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Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Scottish offshore vessel (ex-Viking Provider 1999-2009, Vos Provider 2009-2025) Tyr Provider 2025-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 25-2-2026

United Kingdom-flagged, homeport Montrose, IMO 9193070, MMSI 232821000 and call sign MYGV8. Built by Husumer Dock&Repatur, Husum, Germany in 1999. Owner/manager Vroon Offshore Services UK, Aberdeen, Scotland.

British First Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean numbered 10 battleships in 1927

Queen Elizabeth. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Revenge-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

The American Consulate at Valetta, Malta wrote the US State of Secretary on 1 December 1927 that it was believed that the First Battle Squadron of the British Mediterranean Fleet was to number 10 battleships. At that moment were at that station the Fleet Flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth, second-in-command Warspite-class), Barham, Valiant, Royal Oak and Ramillies. Later were the Royal Sovereign, Resolution, Malaya and Revenge to join them. The Barham and Ramillies were to leave Malta on 8 December for a cruise of 2 months off the West African coast.(1)

Note

1. Part of Queen Elizabeth-class: Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Valiant, Malaya and Revenge-class (sometimes called R- or Royal Sovereign-class) : Royal Oak, Revenge, Resolution, Ramilies and Royal Sovereign.

National Archives. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration Series: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Great Britain. Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: 841.315 THRU 841.31553 THRU Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: Movement of Naval Vessels: 841.33 - 841.3311/64. Microcopy 580 roll 92.

Russian destroyer Kapitan-leytenant Baranov 1906-1928

Kapitan Saken. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Modernized design of the German built Vsadnik-class, often considered to be part of the Dobrovolets-class which included several small classes preceded by Leytenant Pushchin-class succeeded by Derzyky-class. Laid down by Naval Yard, Nikolayev, Ukraine on 16 September 1906, launched in 5 Novemberr 1907, commissioned on 13 October 1909, scuttled in the Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918, salvaged and broken up between 1927-1928. Part of the Black Sea Fleet.

British cargo ship ss Athenia torpedoed and sunk according to a report of of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Monday 4 September 1939. An item reported that the British cargo ship ss Athenia was torpedoed and sunk about 200 miles west of the Hebreides. On board were Canadians and 311 Americans returning to the USA. British destroyers, a Swedish yacht and Norwegian and American merchant ships tried to rescue the survivors. The Foreign Officie died officially the loss to the US Chargé.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

Japanese cargo ship Ikushima Maru 1936-1944

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Similar Ikusima Maru and Kasuga Maru. Call sign JGQL. Laid down by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Sukurajima, Japan 5 June in 1936, launched on 14 November 1936, completed on 20 December 1936, requisitioned by the army as Army transport No. 52 in 1937, returned to owners in 1939, requistioned by the navy on 21 November 1940, converted into an auxiliary minesweeper between 28 November-30 December 1940, to be reclassified as an auxiliart transport since 20 Ausgust 1942, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Stringray (SS-186) around 350 miles north north west of Saipan on 30 March 1944 and stricken on 10 May 1944. Owner in 1939 Hamane Shoten K.K. Homeport Kobe. Gross tonnage 3,944 tons, netto tonnage 2,365 tons, deadweight 5,524 tons and as dimensions 365.5 x 50.0 x 26.6 x 8 (light)-22 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, single screw, horsepower 433 nhp, coal bunker capacity 780 tons, range 7,900 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.

Construction time by the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company of an American Connecticut-class type battleship for the Ottoman Empire in 1910

American Connecticut-class battleships. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Turkish Resadiye-class battleships. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British King George V-class battleships. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

The Ottoman government was in 1910 interested in purchasing two battleships. American shipyards were competing with foreign shipyards among the British were favourite. The US Secretary of State sent on 1 June 1910 a telegram to the Embassy at Constantinople stating that the Ottoman Minister of Marine resigned and that his Ministry an open competition for building Turkish warships favoured. The awards were for the lowest bidder. On 30 June 1910 were letters sent by the Acting Secretary of State to William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Company, Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, New York Shipbuilding Company, the Bethlehem Steel Company and Mr. M.M.A. Smith of the Care Niles, Bennett, Pond Company at New York(1).

