Russian nuclear attack submarine K-316 1969-1990

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

Project 945/NATO: Sierra 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 April 1969, launched on 25 July 1974, commissioned on 20 September 1978 and decommissioned on 19 April 1990 to be broken up.

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

Alfa-class dated 11 April 2026 15:53 o’clock

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

Dutch whaler Vis Lust for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 3 October 1767

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 15 Oxtober in the Nieuwe Heeren Logement, Amsterdam, Netherlands of the extra ordinary sailing fluyt ship Vis Lust commandeur Fredrik Broerse 1753 built and as dimensions 110 x 28.? x 12.10 (hold) x 6.9 (verdek) x 9.4 (helmsman) feet.

Dutch whaler het Rad van Avontuure for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 3 August 1767

An announcement reported the auction on op 3 August in the Nieuwezys Heeren Logement, Amsterdam of the extra ordinary sailing snow ship het Rad van Avontuure commandeur Roelof Gerrits Visser with as dimensions 78 1.2 x 22.4 x 11.6 (hold) x 4.6 (verdek) Amsterdam feet. 

Dutch whaler Arent Cornelis for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 18 September 1766

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 20 September at 18.00 o’clock the extra ordinary sailing 1-mast galliot Arent Cornelis commandeur Johannes Jaspers, built in 1740, dimensions 76 3/4 x 23.2 x 11.1 (hold) Amsetrdam feet. 

Japanese minesweeper MS 16 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? 

Dutch whaler Herstelder for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdase courant dated 3 September 1767

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 14 September in the Nieuwe Heeren Logement, Amsterdam, Netherlands of the extra ordinary sailing fluyt or boot ship Herstelder commandeur Ryk Harmensz 83 .3/4 x 18.8 x 1.4 (hold) x 5.9 9(half deck) Amsterdam feet. 

Dutch whaler de Vrije Gunst for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Haerlemse courante dated 20 October 1767

An announcement reported the auction on Satruday 31 October 1767 in the inn de Oude Prins, Oostzaandam, Neerlands of the fluyt de Vrije Gunst of which was commandeur Arent Claasz Boey

Dutch whaler de Beemster for sale according to the Leydse courant dated 15 October 1766

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 20 October at F. Bromstrop, Nieuwe Heeren Logement, Amsterdam of the extra ordinary sailing fluyt ship de Beemster commandeur Jacob de Leeuw, built in 1726, dimensions 115 x 28.7 x 12.4 3/4 (hold) x 7 (verdek) x 9.3 (helmsman) feet.

German container ship Aurora 2001-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 May 2025

Antigua&Barbuda-flagged, homeport St. John’s, IMO 9234989, MMSI 30408000 and call sign V2GS9. Owner/manager TAS Transtalantische Schiffahrts Gmbh&Co. KG, Haren-Ems, Germany. Built by JJ Sietas Schiffswerft, Hamburg, Germany in 2001. Germany-flagged 2004 and Cyprus-flagged 2004-2015. 

Dutch whaler Juffrouwe Anna en Maria for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 5 October 1765

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 7 October in the Nieuwe Heeren Logement, Amsterdam of the extra ordinary sailing fluyt ship Juffrouwe Anna en Maria, commandeur Pieter Jacob Dogger built in 1760 with as dimensions 112.5 x 29.6 x 12.10 (hold) x 7 (verdek) x 9.6 (helmsman) feet.(1)

Source

1. Greenland commandeur between Pieter Jacobsz Dohgger between 1741-1771, in 1765 for Reynier Post, Alkmaar, Netherlands 5.5 whale 170 barrels blubber 267 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 note until 1794.

Dutch whaler De Hoop op de Walvisvangst for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 14 October 1769

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 16 October 1769 of an extra ordinary sailing fluyt ship De Hoop op de Walvisvangst commandeur Cornelis Adriaanse Out with as dimensions 115 x 30.6 x 13.2 (hold) x 7 (verdek) x 9.5 (helmsman) Amsterdam feet.  

4 x 1/64 part in Dutch Greenland whaler de Wildschut for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Leeuwarder courant dated 13 September 1769

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 2 October in the Hopzak, Leeuwarden of 4 1/64 shares in the Greenland whaler de Wildschut commandeur Pyter Gerbens bookkeeper Allert Scheltinga, Harlingen, Netherlands. 

