American destroyer USS Beale DD-40 1911-1934

Flusser, Smith-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Roe, Paulding-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Paulding-class (DD 22-42) preceded by Smith-class succeeded by Cassin-class. Some times DD 24-28, 30-31, 33 and 36 are considered as the Roe-class and DD 32,35 and 38-42 as Monaghan-class. Silhouettes differs while the DD 24-27, 30-32, 34, 36-37 and 40 possessed 3 instead of 4 funnels, with the middle funnel being larger with two boiler uptakes trunked together. The edition Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I called the class instead of Paulding-class the Drayton-class which was unofficially also known as the Flivver Type. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA with yard number 379 on 8 May 1911, launched on 30 April 1912, commissioned on 30 September 1912, decommissioned on 25 October 1919, transferred to the US Coastguard as Beale CG-9 on 28 April 1924, commissioned on 26 October 1934, decommissioned on 1 June 1930, returned to the navy, laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, stricken on 28 June 1934. lost her name needed for new building on 5 July 1934 and sold to be broken up on 22 August 1934. 

Sault Sainte Marie Locks of major importance for American arms production according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

An item reported that according to a J.I.C. comment the American production of arms would be in fact ended if the Sault Sainte Marie or SOO Canal locks (1) would be destroyed. One real scenario was an attack by paratroopers and airborne engineer demolition crews landing on the ice above and below the locks. The solution was a well-coordinated defence consisting of at least ground troops, interceptor pursuit, aircraft warning net and a DERAX Station.

Note

1. These locks located on the St. Marys River connected Lake Superior, the lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway for cargo ships.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

Enemy submarine hunted off American west coast according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

An item reported that without success an enemy submarine was attacked 100 miles west of Santa Cruz, California, American west coast.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

Dutch hydrographic survey vessel Hr.Ms. Buyskes A 905 1972-2004 and Latvian auxiliary/support vessel LSV Varonis A-90 2004-

Part of Buyskes-class consisting of the Blommendal and Buyskens. Laid down by Boele’s Scheepswerven en MachinefabriekB.V., Bolnes, Netherlands on 31 January 1972, launched on 11 July 1972, commissioned on 9 March 1973, decommissioned on 11 December 1903, sold to Latvia and renamed Varonis, IMO 4589638, MMSI 275307000. 

American sailing sealing ship Exile in 1844-1846

Homeport New London, Connecticut. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 70 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 17 July 1844. Date of return 8 January 1846. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 200. Also whale oil and bone.

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. 

American sailing sealing ship Enterprise in 1842-1844

Homeport Stonington, Connecticut. Rigging brig. Tonnage 95 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Chilean coast. Date of departure 10 August 1842. Date of return 30 May 1844. Number of fur seal skins 500. Barrels of sea-elephant oil -. Also 1,000 hair-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. 

Dutch destroyer Hr.Ms. Gelderland D811 1951-1973 (1993)

At sea in 1971

Part of Holland-class, preceded by Gerard Callenburg-class, succeeded by Kortenaer anti submarine frigate, ordered on 2 January 1948, laid down by Wilton-Fijneoord, Schiedam, Netherlands on 10 March 1951, launched on 19 September 1953, commissioned on 17 August 1955, decommissioned in 1973, instruction vessel for Technical Training Royal Navy (TOKM) school at Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold to be broken up in 1988 and broken up at Zaandam, Netherlands in 1993. 

American sailing sealing ship Enterprise in 1840-1842

Homeport Stonington, Connecticut. Rigging brig. Tonnage 95 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 3 September 1840. Date of return 5 May 1842. Number of fur seal skins 300. -Barrels of 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. 

American sailing sealing ship Emmeline 1843-1844

Homeport Mystic, Connecticut. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 76 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Date of departure 9 July 1843. Date of return 4 April 1844. Number of fur seal skins 650. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 600.

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. 

Dutch patrol vessel Hr.Ms. Balder P 802 1953-1985

At sea off Dutch coast probably 1970s

Part of Balder-class built under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) and paid for by the USA. Used for patrolling along the Dutch coast and in waterways. Laid down at the Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands on 12 September 1953, launched on 24 February 1954, commissioned on 6 August 1954, decommissioned on 1 January 1985 and sold to be broken up to Simmeren Schroot B.v., Groningen, Netherlands on 5 June 1985. 

