Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9491733, MMSI 314377000 and call sign 8PAE7. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS, manager Wilson Ship Management, both of Bergen, Norway. Built by Shandong Baibuting Shipbuilding, Rongcheng, China in 2012.
Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk
Launched by Dunlop, Bremner&Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 341 in 1921, delivered in March 1921 to the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, left Trinidad on 26 May 1943 underway from Demerara, British Guiana [nowdays Guyana] towards New York, USA and disappeared. Presumably sunk by the German submarine U 55 in the early morning of 28 May 1942 north east of Barbados.
Eemshaven, Netherlands 10 June 2026
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9196163, MMSI 314512000 and call sign 8PAV9. Built by Van Diepen Shipyard, Waterhuizen, Netherlands in 2000. Netherlands-flagged 2000-2014 and 2018, Malta-flagged 2014-2020. Owner/manager Vertom Shipping&Trading BV, Rhoon, Netherlands.
Norway-flagged, IMO 9005754, MMSI 259179000 and call sign LAYI8. Built by Estaleiros Navais Do Mondego, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal in 1993. Germany-flagged 2005, Antigua&Barbuda-flagged 2005-2007, Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, MMSI 314251000 in 2007, Germany-flagged 2007 and Norway-flagged since 2024. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS, manager Wilson Ship Management AS, Bergen, Norway.
An item reported that in the Western Atlantic were 31 German submarines present:
1 in the area Paramaibo-Trinidad-Barbados
1 on 300 miles east of Barbados
5 in the Caribbean of which 2 in the Aruba area and 1 north west of Trinidad
1 leaving the Windward Passage
1 in the Mona Passage returning home
2 between Florida, USA and Cuba or the Bahamas
2 within 150 miles of Cape Henry
1 on 60 miles south east of New York
1 near Bermuda
2 off Nova Scotia
4 to southward of Newfoundland
10 in the mid Atlantic
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 80 dated 28 February 1942
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9100176, IMO 9100176, MMSI 314727000 and call sign 8PJO7. Built by Damen Shipyard Hoogezand, Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1996. Owner/manager Kamer Marine Denizcilik, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands May 205
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9195638, MMSI 314557000 and call sign 8PBC6. Built by Damen Shipyard Bergum, Bergum, Netherlands in 2002. Owner Gillie&Blair Shipping Services Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, manager Fehn Ship Management Gmbh&Co. KG, Leer, Germany.
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, MMSI 314496000 and cal sign 8PAT8. As Gloriosa Panama-flagged, IMO 9524827, MMSI 314496000, call sign 3FTF, owner SKM Korea, Pusan, South Korea, manager Grow Will, Shizuoka, Japan
Amsterdam, Netherlands 30-3-2025
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9501710, MMSI 314426000 and call sign 8PAL3. Built by Shipkits, Groningen, Netherlands in 2009. Owner/manager Amasus Shipping BV, Delfzijl, Netherlands.
Brig. Of Nantucket, master Zenas M. Coleman, departed in 31 March 1869 towards the Atlantic Ocean and returned on 14 June 1870 loaded with 550 barrels sperm and 10 blackfish. Sold at New Bedford.(1)
Note
1. Whalemen’s Shipping List dated 14 June 1870. Shipping agent Freeman E. Adams, 107 tons, on 28 March 1870 at Barbados with 350 barrels sperm.
Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.
Of Nantucket, master Daniel Bunker, departed to the Pacific Ocean on 9 January, abandoned at sea near Barbados.
Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 April 2024
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 8710871, MMSI 314199000 and call sign 8PSH. Owned and managed by IT International Telecom Marine Barbados. Renamed on 10 August 205. Built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilder, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1989.
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9853515, MMSI 3148884000 and call sign 8PAS4. Built by Imabari Tadotsu, Japan in 2020. Owner NCN Corp. Part of fleet of Helikon Shipping (Hellas) Inc., Athens, Greece.
An item reported that according to estimates 31 u-boats were active in the Western Atlantic on the locations:
1 area Paramaribo, Surinam-Trinidad-Barbados
1 300 miles east of Barbados
5 in Caribbean (2 Aruba area 1 north west of Trinidad)
1 leaving Windward passage
1 in Mona Passage returning home
2 between Florida, USA and Cuba or Bahamas
2 within 150 miles of Cape Henry, Usa
1 60 miles south east of New York, Usa
1 near Bermuda
2 off Nova Scotia, Canada
4 to southward of Newfoundland
10 in mid Atlantic
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 80 dated 28 February 1942
An item reported that on 16 April was a ship torpedoed 160 miles north west of Trinidad and on 14 April by daglight a north bound bauxite ship between St. Vincent and Barbados. It was believed that there were just 3 enemy submarines active in the Caribbean area.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 128 dated 17 April 1942
Amsterdam, Netherlands June 2023
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9229130, MMSI 314455000 and call sign 8PAO7. Built by Peters Shipyard, Kampen, Netherlands in 2002. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS and manager Wilson Ship Management AS, both of Bergen, Norway.
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9005742, MMSI 314220000 and call sign 8PTC. Owner Wilson Shipowning and manager Wilson Eurocarriers AS, both of Bergen, Norway. Built by Estaleiros Nacais Do Mondego, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal in 1992. Ex-Heide J renamed February 1993, Rhein Carrier renamed September 1995, Intermodal Carier renamed January 1996 and MF Carrier renamed April 1999.
Rotterdam, Netherlands 16 April 2023
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9222429, MMSI 314019000 and call sign 8PLQ. Ex-Pasadena renamed September 2005, Adriana renamed October 2008, CFL Ruler renamed November 2010 and Celine renamed August 2015. Built by Lodenice Chvaletice, Chvaletice, Czech Republic in 2005. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS and manager Wilson Ship Management AS, Bergen, Norway.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 20 August 2023
Barbados-flagged, homeport Bridgetown, IMO 9173290, MMSI 314179000 and call sign. Ex-Dutch Navigator renamed July 2004. Built by Slovenske Lodenice, Komarno, Slovakia in 1998. Owner/manager Wilson Shipowning AS, Bergen, Norway.
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An item reported that the British sloop HMS Valerian was to visit Dominica on 1 September, Barbados on 8 September, Demerara on 22 September and Trinidad on 6 October.(1)
Note
1. Arabis-class minesweeping sloops preceded by Azalea-class succeeded by Aubrieta-class. Laid down by Charles Rennoldson and Company, South Shields in 1915, launched on 21 February 1916, stationed at Royal Navy Dockyard, Bermuda and lost in the Havana-Bermuda hurricane on 22 October 1926.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-127-74
