British motor cargo shipApapa lost according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 64 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 14-21 November 1940

An item reported the loss on 15 November of the British cargo ship Apapa, tonnage 9,333 tons, loaded with African products, underway from Lagos, Nigeria to Liverpool, England sunk when bombed and set on fire by German aircraft on the position 300 miles west south west of The Bloody Foreland.(1) Part of convoy. Of the crew+passengers of 261 persons were 236 landed.

Note

1. The Bloody Foreland or Cnoc Fola is a red colored headland in County Donegal along the Atlantic Ocean, Ireland near the Parish of Gweedore.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37. 

Dutch navy coastal tug Zr. Ms. Linge (A874) 1986-2019 and Nigerian tug Buddha-2 2019-

As Linge (A874), IMO 8613205, MMSI 244981000 and call sign PAIU. Laid down by scheepswerf Bijlsma B.V. Wartena, Netherlands with yard number 812 on 12 June 1986, launched on 15 November 1986, casco completed by Delta Shipyard, Sliedrecht, Netherlands and commissioned on 20 February 1987. Of the Linge-class consisting of the Linge, Regge, Hunze, Rotte and Gouwe. In May 2019 Comores-flagged and renamed Buddha-2, same year in October Cameroon-flagged and since September 2020 Nigeria-flagged, MMSI 657202900 and call sign 5ONR. Owner/manager Deep Frontline Shippers Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria. 

Dutch navy survey vessel Hr.Ms. Tydeman 1976-2007) and Dutch passenger ship Plancius 2007-

Raudforden, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway 27 June 2023

Netherlands-flagged, homeport The Hague, IMO 7432044, MMSI 246574000 and call sign PBQK. Ex-Royal Netherlands Navy survey vessel Tydeman renamed October 2009. Keel laid down on 29 April and launched on 18 December 1975 at the IHC Merwede Scheepswerf, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands. Commissioned on 10 November 1976 and decommissioned on 3 June 2004. In advance sold to the Nigerian navy. As the Nigerian cabinet did not pay was the sale cancelled. Owned and managed by Oceanwide Expeditions, Vlissingen, Netherlands and which had her rebuilt as passenger ship.

Singaporean tug/supply ship (ex-Britoil Power 2015-2018, Topaz Endurance 2019-2023) Fugro Resolve 2023-

Den Helder, Netherlands 18-11-2025

Bahamas-flagged, homeport Nassau, IMO 9678769, MMSI 311001406 and call sign C6HA4. Singapore-flagged 2015-2020, Marshall Islands-flagged 2020, Nigeria-flagged 2020-2022, Marshall Islands-flagged 2022 and Singapore-flagged 2022-2023. Owner/maanger Britoil Offshore Services, Sinagpore. Built by Britoil Indoensia Offshore, Batam, Indonesia in 2015. 

British sloop HMS Egret visited Ponte Delgada, São Miguel, Azores in September 1941

In his letter No. 1261 dated Lisbon 17 September 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the arrival of the British 1,200 tons gunboat HMS Egret L75 at Ponte Delgada, São Miguel, Azores at 07:00 o’clock on 15 September coming from Gibraltar.(1) After loading 160 ton oil she departed in de the night of 16 September. Her normal task was surveillance off the Portuguese coast, usually visiting Lagos, Nigeria.

Note

1. Part of Egret-class sloops preceded by Bittern-class succeeded by Black Swan-class, laid down under the 1936 construction programme by J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Man on 21 September 1937, launched on 31 May 1938, commissioned on 11 November 1938 and sunk in a German air attack in the Bay of Biscay on 27 August 1943.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal. 

Norwegian merchant ship Para visited Ponte Delgado, Azores in June 1941

In his letter No. 855 dated Lisbon 8 July 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the marine traffic at Ponte Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal the Norwegian ship Para. Arriving on 7 June 1941 coming from Lisbon, Portugal, departing to Lagos, Nigeria on 9 June , art 31313, gross register tonnage 3,986 tons, cargo coal, loaded diesel oil.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal. 

British landing ship HMAV Arakan (L4003) 1976-2015

Schelde, Netherlands towed by the Dutch tug Bever underway towards Ghent, Belgium to be broken up on 23 March 2015

IMO 7426772. Of the British Army, operated by Royal Corps of Transport. Laid down by Brooke Marine Yachts, Lowestoft, United Kingdom with yard number 417 on 27 August 1975, launched on 29 July 1976, completed in 1997. Part of Ardennes-class. Sold for service in Nigeria in 1997, however laid up at Lowestoft, England, stricken in March 1999 and broken up at Ghent, Belgium in 2015.

Dutch offshore supply ship (ex-Britoil Power 2015-2018, Topaz Endurance 2018-2023) Fugro Resolve 2023-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 30 December 2024

Bahamas-flagged, homeport Nassau, MMSI 311001406 and call sign C6HA4. Converted for geotechnical drilling operations. As Britoil Power Singapore-flagged, IMO 9678769, call sign 9V2009, owners/manager Britoil Offshore Services, Singapore. Built by Britoil Indonesia, Batam, Indonesia in 2015. In 2020 Nigeria and Marshall Islands flagged, the latter again in 2022-2023. 