American sailing sealing ship Columbia 1840-1842

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 492 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 9 July 1840. Date of return 6 May 1842. Number of fur seal skins 0. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 4,000 and 100 barrels sperm 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. 

American sailing sealing ship Corinthian 1849-1851

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 505 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 7 September 1849. Date of return 27 April 1851. Number of fur seal skins 0. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,000, also whale oil and whale bone.

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. 

Belgian inshore minesweeper Kortrijk M 472

Part of Herstal-class. Laid down by Mercantile Marine Yard, Kruibeke, Belgium in March 1957, commissioned on 13 June 1958, converted into a Ready Duty Ship (RDS) for fishery, oil pollution control and patrol duties, active in the service of the Belgian navy until 1 August 1989 and sold to a Danish towage company on 4 April 1990 and lost due to fire. 

Japanese merchant ship sunk in the Marshall Islands by American submarine according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 February 1942

An item reported that an American submarine sunk a Japanese 5,000 tons merchant ship in the Marshall Islands.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 72 dated 20 February 1942

British press claimed German capital ships joined at sea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 February 1942

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, MH 71390

Tirpitz anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944

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pocket battleship/heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer. Werft-Reederei-Hafen 15 April 1933

An item reported that the British Admiralty could not confirm what the press claimed over the German pocket battleship [Admiral] Scheer and heavy cruiser [Admiral] Hipper and the battleship Tirpitz joined each other at sea. Reconnaissance on 19 February made clear that the Tirpitz was still lying close off the Norwegian coast without joining other heavy units.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 73 dated 21 February 1942

British 2nd class cruiser HMS Marathon 1887-1905

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Pearl-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Smaller version of the Mersey-class. Built under the naval programme of 1887. Part of the Maratho-n or Medea-class preceded by Mersey-class succeeded by Pearl-or Pallas-class. Laid down by Fairfields, Govan, Scotland on 10 August 1887, launched on 23 August 1888, completed in 1889 and sold om 11 August 1905 to Ward, Preston. 

Japan strengthening base facilities at Rabaul, New Guinea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 February 1942

An item reported that the Japanese base facilities at Rabaul were expected to be completed by early March. In the meantime arrived continuously Japanese air and naval reinforcements.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 73 dated 21 February 1942

Merchant ship Premier chartered by France for the expedition to China in 1860

In 1856 broke the Second Opium War out as a result of western powers trying to force the Chinese Qing dynasty to open the frontiers for foreign trade and to obtain more influence. A treaty signed in 1858 was to end the war and give the western powers more or less what they wanted. A combined British-America-French effort to pass the Taku forts and go on to Pei-ho (nowadays Hai River) failed and France and the United Kingdom decided to sent out a combined expedition with the first French ships leaving France on 5 December 1859. A joint ultimatum of both countries dated 8 March 1860 was refused on 8 April 1860 followed by fighting. To transport their troops and stores France and especially England hired several merchant ships.

Source

Léopold Pallu de La Barrière. Expédition de Chine en 1860. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1863, p. 15. 

Japanese passenger cargo ship Eiko Maru 1937-1944

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Call sign JSXL. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen Kaisha, Osaka, Japan. Launched by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Innoshima, Japan on 5 October 1937, completed on 25 January 1938, requisitioned by the navy on 1 October 1941, converted into some called an auxiliary gunboat others a minesweeper tender/minecraft tender, torpedoed and sunk bu the British submarine HMS Storm (P233) in the Strait of Malacca off Penang, Malaya on 18 June 1944 and stricken on 1 October 1944. Gross tonnage 3,026tons, net tonnage 1,766 tons, deadweight 3,841 tons and as dimensions 303.0 x 45.3 x 24.4 x 9.5 (light)-20 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, one screw, coal bunker capacity 329 tons, and speed 11.5 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots. 

German submarine UB 106 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 12 July 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 14 July. Work started on 22 March. Planned completion on unknown. Description of the work repairs.Remarks Postponed indefinitely because the return of electrical instruments for repair was not yet foreseeable.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

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

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent 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 where the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 4-2cm guns

Armed with 1-7,62cm/3” cal 50 dual purpose gun supplied at New York on 23 March 1944

Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” HL gun.