British Colony and Protectorate of Kenya 1920-1963

Also known as British Kenya and British East Africa. Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was established on 23 July 1920 whent the East Africa Protectorate was annexed by the United Kingdom excluded the territories belonging to sovereignty the Sultan of Zanzibar. The Protectorate of Kenya also known as Coastal Protectorate was established on 29 November 1920 and included the not annexed territories once part fo the East Africa Protectorate. Since 1 June 1963 self ruled and on 12 12 December of the same year became Kenya independent. 

American destroyer USS Trippe DD-403 1937-1948

Somers-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Benham-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sims-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Gridley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bagley-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Benham-class (sometimes called as Ellet-class) preceded by Somers-class succeeded by Sims-class. Gibbs&Cox-design. Built between 1936-1939 were 10 vessels built with a limited 1,500 tons standard displacement according to the London Naval Treaty. With similar characteristiscs as the Gridley- and Bagley-classes. Hull number DD-403. Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 15 April 1937, launched on 14 May 1938, commissioned on 1 November 1939, decommissioned on 28 August 1946, damaged in the atomic Crossroads tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946, scuttled off Kwajalein on 3 February 1948 and stricken on 19 February 1948.

British and French warships ordered to open at once fire on unsufficiently escorted submarines according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item referred to a message of the German navy attache at Madrid, Spain dated 13 August reporting that a Spanish captain was informed by a French navy officer that all British and French warships were ordered to fire immediately at each submarine which was not escorted by at least two escort vessels.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Spanish steamships Anita, Jose Maria and Sancho bound for Gibraltar and French Algeria according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that the Spanish steamships Anita, Jose Maria and Sancho loaded at the free harbour Cadiz totally 500 ton milk, coffee and sucker bound for Gibraltar, Sancho was clarified for Algiers, French Algeria.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622 

British cargo ship underway from Spain towards England according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that on 7 August a British steamship loaded with sulfur gravel left Huelva, Spain bound for Manchester, England.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

French destroyer (ex-Argentine Salta) Intrépide 1914-1938

Design Argentine 32 knots ocean going Mendoza-class destroyer©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Argentina ordered 12 destroyers in 1910, 2 at Krupp and 2 at Schichau, Germany, 4 in England and 4 in France. The British built destroyers were in 1912 sold to Greece (Aetos-class) and the French built destroyers were taken over the French navy (Aventurier-class) when the First World War broke out. In the French navy preceded by Enseigne Roux-class and succeeded by Arabe-class. Had to be commissioned as the Argentine Mendoza-class. Launched by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Bretagne, Nantes, France on 25 September 1911, completed on 2 November 1914, stricken in 1937 and broken up in 1938. 

The boats were to be built by Ateliers&Chantiers de Bretagne, France with the following characteristics. Dimensions 86.28 (between perpendiculars)-88.28 (over all) x 8,63 (waterline) x 6.60 (depth centre)-5.20 (deph sides) x 2.28 (normal draught forward)-3.08 (normal draught aft)-2.68 (normal draught mean) metres, normal displacement 950 tons. Speed on trials 32 knots. Full load displacement 1,178 tons. Full load draught 3,09 (fore)-3,110 (aft) -3,100 (mean) metres. Turbine rateau propulsion, 650 rpm, 5 White Forster boilers. Estimated horsepower 18,000 hp. Range 15 knots/3,000 miles. Total coal bunker capacity 335,3 cubic metres, oil fuel bunker capacity 92 cubic metres. Crew numbers 110 men. Four 21” Whitehead torpedo tubes and 150 kilo explosives with a speed of 41 knots at a range of 2,000 metres and 29 knots at 5,000 metres. Placed two fore end of ship and two little aft the middle part of the ship. Carried 8 torpedoes. Length forecastle 18 metres at 2.20 above the main deck. Armament 4-4” cal 50 Bethlehem guns, all on the centre line of the ship. Magazines have a capacity of 250 rounds of ammunition. Provided with wireless telegraphy for 200 kilometres range.

Source

Hiraga-archive. Description General data of Argentine destroyers.

Construction status of the German submarine U 2525 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXI. Yard Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Yard number Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion open. Remarks new deadlines coming in September.

Source

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

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 612 in 1944

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Sint Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 75. Date building ordered 3 November 1943. 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. 

Japanese destroyer Natsuzuki (Ship No. 364) 1944-1948

Akizuki subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Akizuki-class or B-class destroyer consisting of Akizuki (Project 51), Fuyutsuki (Project 51) and Michitsuki (Project 53) subclasses preceded by Yugumo-class succeeded by Matsu-class. Built under the Maru Kyu Programme. Laid down by Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 1 May 1944, launched on 2 December 1944, completed on 8 April 1945, surved the Second World War lying at Kitakyushu, decommissioned on 5 October 1945, surrendered to the United Kingdom on 25 August 1947 and sold and broken up at Uraga between September 1947 and March 1948. 