Nigerian oil/chemical tanker (ex-Norient Solar 2008-2022) Amif 2022-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 July 2024

Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 9396373, MMSI 636019644 and call sign D5MW3. Built by Santierul Naval Constanta Sa, Constanta, Romania in 2008. Owner Sea Transport Services Nigeria Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, manager Interorient Marine Services Ltd, Hamburg, Germany. 

Polish trawlers stopped delevering fish to Biafra according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated August-September 1967 No. 8-9

An item reported that the Polish governement ordered Polish trawlers to stop delivering fresh and frozen fish to Eastern Nigeria which proclaimed itself the independent State of Biafra. This order was probably to respect the naval blockade of Biafra instituted by the cabinet at Lagos, Nigeria.

Note

1. Biafra or the Republic of Biafra established on 30 May 1967 and existed to 15 January 1970.

British screw steam gunboat HMS Dwarf stationed in Africa according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 43 dated 29 October 1921

Source

An item reported that the British screw steam gunboat HMS Dwarf (1)would visit Lagos, Nigeria between 3-9 November, Calabar, Nigeria 18-24 November, Victoria, Cameroon 25 November-9 December, Fernando Po (island off West African coast, nowadays called Bioko, Equatorial Guinea) 10-15 December returning at Lagos on 18 December.

Note

1. Bramble-1st class gunboat, preceded by Redbreast-class, laid down by London&Glasgow, Govan, Scotland on 2 December 1897, launched on 15 November 1898, commissioned on 31 august 1899, paid of around 1925 and sold to be broken up in 1926.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-57

British aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive bound for Gibraltar and Malta according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 1 dated 8 January 1921

HMS Vindictive

Caledon-class light cruisers

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An item reported that the British aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive (1) was to depart from Portsmouth, England on 24 January bound for Gibraltar with replacement crews for the HMS cruiser Caradoc (2) and sloop Crocus (3) and for the stone frigate Egmont (4) and dispatch vessel Surprise (5) at Malta. She was to bring the released crews back to Devonport and Portsmouth, England and then again added to the Portsmouth Reserve.

Notes

1. Part of Hawkins-class heavy cruisers, building ordered in April 1916, laid down as Cavenish with yard number 500 by Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Ireland on 29 June 1916, launched on 17 January 1918, converted into an aircraft carrier during the building, renamed Vindictive in June 1918, completed on 19 October 1918, converted into a cruiser in 1924, converted into a training ship between 1936-1937, into a repair ship in 1939, destroyer torpedo ship since 1944 and broken up in 1946

2. C-class light cruiser Caledon sub-class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class, laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 21 February 1916, launched on 23 December 1916, commissioned on 15 June 1917, accommodation ship since April 1944, decommissioned in December 1945 and sold to be broken up on 5 April 1946.

3. Part of Arabis-class minesweeping sloops, preceded by Azalea-class, succeeded by Aubrietia-class, launched by Lobnitz and Company, Renfrew, Scotland on 24 December 1915 and sold at Bombay [Mumabi, India] in July 1930

4. The Fort St. Angelo at Birgu, Malta 1912-1933, a stone frigate

5. Yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding, served in the Russian navy as Razsvet until she was seized in 1918 becoming a dispatch vessel, renamed Surprise in 1920, sold in 1923 , recommisione in 1939 retaining her name Surprise and sunk off Lagos, Nigeria on 28 February 1942.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB/24/118/41

British dispatch vessel HMS Surprise to be disposed according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 8 dated 25 February 1922

An item reported that the British HMS Surprise proceeded towards Portsmouth, England to be paid off for disposal on 31 March. (1)

Note

1. Yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding, served in the Russian navyy as Razsvet until she was seized in 1918 becoming a dispatch vessel, renamed Surprise in 1920, sold in 1923 , recommisiones in 1939 retaining her name Surprise and sunk off Lagos, Nigeria on 28 February 1942.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-133-91

British gunboat HMS Thistle bound for South Africa according to the Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 31 for the week ending 6 August 1921

An item reported that the British gunboat HMS Thistle was underway from Lagos, Nigeria towards Simonstown, South Africa shortly to pay off.

Note

1. Part of the Bramble-class gunboats, preceded by Redbreast-class, laid down by London&Glasgow, Govan, Scotland on 2 December 1897, launched on 22 July 1899 and broken up in 1926.

Source

The National Archives CAB-24-127-7. No.31. Weekly appreciation of matters of naval interest for the week ended 6 August 1921

Russian tanker Adigeni 1968-1991 (Kenmary 1991-2004)

Built by by Rauma-Repola O/Y, Rauma, Finland in 1968. Russia-flagged, homeport Batumi, Georgia, IMO 6818447 and call sign UWPC. Later call sign 5NTH. Disposed at Alang, Bangladesh on 13 September 2004 to be broken up. In 1991 homeport Odessa, Ukraine. Renamed 1996 Kenmary, homeport San Lorenzo, Honduras and since 1998 Lagos, Nigeria (Operated by Olimpex Nigeria Ltd.). In 1997 temporarily the Honduras-flagged Fred?

