Swedish fruit juice tanker (ex-Cielo di Tocopilla 2014-2019-) Atlantic Orchard 2019-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 20 July 2025

Liberia-flagged, IMO 9638159, MMSI 63601892 and call sign D5QK4. As bulk carrier Cielo do Tocopilla built by Zhoushan Shipyard, Zhoushan, China in 2014, owner Eco Shipping, Valletta, Malta, manager D’amico di Navigazione, Rome , Italy, IMO 9638159, MMSI 636018592 and call sign 9HA3502, Malta-flagged, homeport Valletta, since 2018 Liberia-flagged. Converted B.Delta37/bu carrier acquired by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden into a juice tanker in 2019 by Deltamarin, Turku, Finland. 

Italian sailing ship Adelina lost in 1916

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 15 June 1916 due to submarine attack on the location near the island Elba. Tonnage 170 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Italian sailing ship Rondine lost in 1916

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 16 June 1916 due to bombs on the location nearby Porto Maurizio. Tonnage 112 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Austro-Hungarian casemate ship SMS Bellona 1855-1918

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900. 

She was renamed Bellona 1901-1902 so if this is correct the photo is apparently not dated correct.

Laid down as screw steam ship of the line SMS Kaiser by Pola Navy Yard [Pula, Croatia] on 25 March 1855, launched on 4 October 1858, rebuilt into an ironclad casemate ship 1869-1873,commissioned in 1859, renamed Bellona in 1902, machinery and armament removed and became a barracks ship and seized at the end of the First World War by Italy in 1918. 

Yugoslavian warships to operate under Italian command in 1941

Hvar

American naval attaché at Rome, Italy reported in October 1941 that the Yugoslavian vessels lying at Teodo soon were to operate under Italian command. It were the destroyer Dubrovnik, the old light cruiser Dalmacija, the submarines Osvetnik, Hrabri and Nebosja, the submarine tender Hvar, the tug Silni and 2 motor torpedo boats.

Source

National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Estimate of potential military strength (pt.). Summaries. Reports from London, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Berlin. Roll M975-001.

German ocean liner Fürst Bismarck 1890-1904 (Russian Don 1904-1906, Moskva 1906-1913, Austrian Gäa 1913-1917, Italian Sangiusto 1917-1924)

As German Fürst Bismarck. Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900

As Austrian Gaa

Auxiliary cruiser. Launched on 29 November 1890 as the German Fürst Bismarck for the Hamburg America Line at the shipyard AG Vulcan, in 1904 bought by Russia and renamed Don, in 1906 transferred to Dobroflot (Russian Voluntary Fleet) as the Moskva, in 1909 purchased by the Austrian-Hungarian navy and commissioned as a mother ship for torpedo boats and submarines Gaa, seized in 1919 by Italy and converted into the steamship San Giusto and finally broken up in 1924. Details as the German Fürst Bismarck: with a tonnage of 8.430 tons and as dimensions 502 x 57,5 x 38 feet.

Italian midget submarine CB 1 arrived at Sevastopol, Ukraine according to the German War Diary of Admiral Black Sea dated 1 September 1943

An item reported that at 15:45 o’clock the Italian midget submarine CB 1 arrived at Sevastopol, Ukraine returning from anti-submarine tasks in the Yevpatoria area [Yevpatoria Bay near Yevpatoria, Crimea] without any incidents during her service.(1)

Note

1.  Of the CB-class preceded by CA-class. Displacement 36 (surfaced)-45 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 15 x 3 x 2.10 metres. Crew numbered 4 men including 1 officer. Armament consisted of 2-45cm/17.7 torpedo tubes. Speed 7.5 (surfaced)-7 (submerged) knots. Range surfaced 1.400 nautical miles/5 knots respectively 450/7.5 and submerged 50/3 respectively 7/7. Built by Caproni-Taliedo. Commissioned 27 January 1941, transferred to the Black Sea area, in Romanian hands after the Italian armistice of 3 September 1943. scuttled in August 1944, salvaged by the Soviet Union, commmissioned as TM-4, broken up in 1945 and stricken Italian naval list 27 February 1947

Source

German War Diary of Admiral, Black Sea 1-30 September 1943. Published by Department of the Navy. Washington, 1955

Italian shipping company Transoceanics founded according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 22 August 1917

An item reported that atNaples, Italy a new shipping company was founded named Transoceanics with a capital of 4 million pound. Charmain was Pierese of the firm Pierse Bross which managed the company Sicula Americana active in passengers- and cargo transport towards the USA. The newspaper Times was surprised about the large capital.

The Italian submarine service according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

An item referred to the magazine Revista Marittime dated August 1938 reporting that admiral Ducci (1) in the Senate stated that the Italian submarine service numbered 105 boat but just a third was available for immediately service in times of war. The other 2/3 was under repairs or their crews needed to rest. Of all submarines were just 14 boats of the Galvant (2) and the Marcello (3) classes able to go at once from Italy via Cape of Good Hope towards Italian Somalia (a distance of 10.000 miles) without needing to bunker underway oil. Another 14 of this design were now under construction.

Notes
1. Gino Ducci (18 September 1872 Firenzen-5 January 1962 Rome), naval chief off staff 19131-1934 an member of the senate 1933-25 July 1945.
2. Not Galvant but Galvani. Part of the Brin-class long-range submarines consisting of the Brin, Galvani, Guglielmotti, Archimede and Torricelli, preceded by the Archimede-class and succeeded by the Liuzzi-class. Launched on 11 September 1938 and destroyed by the British sloop HMS Falmouth on 26 June 1940.
3. Part of the Marcello-class, consisting of the Marcello, Dandolo, Mocenigo, Nani, Veniero, Provana, Barbarigo, Emo, Morosinim Commandante Alfredo Cappellini and Comandante Faa di Bruno. Launhced on 20 November 1937, completed on 5 March 1938 and disappeared during her patrol end February 1941. 

Italy intended founding naval base along Italian Somaliland coastline according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

An item referred to the Revista Marittime dated August 1938 reporting that there were intentions to found a fortified naval base along the coast of Italian Somaliland (1), probably one of the harbours of Negro Bay namely d’Obbia, Itala or Brava.

Note
1. Italian Somaliland or Somali was since the 1880s Italian territory and in 1936 added to Italian East Africa and since 1941 controlled by British armed forces. Mogadishu was around 1935 a important naval base.