British heavy cruiser HMS York 1926-1941

HMS Norfolk, County-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS York ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Exeter ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of York-class preceded by County-class. Seven ships planned under the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. Just HMS York and Exeter completed, the latter differs in appearance due to design modifications. Pennant 90. Ordered on 21 October 1926, laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow on 16 May 1927, launched on 17 July 1928, commissioned on 1 May 1930, attacked by Italian explosive motor boats at Suda Bay, Crete, Greece on 26 March 1941, run aground to prevent sinking, attacked by German bombers on 22 18 May 1941, main armament blown up to prevent capture, salvaged in February 1952 and scrapping started on 3 March 1952 at Bari, Italy. In original design were 3 funnels planned but the design was in 1928 modified with the foremost funnel being trunked into the second one. Bridge raised and consequently the funnels to clear the catapult on the second turret. While the catapults were too heavy for the gun turrets were catapult and derrick removed. 

Ships arrived at Gibraltar on 31 July coming from the east according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 6 August 1917

An item reported the arrival at Gibraltar on 31 July of 1 American steamship, 1 Danish steamship, 1 Japanese submarine, 1 auxiliary cruiser, 3 steamships including an armed British one and 1 armed transport coming from the east

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

British ironclad HMS Victoria 1885-1893

Scientific American Supplement dated 14 July 1888

Victoria in sinking condition ©G.J. Frans Naerebout

Trafalgar-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Victoria-class consisting of the Victoria and Sans Pareil, preceded by Admiral-class succeeded by Trafalgar-class. Improved HMS Conqueror-design and originally known as the new Conquerors. Nicknamed the Slipper and together serving with her sister ship the pair of slippers. Laid down with yard number 490 by Armstrong, Mitchell&Co., Elswick, England on 13 June 1885, launched on 9 April 1887, commissioned in March 1890 and sunk in a collision with the HMS Camperdown in the Mediterranean on 22 June 1893. 

German blockade runner Regensburg homeward bound in 1941

Transport Number -. Name ship Regensburg. Company Norddeutscher Lloyd (N.D.L.), Bremen, Germany. Date departure 5 May 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 22 June 1941. Harbour of arrival Bordeaux, France.

Source

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

Russian diesel-electric cruise-missile submarine K-78 1965-1991

Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliett-class preceded by Echo-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, Gorky on 25 July 1965, launched on 30 March 1967, commissioned on 1 November 1967, decommissioned in September 1991 to be broken up.

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

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock

The Russian naval air force in 1929

The American Military Attaché major George E. Arneman at Riga, Latvia referred in his report dated 16 November 1929 No. 7319 to the notes he received from the French Naval Attaché at Riga. He had been three years stationed at Riga and specialised in the Russian Baltic Fleet, being satisfied with his sources considered his notes as reliable. Arneman had no reason to disagree.

An item reported that the Soviet Naval Air Force consisted of the 62nd and 66th detachments fitted out with seaplanes.

At Peterhof were on 1 January 1929 12 seaplanes, pursuit, M24 stationed

At Orienenbaum 16 seaplanes, scouts, Type Junkers W33 and W 34

At Grebnoy (island of Vasilievsky-Leningrad) 12 torpedo planes

On the Goutourievsky and Krestovsky islands (Leningrad) a squadron of the hydro-aviation school numbering 24 seaplanes, Junkers and Savoia

There should be at Archangel an observation squadron wit 24 seaplanes.

Source

National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.