American whaler Franklin visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 25 March 1854

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 15 March of the American whaler Franklin master Richmond of New Bedford 6 months

American whaler Governor Troup visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 25 March 1854

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 16 March of the American whaler Governor Troup master Melton of New Bedford 6 months

American whaling barque Harmony visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian date 25 March 1854

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 15 March of the American whaling barque Harmony master Brownson of New London

British destroyer HMS Willoughby 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 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend,England. Order cancelled on 26 November 1918.

British merchant ship Tower Hill 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 Tower Hill. Described as one of the largest twin screw steamships within the merchant marine with her about 4,000 tons.

Source

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

Italian sailing ship Augusta lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 26 April due to submarine attack on the location 30 miles of Cap Bon. Tonnaget 686 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Spanish destroyer Bustamante 1913-1931

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Based on a British design the River- of E-class built between 1903-1905?), part of Bustamante-class preceded by Furor-class succeeded by Alsedo-class, built under the Naval Law of 1908, launched by the Sociedad Española de Construcción in 1913, completed in 1914 and broken up in 1931. 

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis van Oeveren 1724-1727

Bookkeeper Albert Kramp, Amsterdam

1724

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 60

1725

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 130

1726

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 66

172760

Whales 1 Barrels blubber

Source

1. 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.

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis Zuydervliet 1724-1727

Bookkeeper Martinus van de Raat, Rotterdam

1724

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 65

Bookkeeper Willem van Os, Rotterdam

1725

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 70

1726

Whales 1.75 Barrels blubber 75

1727

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Source

1. 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.

Taiwanese frigate (ex-Japanese No. 107 1946-1947( Ch’ao An 1947-1960s

Chang An©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Kaibokan Type C ordered under the 1943-1944 Programme and 1944-9145 Programme and which were a reduced version of the Ukuru design. Jane’s edition 1959-1959 referred to these ships as escort corvettes type No. 1 (diesel propulsion). Launched under contract no. 2254 on 16 March 1946, completed in May 1946, transferred to Nationalist China on 29 August 1947. Jane’s editon 1962-1963 last time mentioned. The website dealing with the type C reports Programme no. 2454, Ship No. 107, laid down by Nihon Kokan Tsurumi Shipyard on 3 January 1945, launched on 16 March 1946, completed on 30 May 1947, surrendered to the Republic of China (=Nationalist China later Taiwan) on 6 July 1947, renamed Chaoan FP-74 and decommissioned in 1963.

Sources

Fukui, Shizuo. Japanese naval vessels at the end of World War II

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions of the 1950s-1960s

Jentschura, Hansgeorg, Dieter Jung and Peter Mickel.

Watts, A.J. and B.G. Gordon. The Imperial Japanese Navy.

Type C escort vessels date 22 June 2026 13:36 o’clock

Warships and merchant ships lying at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported the presence on 11 August at Gibraltar of 1 American steam collier, 3 minelayers, 2 auxiliary cruiser yachts, 3 guard vessels, 8 cargo ships and in the dock 1 Italian passenger steamship.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

British cargo ship underway from Spain towards Scotland according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that on 11 August a British steamship left Sevilla, Spain with an unknown cargo bound for Glasgow, Scotland.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

British cargo ship underway from Spain towards Scotland according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 16 August 1917

An item reported that on 11 August a British steamship left Sevilla loaded with minerals bounded for Androssan, Scotland.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Russian nuclear cruise missile submarine K-45 1958-1989

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

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

Part of Project 659 called by NATO Echo I preceded by Project 665 NATO named Whiskey Long Bin-class and succeeded by Project 651 NATO named Juliett-class and Project 670 Skat NATO named Charlie class. Of project 659 were 5 boats built converted in Project 659T SSN’s. Part of the Pacific Fleet. Laid down by Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard No. 199 on 20 December 1958, launched on 12 May 1960, commissioned on 28 June 1961 and decommisioned to be broken up in 1989.

