An item reported that on 1 July the Greek merchant ship Adamastos , tonnage 7,466 tons, loaded with cereals, underway from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain to Avonmouth, England was shelled by two submarines 420 miles west of Brest, Framce. Not part of convoy.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.
An item reported that on 29 June the Greek merchant ship Frangoula Goulandris, tonnage 6,701 tons, loaded with ... , underway from Cork, Ireland to Panama Canal was torpedoed off the Irish coast. Of her crew were 26 survivors landed at San Sebastian. No part of convoy.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.
Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 492 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 13 July 1842., Date of return 8 April 1844. Number of fur seal skins 0.Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,200, 1,000 barrels whale oil, 7,000 pounds 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.
An item reported that the German submarines were especially active over the weekend in the Atlantic theater. Many contacts were reported and at least six Allied merchant ships were sunk. Two ships part of an escorted convoy were lost, another ship off British Guiana, one in the latitude of New York, one in the Florida Straits, one in the Central Caribbean and one off Trinidad mostly suffering heavy personnel losses.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 75 dated 23 February 1942
Homeport Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 217 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 31 August 1845. Date of return 9 September 1847. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,200. Also 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.
An item reported that according to the J.I.C. after more than a month nearly inactivity several German submarines reappeared along the northern Atlantic convoy routes.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942
An item reported that on 19 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the Dutch merchant ship Mandalina, tonnage 7,750 tons, loaded with sugar, underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Belfast, Northern Ireland, part of convoy yes, on the position 120 miles north east of Sal Is., Cape Verde. Of the crew 62 saved and 3 killed.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
An item reported that on 14 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British merchant ship Western Chief, tonnage 5,759 tons , loaded with steel and general, underway from New York to Newport, part of convoy no, on the position 250 miles west north west of Rockall. Of the crew were 20 men landed on the Azores, the rest was killed.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
An item reported that on 30 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British merchant ship Coultarn, tonnage 3,579 tons, loaded with -, underway from Hull, England to Nobile, part of convoy no, on the position 250 miles south west of Iceland. Of the crew were 39 men saved, 2 were missing.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
An item reported that on 29 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British merchant ship Germanic, tonnage 5,352 tons , loaded with wheat, underway from Halifax, Canada to Liverpool, England, part of convoy yes, on the position 570 miles north west of Bloody Foreland. Of the crew were 5 men killed, rest landed at Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic Ocean. Rigging brig. Captain McKinster, left on 15 May 1838 Mystic, Connecticut for the South Atlantic Ocean and arrived at home on 9 March 1839 with 300 barrels 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.
An item reported that on 29 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British merchant ship mv Hylton, tonnage 5,917 tons , loaded with wheat and lumber , underway from Vancouver, Canada to the Tyne, part of convoy yes, on the position 570 miles north west of Bloody Foreland. Crew landed at Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
An item reported that on 23 March was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine the British m/v tanker Chama, tonnage 8,077 tons, in ballast, underway from Ardrossan, Scotland to New York, USA, part of convoy no, on the position 520 miles west of Scillies. Fate crew unknown.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.
Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Tonnage 261 tons. Rigging ship. Captain Barnum, left New London on 17 May 1835 or 1836, returned on 9 April 1837 with 1,650 barrels 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.
Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic Ocean. Rigging schooner. Arrived at Stonington on 3 May 1835 with 622 fur-seal skins, 890 hair-seal skins and 34 barrels seal-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.
An item reported the loss on 5 November of the British cargo ship Maidan , tonnage 7,908 tons, loaded with general stores and motor trucks, underway from Baltimore, USA to Liverpool, England sunk by a surface raider on the position approximate 52.26 North and 32.34 West; Part of a convoy. Further details were yet unknown.(1)
Note
1. The raider was the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. She was part of the convoy HX84 escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37.
An item reported the loss on 5 November of the cargo ship Kenbane Head, tonnage 5,225 tons, loaded with general stores, underway from Montreal, Canada to Beefast, Northern Ireland sunk by a surface raider on the position approximate 52.26 North and 32.34 West; Part of a convoy. Of the crew landed 20 men in Newfoundland.(1)
Note
1. The raider was the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. She was part of the convoy HX84 escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37.
Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic etc. Rigging schooner. Captain William Noyes, left New London in July 1835, returned in May 1837 with 500 fur-seal skins, 15,000 hair-seal skins and 600 otter 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.
Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Rigging ship. Arrived at Stonington in 1835 with 1,500 fur-seal skins, 600 hair-seal skins and 71 bullocs’ hides on freight.
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.
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An item reported that the British aircraft carrier HMS Furious (1) arrived at Liverpool, England on 7 July retuening from Canada with aircraft and ammunition.(1)
Note
1. Laid down as a Courageous-classs battle cruiser by Armstrong Whitworth, Wallsend on 8 June 1915, launched on 18 August 1916, commissioned on 26 June 1917, reclassified as an aircraft carrier in September 1925 and sold to be broken up in 1948.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.
