed Petropavlovsk, Kamtchatka. Dimensions estatimated to be 700 x 120 feet and should be able to lift Sverdlov-class cruisers. There were already three smaller docks available at Petropavlovsk. The transfer of the two larger docks indicated a possible stationing of those cruisers in the Pacific in 1955 and Petropavlovsk becoming a major naval base.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Dutch passenger cargo ship Zaandam 1937-1942

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Laid down by Dok- en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord N.V., Schiedam, Netherlands with yard number 663 on 22 December 1937, launched on 27 August 1938, delivered to the owner/manager N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Holland-Amerika Lijn', Rotterdam, Netherlands on 21 December 1938, converted into a troop transport for the British Ministry of War Transport underway from Cape Town, South Africa towards New York, USA torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 1774 in the South Atlantic on 2 November 1942. 

South Korean Navy responsible for East Coast Patrol according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 July 1955

An item reported that the Republic of Korean Navy [South Korea] was responsible for the East Coast Patrol since January 1955with a high decree of efficiency. The task was taken over from the U.N. Naval Forces.(1)

Note

1. The United Nations Command known as UNC or UN Command was established on 7 July 1950 as a result of the Korean War (25 June 1950-27 July 1953.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 460 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Gusto, Schiedam, Netherlands. Yard number 159. Date building ordered 3 October 1942. Date completion unknown depends on delivery propulsion allowing a future maximum completion of 5-7 Kriegsfischkutters possible.

Source

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

Dutch whaler De Magtelda Christina for sale at auction at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1735

Shipbrokers Gommaris van Duyst, Jan van Blanken and Jan Wittig. Auction at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement, Haarlemmerdyk, Amsterdam on Monday 28 November 1735 of the Dutch hekbootschip De Magtelda Christina, commandeur Symen Symensz Posthumus. In 1734 new bowsprit and partly new rigging and in 1734 new mizzen mast and partly new rigging. Lying south of the Bickers boom. Dimensions 112¾ (prow) x 30.2½ (first beam before large hatch within the hull) x 12.10 (depth of hold at first beam before large hatch on load line) x 6.7 (height verdeck first beam before large hatch) x 6.4 (height half deck) Amsterdam foot. Bidding stopped at ƒ 5,200.

Source

Stadsarchief Amsterdam 5071 inventory no. 4