Japanese ferry Uko (h) Maru No. 2 1934-

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Call sign JRLJ. Homeport Tokyo. Owner in 1939 Department of Railways. Built to be operated in the straits between Aomori and Hakodate and between Shimonoseki and Fusan and principal coaling centers in Japan. Built by Osaka-Iron Works, Osaka, Japan in 1934. Gross tonnage 323 tons, net tonnage 74 tons and as dimensions 150.0 x 33.0 x 8.5 feet. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Pietersz Kastricum 1723-1729

Bookkeeper Cornelis en Dirk Yff, Westzaan

1723

Whales 5.5 Barrels blubber 200

1724

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20

1725

Whales 6 Barrels blubber 180

1726

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1727

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 80

1728

Whales 2.5 Barrels blubber 100

1729

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Total

Whales 16 Barrels blubber 580

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

French bottom trawler Octopussy II CH 883742 1997-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, MMSI 228852000 and call sign FLPI. Built by Plasti-Pêche, l’Aiguillon sur Mer, France in 1997. Between 1997-100`SN.883742 (Saint Nazaire). 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Visman de Jonge 1725-1728

Bookkeeper Cornelis Dirksz Tewis, Zaandam

1724

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1725

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 50

1726

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 70

1727

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 110

Bookkeeper Erven [Heirs] Cornelis Dirksz Twis, Zaandam

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 50

Total

Whales 6.5 Barrels blubber 50

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

British ironclad HMS Edinburgh preparing defence against attacking torpedo boat in 1887

Scientific American Supplement Volume XXV 14 April 1888

The illustration showed the preparations on board of the HMS Edinburgh to defend herself with machine guns and Martin-Henry rifles against an attacking torpedo boat.The Edinburgh was described as “the most powerful vessel now afloat of the British Navy” and in November 1887 commissioned for service in the Mediterranean under the command of captain Henry St Leger Bury Palliser (1839-1907).

Part of Colossus-class ironclads preceded by Ajax-class succeeded by Admiral-class. Ex-Majestic but renamed Edinburg on 16 March 1882. Laid down by Pembroke Dockyard, England on 20 March 1879, launched on 18 March 1882, completed on 8 July 1887, coast guard ship since 1894, converted into a target ship in 1908 and sold to be broken up by Thos W. Ward in 1910.

British merchant ship Atlantic 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 Atlantic.

Source

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

British destroyer HMS Lynx 1912-1915

Admiralty-K-class design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Laforey- or L-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of K- or Acasta-class preceded by Acheron-class succeeded by L- or Laforey-class. The class numbered 20 ships, of 12 which built while using the common Admiralty-design and 8 so-called builders’specials. The Acasta-class was in September 1913 redesignated K-class. Built under the Naval Programme of 1911-1912. Admiralty K-class design. Laid down by Harland&Wolff, Govan, Scotland with yard number 364 on 18 January 1912, launched on 20 March 1913, completed in January 1914 and sunk in Moray Firth on 9 August 1915 after hitting a mine laid by the German raider Meteor 9.

British sailing transport Talavera in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 98, present position Balaklava, remarks to receive wounded. 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. 

French bottom trawler Yann-Frederic CH.517520 1980-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, IMO 8545173, call sign FPNR. MMSI 226198000. Built by Anfray Claude, Granville, France in 1980. 

American sailing sealing ship Corvo in 1837-1839

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington on 27 December 1837, arrived home on 13 October 1839 with 1,200 barrels sea-elephant oil and 2,400 barrels 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.

French crab-shell bottom trawler (ex-Armen 1991-2019) Briscard CH 798530 2019-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, MMSI 227635490 and call sign FQ8431. Built by Plasti-Pêche, l’Aiguillon sur Mer, France in 1991. Between 1991-2005 PL.798530 (Paimpol) and 2005-2019 SM.798530 (Saint Malo).

American sailing sealing ship Bolton in 1837-1838

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging schooner. Left Stonington in December 1837, arrived home on 1 September 1838 with a full load of sea-elephant oil and 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. 

Maneuvers of the French Mediterranean Squadron in 1888

Sketch made by Mr. Bourgain. Scientific American Supplement 25 August 1888

Italian sailing ship H. Dionisio lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 7 June due to bombs on the location 80 miles north Cap Bon. Tonnage 97 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine Arkhangelsk TK-17 1985-

Project 667BDRM Delfin/ NATO Delta IV-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 941 Akula-class/NATO Typhoon. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of 941 Akula-class/NATO Typhoon preceded by Projects 667b Murena, 667B Murena-M, 667BDR Klamar and 667BDRM Delfin NATO named Delta I-V class succeeded by Projects 955 andd 955A respectively Borei-class and Borei-A class. Designed by Rubin, laid down by Sevmash on 24 February 1985, launched in August 1985, commissioned in December 1987, laid up in reserve since April 2004 and is to be dismantled. 