Source

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

Dutch bitumen tanker (ex-San Lorenzo 2009-2015) Iver Ambition 2015-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Madeira/Portugal-flagged, IMO 9439163, MMSI 255984000 and call sign CRYC. Owner HB Tankship XI Bv., manager Iver Ships Bv, both of Breda, Netherlands. Built by Brodogradiliste Kraijevica D/d, Kraijevica, Croatia in 2009. Italy-flagged between 2009-2015. 

American sailing sealing ship Corinthian 1847-1849

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 505 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 3 September 1847. Date of return 26 June 1849. Number of fur seal skins 0. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 2,000 and also whale 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. 

Sale of 1/32 share in the Dutch whaler de Vrouw Helena at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers A. Kramp, C. van der Glas and M. Kly sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 12 October 1767 1/32 share in Dutch fluytship de Vrouw Helena, commandeur Daniel Claasz Meyser, built in 1733, length 113 1.2 feet, 125 guilders, stroke 6 guilders, J.H. Jansz (1)

Note

1. Greenland commandeur between 1750-1759, 1765-1770 and 1774-1775, in 1767 for Robbert Macreel, Amsterdam: 2 whales-75 barrels blubber-101 quardelen whale oil. 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.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, October part 1, Amsterdam, 1767. 

British passenger ship (ex-Stockholm 1948-1960, Völkerfreundschaft 1960-1985, Volker 1985-1986, Fridtjof Nansen 1986-1993, Italia I 1993-1994, Italia Prima 1994-1998, Valtur Prima 1998-2002, Caribe 2002-2005, Athena 2005-2013, Azores 2013-2016) Astoria 2016-2026

Scrapyard Gent, Belgium 12-9-2026

Building ordered in October 1944, launched by Gotaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden with yard number 611 on 9 September 1946, handed over to Swedish America Lineon 7 February 1948, commissioned on 21 February 1948, laud up in 2020 and sold to be broken up in 2025. Sweden-flagged, Gothenburg 1948-1960, East Germany-flagged, Rostock 1960-1985, Panama-flagged, Panama City 1985-1989, Italy-flagged, Naples 1989-2004 and Portugal/Madeira-flagged 2004-2025

American whaler Columbus visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 29 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaler Columbus master Harris coming from Arctic 25 barrels sperm oil 75 barrels whale oil 3,000 lbs bone

American whaler Cherokee visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 29 October 1853

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 26 October of the American whaler Cherokee master Smith coming from Arctic 1,000 barrels whale oil 9,000 lbs bone

Dutch Edible Oil Tanker Star Bonaire 1997-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Zaandam, IMO 9148453, MMSI 246359000 and call sign PHUU. Owner/manager Koole Tanktransport BV, Zaandam, Netherlands. Built by Harlingen Scheepswerf&Reparatiebedrijf, Harlingen, Netherlands in 1997. 

Whaler Hunter reported according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Hunter, 23 December, 400 barrels oil.

Whaler Victoria spoken according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Victoria, 9 months out, 400 barrels oil, spoken by the Admiral Cockburn. 

Confusion of names: Greenland whaling = Spitsbergen/Svalbard whaling and Davis Strait whaling= Greenland whaling

Boiling whale oil, probably Amsterdam Eiland, Spitsbergen. 

Mountain left probably Jan Mayen-eiland (Beerenberg).

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Cornelis de Man

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. 

American patrol frigate USS Tacoma PF-3 1943-1945, Soviet EK-11 1945-1949, American USS Tacoma 1949-1951, South Korean Taedong 1951-1973

British River-class-anti submarine frigates ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

American Tacoma-class-patrol frigates. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preceded by the Asheville-class patrol frigates. Originally classified as gunboats (PG) but since 15 April 1943 as patrol frigates. Planned were 100 ships but 4 were cancelled so totally 96 were built between 1943-1945 of which 21 were transferred to the British Royal Navy commissioned as the Colony-class and 28 to the Soviet Union. Based on a design of the British River-class of which the HMS Adur and the HMCS Annan -both built in Canada- were transferred to the USA in 1942 and became the USS Asheville and Natchez of the Asheville-class. The American firm Gibbs&Cox made for the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) a modified design S2-S2-AQ1 to meet the American demands and which became the Tacoma-class. Ordered as Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1421. Laid down by Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard 4, Richmond, California, USA with yard number 46 on 10 March 1943, launched on 7 July 1943, commissioned on 6 November 1943, decommissioned on 16 August 1945, transferred to the Soviet Union on 16 August 1945, renamed EK-11, decommissioned and returned to the USA on 16 October 1949, retaining original name, recommissioned on 1 December 1950, decommissioned in October 1951, transferred to South Korea on 9 October 1951, renamed Taedong F-63, decommissioned on 28 February 1973, returned to the USA on 28 February 1973, stricken on 20 April 1973, donated to South Korea on 1 June 1973 and became museum ship. 

Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim lost after being attacked by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 83 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 27 March-3 April 1941

An item reported that on 24 March was lost the Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim due to bombs of enemy aircraft, tonnage 8,070 tons , loaded with government stores, underway from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, part of convoy yes, on the position off the south coast of Crete, Greece. All men saved.(1)

Note

1. Name misspelled must be Solheim, sunk by German Junkers Ju88 bombers.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1. 

German submarine UB 84 under repair at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1918

A list dealing dated 12 July 1918 reported the status of work on the submarines expected on 14 July. Work started on 20 February. Planned completion in mid June. Description of the work repairs. Remarks expired on 5 July.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 3-11254. 

French destroyer l’Intrépide 1939-1941

French L’Adroit-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Le Hardi-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Italian Navigatore-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Japanese Fubuki-Amagiri group©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

French T47 B-design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

French fast battleship Dunkerque©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Le Hardi-class preceded by L’Adroit-class and succeeded by T 47-class. Of the 12 planned units were 7 completed. The Le Hardi-class destroyers were designed to be able to keep up with the fast battleships Dunkerque and Strassbourg and to counter the Italian Navigatore- class and Japanese Fubuki-class destroyers. The design was approved on 10 August 1934. Laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer on 16 August 1939, launched on 26 June 1941 and after the war still incomplete broken up. 

Merchant ship Amiral-Baudin chartered by France for the expedition to China in 1860

In 1856 broke the Second Opium War out as a result of western powers trying to force the Chinese Qing dynasty to open the frontiers for foreign trade and to obtain more influence. A treaty signed in 1858 was to end the war and give the western powers more or less what they wanted. A combined British-America-French effort to pass the Taku forts and go on to Pei-ho (nowadays Hai River) failed and France and the United Kingdom decided to sent out a combined expedition with the first French ships leaving France on 5 December 1859. A joint ultimatum of both countries dated 8 March 1860 was refused on 8 April 1860 followed by fighting. To transport their troops and stores France and especially England hired several merchant ships.

Source

Léopold Pallu de La Barrière. Expédition de Chine en 1860. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1863, p. 15. 

British merchant ship Navarino 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 Navarino.

Source

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

Japanese passenger-cargo ship Hawaii Maru 1915-1944

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Call sign JHWD. Sister ships Manila Maru, Alabama Maru, Arizona Maru, Afrika Maru, Arabia Maru and Hawaii Maru. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka. Homeport Osaka, Japan. Owner in 1939 Osaka Syosen K.K., Osaka. Launched by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan on 18 May 1915, requisitioned by the army on 29 September 1941, served as attack transport and sunk as part of convoy MI-29 by the American submarine USS Sea Devil in the East China Sea on 2 December 1944. Gross tonnage 9,467 tons, under deck 8,830 tons, net tonnage 5,916 tons and as dimensions 475.0 x 61.0 x 38.1 x 11 (light)-27.7 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, horsepower 995nhp, 2 screws, 1,300 ton coal bunker capacity+2,000 ton oil bunker capacity, range 8,000 nautical miles/14 knots and speed 14 (normal cruising)-16 (maximum) knots. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 1029 in 1944

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List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built in Adriatic area. Date building ordered 15 April 1944. Date completion December 1944.

Source

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

British screw steam transport Cleopatra in the Crimean War on 8 December 1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 8 December 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Harbinger”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 136, present position Balaklava, remarks discharging cargo. 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. 

Turkish torpedo cruiser Peyk-i Sevket 1906-1923 (Pek 1923-1954)

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Part of the Peyk-i Sevket-class torpedo cruisers sometimes called torpedo gunboats. Building authorized in 1903 under a program started end 1890s. Laid down at the Krupp-owned Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in February 1906, launched on 15 November 1906, handed over on 13 November 1907, commissioned in November 1907, modernized by Gölcük Naval Shipyard between 1925-1927, modernized between 1936-1938, decommissioned in 1944 and scrapped between 1953-1954. 