With the similar text: “That this Department has been requested by the delomatic representative in this city of a foreign power [the Ottoman Empire] to secure information from American shipsbuilding as to the shortest length of time in which a battleship of the Connecticut class (2) be laid down, launched and equipped”. Such information was asked from all the leading powers [like the United Kingdom and Germany]. The foreign power intended to place an award for building a battleship of the mentioned type to be built within the shortest length of time. The firms were requested for their immediate attention and advice to be able to answer the Ottoman Empire.

Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company wrote back on 1 July that she could be laid down with 60 days, launched within 12 months and completed within 24 months from the date on she got an order for building.

At the end a Turkish battleship was built by a British shipyard but never delivered.(3)

Notes

1. The Niles-Bement-Pond Company, created in 1899 by merging Niles Tool Works, Bement, Miles&Co, Pond Machine Tool Company and Philadephia Engine Works. Later were Pratt&Whitney, Pratt&Whitney of Canada, John Bertrams&Sons and Ridgway Machine Co., acquired.

2. Part of Connecticut-class preceded by Virginia-class succeeded by Mississippi-class, laid down by New York Navy Yard on 10 March 1903, launched on 29 September 1904, commissioned on 29 September 1906, decommissioned on 1 March 1923, sold to be broken up on 1 November 1923 and stricken on 10 November 1923.

3. The Resadiye-class which were an improved British King George V-class battleships design ordered from Vickers, Armstrong Whitworth. The Fatih Sultan Mehmed was ordered in April 1914 but never completed. The Resadiye (ex-Mehmed Resad V) was seized when the First World War broke out and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Erin. The Ottoman Empire bought in September 1913 from Brazil the Rio de Janeiro which was renamed Sultan Osman-I Evvel which was seized by in August 1914 and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Agincourt.

Source

Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration Series: Records of the Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of Turkey. Turkey: Naval Affairs, Navy, Naval Vessels: 867.30 - 867.348. Microcopy 353 rol 42.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2361 in July 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number 515. Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion December 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

American whaler Thomas Dickerson visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 21 February of the American whaler Thomas Dickerson master Taber of New Bedford 8 months 200 barrels sperm oil cleared 11 March

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 42 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Yard at Varna, Bulgaria. Date building ordered 22 December 1941. 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.

American whaling barque Isabel visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 22 February of the American whaling barque Isabel master Smalley of New Bedford 8 months 194 barels sperm oil cleared 11 March

Construction status of the German submarine U 2360 in July 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number

Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion December 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

Dutch East Indiaman Vlissingen 1651-

Ship, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1651, launched 20 April 1653..

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 Greenland whaler De Fortuijn involved in lawsuit in 1668

Deed dated 28 September 1668 in which Isaac Hochepied de Jonge, merchant at Amsterdam, authorized merchant Joannes Hartogh to continue the legal dispute for the Commissarissen van de Zeezaken he started as charterer of the ship De Fortuijn sent this year to Greenland as whaler commandeur Jan Pietersen Zijtwint against commandeur Lens Harmensen of the ship De Stadt Rotterdam of her charterers.

Source

Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Wouters 18-545-267

Scottish whaler Monarch in 1821

Type ship. Master A. Young. Tonnage 308 tons. Built at Whitby in 1810. Owner Montrose Whale Fishing Co. Port where registered Montrose.

Source

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

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Iranian Forward Base Ship/drone carrier Makran 441(ex-Al Buhaira 2009-2013, Beta 2013-2020) 2021-2026

Off the lighthouse of Røsnæ in 2021 bound for naval exercises at St. Petersburg, Russia

IMO 9486910, MMSI 636014395 and call sign A8TO5. Launched by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., Yokosuka, Japan with yard number 1354 as the Dubai-based Al Buhaira International Shipping Inc. owned, Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia crude oil tanker Al Buhaira on 10 September 2009, completed on 8 March 2010, later owned by Ionian Shipping Management LLC, Fujairah, renamed Beta in 2013, rebuilt by ISOICO shipyard at Bandar Abbas, Iran, refloated in November 2020, seatrials between 9-14 December 2020, commissioned in the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy on 13 January 2021 and destroyed in the 2026 Iran conflict on 2 March 2026. Fitted out wih a helicopter pad, platforms for VTOL unmanned aerial vehicles and carried 6-7 helicopters with her. Endurance 1,000 days. Full load displacement 121,000 metric tons and as dimensions 230.13 x 42.03 x 21.5 (height) metres or 755.0 x 137.11 x 70.6 feet.