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

Echo-class  5 May 2026 08:45 o’clock

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

American whaler Gideon Howland visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 25 March 1854

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 10 March of the American whaler Gideon Howland master Bryant of New Bedford 6 months

American whaler Jas Maury visited Hillo, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 25 March 1854

An item reported the arrival at Hillo, Hawaii on 10 March of the American whaler Jas Maury master Whelden of New Bedford 29 months 200 barrels whale oil

Japanese destroyer Shimokaze (Ship No. 5071) 1944

Akizuki subclass©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Akizuki-class or B-class destroyer consisting of Akizuki (Project 51), Fuyutsuki (Project 51) and Michitsuki (Project 53) subclasses preceded by Yugumo-class succeeded by Matsu-class. Of the Michitsuki-subclass originally to be built  under the 1941 Additional Naval Armament Supplement Programme which was replaced by the Maru 5 Programme causing a replanning from Ship Nos. 770-785 into Ship Nos. 5061-5076 and expanded with 6 vessels more namely Ship Nos. 5077-5082. Cancelled on 9 June 1944. 

Italian sailing ship Gennarino lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 26 April due to unknown on the location 50 mile south west of island Marittim. Tonnage 248 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Russian naval officer Kukkel according to a report from the Military Observer at Riga, Latvia dated 22 July 1921

The information was received from the Latvian General Staff and considered to be reliable. In fact few was known dealing with the personnel of the Central Institutions except that the majority in authority were former naval officers already officers prior to the First World War. The descriptions of the officers were supplied by a former high officer of the Imperial Russian Navy which now stayed in Latvia. Former 2nd class captain. “Chief-of-Staff of the Baltic Fleet prior to February 1921); a man of theories; since 1916 was professor of the Officers’Mining and Submarine Classses, also Electricity class; has not served as combatant.(1)

Note

1. Identical to Vladimir Andrejevitsje Kukel (12 June 1885 Vokhonovo-10 September 1938 executed at Chabarovsk)? According to the Russian wikpedia he participated in actions.

Sources

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.

Wikepedia

German container ship Tihama 2016-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Germany-flagged, homeport Hamburg, IMO 97361007, MMSI 218008040 and call sign DGLM. Owner/manager Hapag Lloyd AG, Hamburg, Germany. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea. 

Scottish Greenland whaler Dexterity in 1814

Caught 25 whales resulting in 196 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.

Source

Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819. 

Scottish Greenland whaler Union in 1814

Caught 17 whales resulting in 172 tons oil. Homeport Peterhead.

Source

Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819. 

British light cruiser HMS Hawke 1943-1946

HMS Swiftsure, Minotaur-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Tiger-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Tiger-class preceed by Minotaur-class. Laid down in July 1943, building stopped after mid-1944, suspended in January 1945 an broken up by Portsmouth Dockyard despite machinery and boilers already completed and the new 6”guns close to be complete. 

Construction status of the German kriegsfischkutter KFK 611 in 1944

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships dated Berlin 22 May 1944. Built by Sint Pieter, Hemixen [Hemiksem]/Antwerpen, Belgium. Yard number 74. Date building ordered 3 November 1943. 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. 

Construction status of the German submarine U 2524 in July 1944

List of planning with deadlines for new construction of warships by German shipyards in July 1944. Type XXI. Yard Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Yard number Date building ordered 6 November 1943. Date completion open. Remarks new deadlines coming in September.

Source

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

Singapore owned container ship (ex-AS Frisia 2010-2011, Nordic Stani 2011-2018) X-Press Agility 2018-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Cyprus-flagged, homeport Limassol, IMO 9483671, MMSI 209467000 and call sign 5BMB3. Built by Sainty Yangzhou Shipbuilding, Yangzhou, China in 2010. Isle of Man-flagged 2010, Germany-flagged 2010-2011, Cyprus-flagged 2011, Marshall Islands-flagged 2011-2016, Marshall-flagged 2016-? Owner/manager Eastaway Ship Management Pte, Singapore. 

1/32 part in the fluytship de Vrouw Francisca en Elisabeth and whaling tools of commandeur Rokus Verschoor sold at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers W. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrandsz and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 27 April 1767 1/32 part in the fluytship de Vrouw Francisca en Elisabeth and whaling tools of commandeur Rokus Verschoor, built in 1730, dimensions 111 3/4 x 28.5 feet, bound for Greenland with 6-7 boats, sold with results of last season including 60 quardelen boiled whale oil, bookkeeper Willem Harnay, 150 guilders, stroke 6 guilders, Arnold Hoegbard. (1)

Note

1. 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. Results in 1766 2 whales, 38 barrels blubber and 61 quardelen whale oil.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, April, Amsterdam, 1767. 