British screw steam transport Queen of the South in the Crimean War on 8 December 1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 8 December 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Harbinger”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport -, present position Balaklava, remarks coaling, to take troops from Varna, Bulgaria to Eupatoria.

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. 

German blockade runner Elsa Essberger homeward bound in 1942

Transport Number -. Name ship Elsa Essberger. Company John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 1942. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 1942.

Source

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

Russian battleship Oslyabya 1895-1905

Rostislav©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Oslyabya©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheskiy©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Peresvet-class preceded by Rostislav and succeeded by Potemkin. Laid down by New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 21 November 1895, launched on 8 November 1898. in service in 1903 and sunk during the Battle of Tsushima against the Japanese navy on 27 May 1905. 

British auxiliary minesweeper HMS Newmarket sunk by German submarine SM UB-38 according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that after interrogating a naval engineer of the sunk patrol vessel Newmarket more technical details became available. This type guard vessel was armed with 3-12 pound guns (2 aft, 1 fore), each with 250 shots. Further more depth bombs all to exploded on a depth of 45 yards. Crew numbered 73 men. She had been part of the 4. Detached Squadron stationed at Port Jero (Mytilini). Such squadron consisted of 1 cruiser, 2 patrol steamships similar to the Newmarket, 2 destroyers and 4 motor boats. The squadrons were active in the Souda Bay, of Imbros and at Stavros. The motor boats were the real submarine chasers, made of wood,2 screws, 2-500hp diesel engines and speed of 18 nautical miles.Armed with 1-33 pound gun on the bow and one large depth charge,

Note

1. Built by Earle’s Shipbuilding&Engineering Co., Hull, England for the Great Eastern Railway Company, purchased by the Royal Navy, commissioned on 8 October 1914 as an auxiliary minesweeper and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UB-38 south of Ikaria Island, Aegean Sea on 17 July 1917.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

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

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673 sent 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 where the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.

Armed with 2-2cm guns on 24 April 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York in September 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 11 October 1942

Source

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

Scottish fishing vessel (ex-Osteremns SC41 1991-2012, Sarah Louise BM-41 2012-2016 ) Osprey BA-4 2062-

Schelde, Vlissingen 21 October 2010

United Kingdom-flagged, homeport Ballantrae, IMO 9021710, MMSI 235091175 and call sign 2FYG3. Built by Scheepswef Visser, Den Helder, Netherlands in 1991. Ex-Osterems SC-41 of Wiko Seefischerei, Büsum, Germany and Sarah Louise BM-41, homeport Bixham, England. Scalloper. 

American seal hunter Rose in 1804

Entered the harbour of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 25 January 1804. Master J. Carey.(1) Built foreign. Tonnage 305 tons. Number of guns 8. Number of men 21. Where and when built Nantucket. Where and when registered Nantucket. Owner Paul Gardiner. General cargo 70 tons ebony wood, 3,690 skins, 270 bundles whalebone, From whence Isle of France. Where bond given Sydney.

Note

1. The logbook over the period 29 July 1803-10 June 1804 kept by James Cary still exists and is digitized. The purpose of the voyage was trading especially the so-called China-trade. Owner-agent Paul Gardner. On 21 January is written Isle France towards Canton, on Saturday 4 February from Port Jackson towards Canton, China.

Sources

Historical records of New South Wales. 1803-1805.

Www.archive.org MS220 Log 366.

Whaler Juno reported according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Juno, Banks, in December, 500 barrels oil. 

Whaler Nimrod reported according to the Australian newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser dated Thursday 27 March 1834

An item reported the arrival of the schooner Columbine returning from New Zealand on 26 March. She reported off Curtis’s Island [Queensland, Australia?] the whaler Nimrod, with loss of boats and try pots.

Dutch cutter (ex-De Vrouw Geertruida WR-23 1987-2023) De Jonge Albert UK-159 2023-

Entrance harbor, Vlissingen 21 October 2010

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Urk, IMO 8805913, MMSI 244188000 and call sign PDPO. Built by Van der Molen&Zonen, Zaandam, Netherlands with yard number 679 in 1987 and completed by Scheepswerf Welgelegen, Zoutkamp, Netherlands. As the De Vrouw Geertruida NLD198700629.