Sources

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

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

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

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

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

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

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

Typhoon-class dated 5 May 2026 15:20 o’clock

The Russian Baltic air forces organisation in 1929

The American Military Attaché major George E. Arneman at Riga, Latvia referred in his report dated 16 November 1929 No. 7319 to the notes he received from the French Naval Attaché at Riga. He had been three years stationed at Riga and specialised in the Russian Baltic Fleet, being satisfied with his sources considered his notes as reliable. Arneman had no reason to disagree.

An item reported that for the Baltic a Chief of Naval Air Forces and a Chief of Land Air Forces were appointed and subordinate for operations to the Chief of Naval Forces respectively the Commander of the Leningrad Military District.

Source

National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.

French shell bottom trawler (ex-Tourville 2002-2009) Cap Pilar 2009-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Saint Malo, IMO 8797556, MMSI 228157700 and call sign FQED. Built by Bernard, Locmiquélic 56, France in 2002. Betwewn 2002-2003 CH.922443 (Cherbourg), between 2003-2009 Dp.922443 (=Dieppe) and between 2009-2016 CH.922443. 

Scottish whaler Jane in 1821

Type ship. Master Christie. Tonnage 278 tons. Built at Whitby in 1797. Owner Union Whale Fishing Co. Port where registered Aberdeen.

Source

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

French crab bottom trawler Rocala Mauve SM.517594 1980-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Saint Malo, MMSI 227321180 and call sign FP7593. Built by Bernard, Locmiquélic 56, France in 1980. Between 1908-2006 CH.517594 (Cherbourg). 

Scottish whaler Horne Castle in 1821

Type ship. Master G. Wallace. Tonnage 311 tons. Built at Newburgh in 1811. Owner Charles White. Port where registered Leith.

Source

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

Spanish torpedo boat T-6 1913-1934

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Part of T-class preceded by Arie-class succeeded by German S-boats. Between 1912-1922 were totally 22 of the planned 24 boats built by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Cartagena, Spain. Based on the French Bourrasque-torpedo boats class, design from Chantiers et Ateliers A. Normand, Le Havre, France? Launched in 1913 and broken up in 1934. International call sign GKBR. Dimensions 50 (maximum) x 5,00 (maximum) x 3.20 x 1.95 metres. Maximum displacement 196,82 ton. Number of screws 3. Maximum speed 27,00 knots. Coal bunker capacity1,000 ton. Crew numbered 31 men. Armament 3-4.7cm Vickers guns, 1x45cm and 1x2-45cm torpedo tubes.

Sources

T-1 class

Lista official de los buques de Guerra y mercantes de España 1925. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Klaasz 1744-1752

Bookkeeper Anthony Waterman, Amsterdam

1744

Whales 10 Barrels blubber 320 Quardelen whale oil 450

Bookkeeper Arent Bruyn, Monnikendam

1745

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

Bookkeeper Anne Jacobsz and Volkert de Vries, Amsterdam

1751

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 56 Quardelen whale oil 73

1752

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

Total

Whales 11 Barrels blubber 376 Quardelen whale oil 523

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu (Ship No. 302) 1942-1944

Unryu-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Unryu-class (project number G16) Unryu-subclass preceded by Taiho succeeded by planned but not realized Project Number G18. Design resembles more the Hiryu than that of the Taiho. There were 16 planned namely under the Maru Kyu Programme ship No. 301 in 1941 and under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme Ships No. 5001-5015, at the end were 13 were cancelled. There were 2 subclasses namely Unryu (Nos. 302, Modified Unryu Class 5001-5006 and Ikoma (unofficial Modified Ship Number 302-class in fact a simplified Unryu model Nos. 5007-5015). Ordered under Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme in 1941, laid down by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 1 August 1942, launched on 25 September 1943, commissioned on 6 August 1944, sunk by the American submarine USS Redfish in the East China Sea on 19 December 1944 and stricken on 20 February 1945. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Mynhart 1738-1741