Turkish frigate TCG Oruçreis F 245 1992-

Rotterdam, Netherlands 28 February 2020

Turkey-flagged, MMSI 271035023 and call sign TBJY. Laid down on 23 July 19922 by Gölcük Naval Shipyard, launched on 28 July 1994 and commissioned on 10 May 1996 or 23 May 1997. Part of Barbaros-class preceded by Yavuz-class succeeded by Istanbul-class. MEKO 200TN type.

German naval aircraft bombed the Polish city Gdynia and the Hela Peninsula according to a report of of the American Naval Attaché at Berli, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Friday 1 September 1939. An item reported that German naval aircraft bombed the Polish city Gdynia and the Hela Peninsula.(1)

Note

1. The Peninsula had great military importance being part of the Polish Corridor and was by the Polish converted into a fortified region. After Germany captured Hela or Hell the defence was further increased .

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)

Japanese cargo ship Hirokawa Maru 1939-1942

Kamikawa Maru original appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Kamikawa Maru-class consisting of the Kamikaze Maru, Kiyokawa Maru, Kimikawa Maru, Kunikawa Maru and Hirokawa Maru. Owner in 1939 Kawasaki Line. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 6 April 1939, launched on 10 May 1940, completed on 12 October 1940, acquired by the army on 8 February 1941, classified as nucleus anti-aricraft vessel, damaged by US aircraft and artillery was she sunk by the American destroyer USS Meady at Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Island on 15 October 1942. Dimensions around 479.5 x 62.x 20.3 x 12 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Range 35,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Oil fuel bunker capacity 2,800 tons. Single screw. Horsepower 1,850 nhp/7,500 bhp. Rpm 101/16 knots and 119 rpm/19 knots. Speed 16 (normal cruising)-21 (maximum) knots. Strengthened for 5” or 6” guns armament.

British repair ship HMS Assistance visiting Astakos, Greece in January 1928

Sketch of Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (1872–1945), KCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, by the British painter Glyn Warren Philpot, 1918.

Courtesy of the collection of the Imperial War Museums.

The American Consulate at Valetta, Malta wrote the US State of Secretary on 10 January 1928 No. 223 that the British Mediterranean Fleet under admiral Sir George Keyes (1) was to depart from Malta on 16 January for exercises and afterwards to be splitted into divisions for a cruise to the Levant. The entire fleet was to reassemble at Malta on 2 February. The HMS Assistance (2) was to arriva at Astakos, Greece on 19 January, leaving on 31 January and arriving at Malta on 2 February.

Notes

1. Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (4 October 1872 Punjab, British India-26 December 1945 Tingewick, United Kingdom). served in the Royal Navy between 1885-1935 and 1940-1941 ending his career in the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.

2. The repair ship purchased in 1900 and handed over to the Ward shipbreakers as part payment for the RMS Majestic in 1937?

Source

National Archives. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records AdministrationSeries: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Great Britain. Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: 841.315 THRU 841.31553 THRU Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: Movement of Naval Vessels: 841.33 - 841.3311/64. Microcopy 580 roll 92.

The design of a floating battery by John William Couchman in 1862

The American annual cyclopaedia p. 623 mentioned that on the World Exhibition in 1862 J.W. Couchman presentended a model of a floating battery “combined with vertical ports the sloping side between ports, as attic windows are formed in the slooping roof. The necessity of rendering the sides and roofs also of these ports shot-proof, would probably make the proposed armor enormoulsy heavy.”

An catalogue supplies more specific details. Coucham lived at Tottenham Green, Middlesex, England and presented on the exhibition except for the floating battery models of a new principle of street making and an iron combination bridge. The model of the 12-gun battery had as scale 5 feet to 1 inch. That resulted in reality in a ship of 150 (over al) x 38.9 x 8 (height maindeck at sides) feet. The building material was oak timber of ribs in solid order 2 feet thick. The gunways and sided to 2 feet vertically below water level, to be covered with 3” iron plates and the flushdeck witt 2” dito, secured with bolts with mushroom-shaped heads of stee 8” in diameter. The interior was to be ventilatedthrough gangways on the flush deck, by apertures at stem and Stern and by the port-holes, which open to the under side of the domed roofs.