Part of a group consisting of the Altaj, Aktau, Amgun, Aktubinsk, Aykhal, Rauma, Adygeni, Anakliya, Aynazhi, Kola, Izkora, Khersones, Akhaltsikhe, Yugansk, Ararat, Ayon, Omsk, Autse, Biryuza Antares, Zugdidim Auseklis, Zhalgiris, Abava, Prut, Svrgutnef, Anyuy, Neftegoresk, Tarkhankut, Ilim, Aspindza, Dabrecen, Neftekamsk, Sakhalinneft, Sibirneft and Rumbula. The Project 160 or called by the NATO the Altay-class consisted of the Kola, Elnya, Egorlyk, Izhora, Prut and Ilim. General technical characteristics of the Altay, the details differs from ship to ship. Gross register tonnage 3.674 tons, net register tonnage 1.728 tons, deadweight 5.045 tons, deadweight cargo capacity 4.314.0 tons and as dimensions 97,00 (between perpendiculars)-106,07 (over all) x 15,40 (moulded) x 7.90 (depth to main deck) x 18,80 (height mast above main deck) s 0,04/650 (fore light-fully loaded)-5,43/650 (aft light-fully loaded)-2.69 /6,50 (light-fully loaded) metres. Speed 13,2 (full loaded)-14,20 (in ballast) knots. Capacity of dry cargo hold 1874,4 M3 grain. Total capacity of cargo oil tanks 6.028 M3. Five cargo oil tanks. Could transport all grades of oil including petrol of at least 0,74 k/gsm3 specific weight.

Icelandic tug (ex-Lamnalco Petrel 1998-2016, Afrik Petrel 2016-) Grettir Sterki

 

Schelde off Vlissingen, 24 September 2020

Iceland-flagged, IMO 9171981, MMSI 251459110 and cal sign TFIU. Gross tonnage 210 tons and as dimensions 30,3 x 7,8 metres. Built by Damen Shipyard Gorinchem, Gorinchem, Netherlands in 1998. As Afrik Petrel Nigeria-flagged, MMSI 657131700 and call sign 5OBB. As Lamnalco Petrel owned by Smit Lamnalco Co. Ltd. And operated by Land&Marine Nat Contracting.

Indian oil products tanker (ex-Al Deerah 1989-2013) Iddi 2013-

With our thanks to Thomas Ruellan for allowing us to publish

Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Faujdarhat, Bangladesh 31 January 2020

St. Kitts&Nevis-flagged, Basseterre, IMO 8619455 and call sign V4ZN3. Built by Samsung Shipbuilding&Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Geoje, South Korea in 1989. Ex-Al Deerah, Kuwait-flagged, renamed May 2013. Owned and managed by Oceanic Shipping Services, Mumbai, India. Earlier as Al  Deerad  Nigeria-flagged, homeport Lagos as the Diddi, MMSI 657965000 and call sign 5NQY7.

Nigerian utility barge Brass Island 1958-

Welded hull with a wood-built superstructure. Launched at the shipyard N.V. Werf Timmer, Delft, Netherlands for account of Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, Port Harcourt, Nigeria on 16 June 1958 and commissioned on 21 August. With as dimensions 21,00 (between perpendiculars)-21,20 (over all) x 6,20 x 1,40 x 1,80 (depth) metres.

American tug annex supply vessel Blue Whale 1977/1991) Blue Marlin 1991-1992, H.O. Risen Star 1992-1998, Risen Star 1998-laid up)

With our thanks to Gregory Castleman allowing us to publish

USA-flagged, call sign WYH7 and IMO 7713486. Renamed  Blue Marlin 1991, H.O. Risen Star 11 November 1992, Risen Star January 1998. Built by Halter Marine Services Inc., Moss Point, Massachusetts, USA in 1977 for account of Garber Brothers Inc., Morgan City, Louisiana. Gross tonnage 476 tons, net tonnage 323 tons and s dimensions 50,55 (between perpendiculars)-54,87 (over all) x 12,20 x 4,27 x 3,664 metres. Speed 15 knots. As Rising Star Nigeria-flagged, MMSI 657590000 and call sign 5NTR2.

American tug annex supply vessel Cayman Island 1974-1991 (Veesea Tornado 1991-2002, Tornado 2002-)

With our thanks to Gregory Castleman for his photograph

IMO 7390636. Nowadays Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre and owned/managed by West Coast Shipping, Lagos, Nigeria. Built by American Marine Corpration/Bollinger Gulf Repair, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974. Renamed Veesea Tornado in August 1991 and Tornado in August 2002. Originally owned by Arthur Levyy Entreprises Incorporated, Morgan City, Louisiana, USA, registration no. 557223 and call sign WZD3. Gross tonnage 194 tons, net tonnage 132 tons, deadweight 1.021 tons and as dimensions 51,87 (between perpendiculars)-55,58 (over all) x 11,56 (moulded)-11,59 (extreme) x 3,925 x 4,58 metres.