Bookkeeper Aris Last, Zaandam

1738

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 60

1739

Whales 2.5 Barrels blubber 70

1740

Whales 1 3/4 Barrels blubber 90 Quardelen whale oil 130

1741

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20 Quardelen whale oil 29

Total

Whales 6.25 Barrels blubber 240

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

British destroyer HMS Porpoise 1912-1920 (Alexandrino de Alencar 1920-1927, Maranhao 1927-1945)

Admiralty-K-class design©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Laforey- or L-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of K- or Acasta-class preceded by Acheron-class succeeded by L- or Laforey-class. The class numbered 20 ships, of 12 which built while using the common Admiralty-design and 8 so-called builders’specials. The Acasta-class was in September 1913 redesignated K-class. Built under the Naval Programme of 1911-1912. Builder’s special. Original intended name Kennington. Laid down by Thornycroft, Woolston, England on 14 March 1912, launched on 21 July 1913, completed in January 1914, sold back to Thornycroft on 23 February 1920, sold to Brazil in March 1920, renamed Alexandrino de Alencar, renamed Maranhao in 1927 and disposed in 1945. 

British sailing transport Escort in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 97, present position Eupatoria, remarks waiting for orders.

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

Source

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

Gun practice in the French Navy in 1888

Scientific American Supplement 22 September 1888

Shows an exercise of the Squadron of the North recently organizhed and consisted of the ironclads Marengo, Suffren and Ocean and the coast guards Furieux, Fulminant and Tonnerre. The despatch vessel Epervier twos a rectangular float with a length of about 2 metres upon which is a wood made frame with two canvas balloons mounted. The balloons had a diameter of 1 metre and a rod with a length of 1 metr, one balloon is black the another white. The whole is a floating target for the main armament of the ironclads consisting of 4-27xm and 4-24cm guns, for the Furieux 2-34cm guns and the other tow coast guards 2-27cm guns.

British sailing transport Deva in the Crimean War on 28 October 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 96, present position Eupatoria, remarks waiting for orders.

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

Source

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

French bottom trawler (ex-Kreiz An Aod GV.898472 2006-2019) Cap Lihou CH 898472 2019-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Granville, MMSI 228247700 and call sign FIMR. Built by Atelier Bretagne Nord, Saint Malo, France in 2006. GV=le Guilvinec. 

American sailing sealing ship Atlas in 1837-1838

Antarctic sealing ground Crozet Islands. Rigging ship. Captain Bailey. Tonnage 261 tons. Left Mystic, Connecticut on 14 June 1837 and lost with tender schooner Colossus on the Crozets between 1837-1838.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. 

French bottom trawler Massabielle CH.338276 1976-

Granville, France 20 July 2026

France-flagged, homeport Granville, IMO 8542482, MMSI 227322390 and call sign FJ8007. Built by Servain, Granville in 1987. 

American sailing sealing ship Corvo in 1836-1837

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington in October 1836, arrived home on 13 November 1837 with 1,400 barrels sea-elephant oil and 1,300 barrels whale-oil. Had as tenders the schooners La Grange and Bolton.

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. 

British light cruiser HMS Yarmouth 1910-1929

Active-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Topaze-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Town-class Weymouth subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Hawkins-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Arethusa-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Town-class Weymouth subclass preceded by Active- and Topaze-class succeeded by Hawkins-class heavy cruisers and Arethusa-class light cruisers (1913). Ordered under the 1909-1910 Programme. Laid down by London&Glasgow Co. on 27 January 1910, launched on 12 April 1911, commissioned in April 1912 and sold to be broken up on 2 July 1929.