His spouse described in her book that he made a model of a floating battery in a room of the former house of the father of reverend G.T, Thompson at Tottenham Green which he gave to the Royal Unted Service Institution and from there handed over to the South Kensington Museum. John William (13 March 1824 Kensington, London, England-10 August 1901 16 Pembury Road, Tottenham) was a civil engineer particular of waterworks and further surveyor and agent to the lords of the manors of Tottenham and Edmonton. The London Gazette dated 29 October 1875 mentioned him also as inventor of “improvements in the means of and apparatus for raising sunken vessels, and also for preventing them from sinking.”No. 3548.

Sources

Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1862. The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department. British division-vol. II. No. 2664.

Mrs. J.W. [Harriet] Couchman. Reminiscences of Tottenham, 1909.

The London Gazette 29-10-1875.

https://atom.aim25.com/index.php/couchmans-tottenham-surveyors-and-valuers seen 2-3-2026

The American annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year 1862. Volume II, New York, 1871.

The Practical Mechanic’s Journal. Record of the Great Exhibition, 1862.

Italian ocean going diesel-electric submarine Alpino Bagnolini 1938-1943 and German U.I.T. 22 1943-1944

Brin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Liuzzi-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Liuzzi-class of which totally 4 four were built preceded by Brin-class. Laid down by Cantieri Navale Tosi, Taranto, Italy on 15 December 1938, launched on 28 October 1939, commissioned on 22 December 1939, seized at Bordeaux, France by German forces after the Italian armistice in September 1943, converted into a cargo submarine for supplying Japanese bases in the Far East, sunk by Catalina’s of the South African Force around 650 nautical miles south-southeast off Cape Town, South Africa on 11 March 1944 and stricken on 27 February 1947

Laid up and unfit cruisers of the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1922

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

The Commissioner of the United States at Riga, Latvia supplied the Secretary of State at Washingto n, USA on 23 February 1922 more details about the condition of Russian warships. The cruisers Kimburn, Izmail, Greig, Svetlana and Lazarev were laid up being absolutely unfit for service unless extensive repairs which were out of question under the present consitions. Most of the guns were removed to be used elsewhere.

Source

Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1910-29. Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: 861.30 .(861.31 Naval Maneuvers; 851.32 Personnel); 861.33 Movements of Navy Vessels; 861.34 Equipment and Supplies): 861.39 - 861.345. Micro film 316 roll 92.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2359 in July 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number 513. Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion November 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

Croatian customs motor boat B in 1943

According to a letter dated Zagreb 4 November 1943 were the vessels of the customs service in April 1941 mainly at Split or other Croatian harbours under Croatian flag until July 1941 when the Italian took over the vessels for war purposes. Efforts to keep at least some of the vessels for security reasons off the Croatian coast were denied by the Italian government claiming the vessels were taken as Yugoslavian prizes despite during 4 being months Croatia-flagged and Italy would protect the Croatian coastline. Gross register tonnage 20 tons.(1)

Note

1. The Independent State of Croatia was established after Yugoslavia was captured by Italy and Germany on 10 April 1941. This state was first an Italian Protectorate between 1941-1943 and then a German puppet state between 1943-1945.

Source

Bundesarchiv TM-12-II/4

Construction status of the German submarine U 2358 in July 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number 512. Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion November 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

American whaler Magnolia visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 11 June 1853

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 17 January of the American whaler Magnolia master Cox of New Bedford 16 months, cleared 24 January

French ship of the line (ex-Impétueux 1757-1762) Ville de Paris 1762-1782

Source Gallica

Laid down at Rochefort, France in 1757, renamed La Ville d Pari in1762, launched on 19 January 1764, commissioned in 1762, captured by the British in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782,underway from Jamaica to England sunk off Newfoundland during the so-called Central Atlantic hurricane in September 1872.

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

An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 30 March of the American whaler Bramin master Childs 6 months out clean coming from Hilo. Cleared for cruising on 31 March.

French screw steam ship of the line 2nd class la Ville de Nantes 1854-1887

Source Gallica

Preceded by the Algésiras class, both designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme.Ordered on 3 April 1854, laid dwon by Arsenal de Cherbourg, France on 20 June 1854, launched on 7 August 1858, completed in October 1860, commissioned on 25 October 1860, floating prison snce 1871, stricken on 28 November 1872 and sold to be broken up in 1887.