1/32 part in fluytship Johanna Elisabeth and whaling tools of commandeur Harmen Ooms sold at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1767

An item mentioned that ship brokers W. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrandsz and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 27 April 1767 1/32 part in fluytship Johanna Elisabeth and whaling tools of commandeur Harmen Ooms, built in 1743, dimensions 95.5 x 26.5 feet, bound for Greenland with 6-7 boats, costs fitting out for sea for account of buyer, bookkeeper Jacobus de Bergh , 250 guilders, stroke 50 guilders, not sold.

German air defence frigate FGS Hamburg F220 220-

Great Belt Bridge 11 June 2026

Facebook page Unter Broen

Germany-flagged, MMSI 211905000 and call sign DRAB. Part of Sachsen-class preceded by Lütjens-class succeeded by F127. Laid down by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany on 1 September 2000, launched on 16 August 2002 and commissioned on 13 December 2004. 

German submarine SM UC 37 sunk French steamship Breton according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 18 August 1917

German submarines UC 16-79©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German submarine SM UC 37 (1) commanding officer Oberleutnant zur See List had torpedoed sunk on 8 August an unknown steamship of about 4,000 tons in the La Galite Canal.(2)

Notes

1. Type UC II minelaying submarine. Ordered on 20 November 1915, launched by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 178 on 5 June 1916, commissioned on 17 October 1916, surrendered at Sevastopol, Crimea on 25 November 1918 and scrapped at Bizerta, French Tunisia.

2. French steamship Breton of 3,739 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

German submarine SM U-33 sunk Italian sailing vessel Jesu e Maria according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 21 August 1917

U 32-39. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German submarine SM U-33 (1) commanded by kapitänleutnant Siess (2) sunk with explosives on 26 July east of Cap Corse the 166 tons Italian sailing vessel Jesu e Maria loaded with phosphate underway from Bone towards Livorno, Italy.

Notes

1. Ordered on 29 March 1912, laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 193 on 7 November 1912, launched on 19 May 1914, commissioned on 27 September 1914, surrendered to the British at Harwich, England on 16 Jnauary 1919 and broken up at Blyth, England between 1919-1920.

2. Gustav Siess (11 December 1883, Hamburg, Germany-14 October 1970 Hamburg, Germany.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Bulgarian fish factory ship (ex-Willesden 1960-1962) Georgi Sava Rakovsky 1962-1983

©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Launched by Barclay, Curle&Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Yard, Galsgow, Scotland with yard number 746 on 18 November 1960, completed in February 1961, delivered to Britain Steam Ship Co. Ltd., London, England, sold to Nav Maritime Bulgare, Varna, Bulgaria in 1962, converted into a fish factory ship and broken up in China around September 1983. 

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis Sjoukesz 1720-1722

Bookkeeper Gerret de Vries, Amsterdam

1720

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 58

1721

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1722

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 28

Source

1. 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.

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis Jansz 1720-1722

Bookkeeper Elias van laer, Amsterdam

1720

Whales 3 Barrels blubber 180

1721

Whales 0,5 Barrels blubber 14

1722

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 48

Source

1. 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 passenger ship Nitta Maru 1938-1942 and escort carrier Chuyo 1942-1943

Nitta Maru-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Escort carrier Kaiyo©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Nitta Maru-class consisting of the Kasuga Maru (1940), Nitta Maru(1938) and Yawata Maru (1938). Designed with as purpose to be converted for military purposes if required. After conversion part of the Taiyo-class escort carriers succeeded by Kaiyo. Owner Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Laid down by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan with yard number 750 on 9 May 1938, launched on 20 May 1939, maiden voyage begun on 23 March 1940, requsitioned as military transport in February 1941, converted at Kure Naval Arsenal between 1 July-25 November 1942, renamed Chuyo on 31 August 1942, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sailfish on 4 December 1943 after leaving Truk on 30 November and stricken on 5 February 1944. Gross tonnage 17,163 tons, deadweight 9,600 and as dimensions 557.8 x 73.8 x 40.7 x 19 (light)-29 (loaded) feet. Steam turbine propulsion, horsepower 21,000 nhp, two screws, fuel oil bunker capacity 3,500 ton, range 14,000 nautical miles/18.5 knots and speed 18.5 (normal cruising)-22 (maximum) knots. As escort carrier displacement 18,116 (standard)-20,321 (normal) and as dimensions 591.4 (over all) x 73.10 x 25.4-26.25 feet.