Dutch East Indiaman Zierikzee 1651-

Ship, E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw sr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg 1651, launched 20 September 1652.

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.

Japanese harbor craft CS 68 1950s

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Length 48.6 feet. Operated by the Maritime Safety Board

German Greenland whaler Charitas returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 18 August 1699

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 August reported the arrival on 14 August at Bremen of the German Greenland whaler Charitas zero results

Scottish whaler Nelson? in 1821

Type ship. Master Ridley. Tonnage 282 tons. Built at Aberdeen in 1796. Owner Union Whale Fishing Co. Port where registered Aberdeen.

Source

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

Monday, 2 March 2026

German pre design for the Deutschland-class pocket battleships design I/10 dated 1923

Design I/10. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Admiral Graf Spee. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Deutschland-class consisted of the Deutschland (Panzerschiff A, replacement of the Preussen) renamed Lützow in January 1940), Admiral Graf Scheer Panzerschiff B replacement of the Lotharingen) and Admiral Graf Spee (Panzerschiff C, replacement of the Braunschweig, lost in 1939). Succeeded by Admiral Hiper-class and planned D-class cruiser. Original called Panzerschiffe (armored ships), reclassifed as heavy cruisers in February 1940. The press called her pocket battleships while she were more competent then the pre-dreadnought battleships, able to outrun every ship more heavier armed or to out gun every existing (heavy) cruiser due to her armament of 2x3-28cm/11” guns. Plans to convert the two existing units in 1943 into aircraft carriers was not executed. Displacement 10,000 tons and as dimensions 176,0 x 18,8 x 6,5 metres. Turbine propulsion, 46 single ended and 4 double ended oil fuelled boilers, 2 shafts, 80,000 hp and speed of 22 knots. Belt 8cm, gun hoods maximum 10 cm and deck 3 cm. Armament of 4x2-21cm quikck firing guns, 4x1-8,8cm anti aircraft guns and 8-50cm submerged torpedo tubes.

Sources

Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Die Panzerschiffe der Deutschland-klasse.

Mike J. Whitley. Deutsche Kreuzer im Zweiten Weltkrieg.

Gert Sandhofer. Das Panzerschiff “A” und die vorentwürfe von 1920 bis 1928.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Flottes de combat several editions.

Bundesarchiv several files. German pre design for the Deutschland-class pocket battleships design

The Chinese river gunboat Li Chuan in November 1927

The American consul at Harbin, China G.C. Hanson sent with his report dated 29 November 1927 a list dealing with the Chinese gunboats on the Sungari River. It included the Li Huan. Used for patrolling between Harbin and Lahasus. Reported to be in fair condition as far as cleanliness is but did not cruise much often caused by a chronic lacking coal and other supplies which was due to lacking the necessary finances. The gunboats seemed to have little success in preventing brigands attacking passing steamships and junks arrriving too late on the place of delict. Displacement 375 tons. Built of steel. Armament 6: 2-3lb quick firing guns, 2 mortars, 2 Make-sin (Maxim?) machine guns. Former nationality unknown. Former name unknown. Horsepower unknown. Tug converted into gunboat.

Source

National Archives. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration. Series: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of China. File Unit. Military Affairs and the Army: Army Maneuvers: 893.21 - 893.215 THRU Naval Affairs, Navy, Naval Vessels: Pay: 893.35/0-2. Microfilm 329 roll 122.

Japanese minelayer Sarushima 1933-1944

Part of Natshima-class consisting of the Nasami, Natsushima both Project H5 and Sarushima Project H5B. Ordered under the 1931 Programme. Designed was based on that of preceding Tsubama-class succeeded by Sokuten-class. Laid down by Mitsubishi, Yokohama on 28 March 1933, launched on 16 December 1933, completed on 20 July 1934, between 194e-1944 were her minerails removed for carrying 36 depth charges and since then escort, sunk during an air raid off Ototo-Jima on 4 July 1944 and stricken on 10 September 1944.

Condition of the Russian submarine division of the Baltic Fleet in 1922

The Commissioner of the United States at Riga, Latvia supplied the Secretary of State at Washington, USA on 23 February 1922 more details about the condition of Russian warships. The division consisted of the repair and supply ships Polkov (salvage), Tosno, Voin, Voiny, Aneta and Timernick (supply) and the following submarines:

-Tiger. Her forward cistern was badly damaged, de rudder protection demolished, propeller shafts out of alignment, accumaltors out of oder and her propulsion needed a complete overhauling.When she dived to a depth of 70 feet or more gave her hull plates way on seams. She was now dry-deocked but lacking repair material all work stopped.

-Panther was general spoken in bad condition and not fit for sea.

-Rys, was fit for sea as soon as the minor repairs were completed.

-Iorsh, a special submarine minelayer was indefinitely out of commission.

-Yaguar, fit for the sea.

-Tur and Volk were practically entirely out of commission.

-Leopard and Zmeya were in good condition and fir for the sea.

-Kagur, Vepr, Kaz, Parel and Ugor were laid up indefinitely and no attempts were made to repair them.

-Minoga, Makerel, Kasatka, Okim and Keta served between 1918-1919 on the Caspian Sea but were now all lying at Astrachan, completely out of commission.

-Keta was under repair at the Baltic Shipyard, Petrograd and was to be commissioned in May or at the latets in June this year.

Source

British destroyer HMS Weazel 1918

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 Fairfield Shipbuilding&Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland. Order cancelled on 26 November 1918.

German blockade runner Gedania in 1940

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. Motor tanker Gedania. Loaded with about 9,000 whale oil. Departed Las Palmas, Canary Islands on 14 October 1940. Arrived at St. Nazaire, France on 2 November 1940. Returned in Germany on 1 December 1940, seized by OKW/Ausl. IV-Kriegsmarine and handed over to A III.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

American destroyer minelayer USS Maury DD-100 1918-1934

Part of Wickes-class preceded by Caldwell-classs succeeded by Clemson-class divided into Little-subclass, Lamberton-subclass and Tattnall-subclasses. Laid down by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 4 May 1918, launched on 4 July 1918, commissioned on 23 September 1918, reclassified as DM-05 on 17 July 1920, decommissioned on 19 March 1930, stricken on 22 October 1930, sold on 17 January 1931 and broken up on 1 May 1934.

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

An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 24 March of the American whaler Menkar master Pease 7 months out clean coming from the Mosquito Bay. Cleared on 30 April for cruising.

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 41 in 1944

Source

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

American whaler Adeline spoken according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 23 October 1852

An item reported the American whaler Abram Parker which arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii on 14 October 1852 spoke in September the American whaler Adeline 10 whales.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2357 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number 511. Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion November 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning.

Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

British Mediterranean Fleet preparing to leave Malta for exercises followed by harbor visits in January-February 1928

Sketch of Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (1872–1945), KCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, by the British painter Glyn Warren Philpot, 1918.

Courtesy of the collection of the Imperial War Museums.

The American Consulate at Valetta, Malta wrote the US State of Secretary on 10 January 1928 No. 223 that the British Mediterranean Fleet under admiral Sir George Keyes (1) was to depart from Malta on 16 January for exercises and afterwards to be splitted into divisions for a cruise to the Levant. The entire fleet was to reassemble at Malta on 2 February. The 4th Destroyer Flotilla and Sandhurst (2) were to arrive at Valona [Vlorë, Albania?] on 20 January, leaving on 30 January and arriving at Malta on 2 February.

Notes

1. 1. Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (4 October 1872 Punjab, British India-26 December 1945 Tingewick, United Kingdom). served in the Royal Navy between 1885-1935 and 1940-1941 ending his career in the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.

2. Launched by Harland&Wolff from slip 5 on 14 December 1905, delivered on 13 January 1906, hired as merchant ship Mainupur by the Royal Navy in 1914, purchased in 1915, served as dummy for the British battleship HMS Indomitable, conversion into a depot ship which completed in September 1916, several times de- and recommissioned, served in the Mediterranean and finally broken up at Dalmuir, Scotland in April 1946.

Source

National Archives. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records AdministrationSeries: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Great Britain. Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: 841.315 THRU 841.31553 THRU Naval Affairs, Navy, Navy Vessels: Movement of Naval Vessels: 841.33 - 841.3311/64. Microcopy 580 roll 92.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2356 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXIII. Yard Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Yard number 501. Date building ordered 28 October 1943. Date completion November 1944. Remarks deadlines conform planning. Source

Deutsches Historisches Institut Moska. Records 500 findbuch 12453-file 147.

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