British corvette HMS Acanthus K01 1939-1946 (Andenes 1946-1956, Colin Frye 1956-1957, Toshi Maru No. 2 1957-1970.

Flower-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Flower-class sometimes also called Gladioulus-class after the lead ship succeeded by Castle-class. Totally were 225 of the original design under the 1939 and 1940 building programmes and 69 of the modified design since 1940built and were 5 original and 6 modified design cancelled. Partly built in Canada of which some were transferred by the British Royal Navy to the US Navy where they were commissioned as the Temptress- and Action-class patrol gunboats. The modified design was slightly larger and with an improved armament. The original design was based on that of the whaler catcher Southern Pride of Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, England. In the original design was the mast positioned forward the bridge, in the modified design aft the bridge, but apparently not always and also not always in modified original vessels. Ordered on 21 September 1939. Laid down by Alisa Shipbuilding Company on 21 December 1993, launched on 26 May 1941, completed on 1 October 1942, handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy, sold to Norway in 1946 and renamed HNOMS Andenes, reclassified as frigate with as pennant F 3207, sold to the Union Whaling in 1956, converted into a whaler by A.&J. Inglis Ltd., Scotland, renamed Colin Frye, sold to Taiyo Gyoygo K.K., Tokyo, Japan and renamed Toshi Mari No. 2 in 1957 and broken up in Japan in 1970.

Russian dry cargo ship ms Vereya 1965-

Vyborg or Viborg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Typ VI- or Vyborg-class built for the Soviet Union, China, France, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland. The figures differs depending on the source. Wikepedia mentioned 31 built between 1961 and 1969 while Caribia claims 34. Built by VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, East Germany or German Democratic Republic in 1965. Dimensions 140.0 (between perpendiculars)-150.7 (over all) x 20.0 (moulded) x 11.6 (depth to main deck) x 0.93 (fore light)-5.46 (aft light)-3.18 (mean light)-8.91 (mean loaded ) metres. Five cargo hold with total bale capacity 15,674 M3 and grain capacity 18,268M3. 

Shipping traffic heading to the west of Gibraltar between 2-4 August according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 9 August 1917

An item reported the sighting between 2-4 August heading to the west of 1 Portuguese steamship, 3 Norwegian steamships, 2 Spanish steamships, 1 armed Italian passenger steamship, 1 with 2 guns armed Italian steamship, 1 armed steam transport, 5 armed steamships, 1 British destroyer of the Basilisk type,1 Greek steamship, 13 armed British steamships, 3 armed Italian steamships, 1 Japanese stamship and 1 Russian (?) steamship from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Shipping traffic heading to the east of Gibraltar on 5 August according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 9 August 1917

An item reported the sighting on 5 August heading to the east of 1 British motor ship, 1 British steamship, the with 2 guns armed British passenger steamship Newcastle, 1 Norwegian steamship, British steamship Bosnian (?), 1 steamship and 1 armed Italian steamship with the inscription Baltic Line from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Shipping traffic heading to the east of Gibraltar between 2-4- August according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 9 August 1917

An item reported the sighting between 2-4 August heading to the east of 1 armed British passenger steamship, 6 armed British steamships. As part of a convoy: 2 Norwegian steamships, 1 Danish motor ship, 2 Danish steamships, 3 armed Italian steamships, 1 with 2 guns armed Italian auxiliary cruiser, 1 American schooner, 1 Italian steamship, 1 armed steamship, 1 British steamship, 1 British torpedo boat, 1 British cable ship, 1 armed French steamship, 1 American convoy and 1with 2 guns armed French steamship from Gibraltar.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Norwegian tanker m/v Kidlefjord lost in air attack according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 83 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 27 March-3 April 1941

An item reported that on 1 April was lost due to bombs thrown by enemy aircraft the Norwegian tanker m/v Kidlefjord, tonnage 7,639 tons, loaded with Pool spirit, underway from Aruba, Dutch West Indies to Avonmouth, part of convoy yes, on the position 20 miles north west Smalls. Five crew members were saved by a British warship.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1. 

Catch results of the Norwegian Greenland whaler Hoogland according to the Dutch newspaper Opregte Leydse courant dated 23 August 1706

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 August referred to the arrival at Copenhagen, Denmark of the Danish Greenland whaler Juffr. Elisabeth bringing with her a list of the catch results of the Norwegian Greenland whaler Hoogland 3,5 whale 150 barrels.

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea.

Russian dry cargo ship ms Vyatka 1964-

Vyborg or Viborg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Typ VI- or Vyborg-class built for the Soviet Union, China, France, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland. The figures differs depending on the source. Wikepedia mentioned 31 built between 1961 and 1969 while Caribia claims 34. Built by VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, East Germany or German Democratic Republic in 1964. Dimensions 140.0 (between perpendiculars)-150.7 (over all) x 20.0 (moulded) x 11.6 (depth to main deck) x 0.93 (fore light)-5.46 (aft light)-3.18 (mean light)-8.91 (mean loaded ) metres. Five cargo hold with total bale capacity 15,674 M3 and grain capacity 18,268M3.

British corvette HMS Abelia K 184 1940-1947 (1966)

Flower-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Flower-class sometimes also called Gladioulus-class after the lead ship succeeded by Castle-class. Totally were 225 of the original design under the 1939 and 1940 building programmes and 69 of the modified design since 1940 built and were 5 original and 6 modified design cancelled. Partly built in Canada of which some were transferred by the British Royal Navy to the US Navy where they were commissioned as the Temptress- and Action-class patrol gunboats. The modified design was slightly larger and with an improved armament. The original design was based on that of the whaler catcher Southern Pride of Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, England. In the original design was the mast positioned forward the bridge, in the modified design aft the bridge, but apparently not always and also not always in modified original vessels.

Laid down by Harland&Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland with yard number 1095 on 19 August 1940, launched on 28 November 1940, commissioned on 3 February 1941. torpedoed by German submarine and heavily damaged on 9 January 1944, sold to Hvalfangerselskapet Antarctic A/S (Anton van der Lippe), Tonsberg, Norway in 1947, resold to Norway in 1948, converted at Kiel, Germany into the buoy tender Kraft, converted into a whale catcher in 1951, sold to Norwegian firm A/S Kosmos and renamed Arne Skontorp (IMO 5024934, call sign LNOT) in 1954 and broken up by Norsk Skipsophugnings Co., at Grimstad, Norway in October or December1966. 

Norwegian chemical/oil products tanker (ex-Liselotte Essberger 1992-1997, Lima Chemist 1997-2008, Liselotte Essberger 2008-2015-2015) Key North 2015-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Gibraltar-flagged, IMO 9020417, MMSI 236669000 and call sign ZDPF8. Owner Key Shipping As, manager Sea Tank Chartering As, both at Bergen, Norway. Built by Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Gmbh&Co Kg, Hamburg, Germany in 1992. Germany flagged 2008-2014 and 2015, Portugal-flagged 2014-2015.

British press claimed German capital ships joined at sea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 February 1942

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, MH 71390

Tirpitz anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944

Admiral Hipper-classs©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

pocket battleship/heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer. Werft-Reederei-Hafen 15 April 1933

An item reported that the British Admiralty could not confirm what the press claimed over the German pocket battleship [Admiral] Scheer and heavy cruiser [Admiral] Hipper and the battleship Tirpitz joined each other at sea. Reconnaissance on 19 February made clear that the Tirpitz was still lying close off the Norwegian coast without joining other heavy units.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 73 dated 21 February 1942

Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim lost after being attacked by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 83 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 27 March-3 April 1941

An item reported that on 24 March was lost the Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim due to bombs of enemy aircraft, tonnage 8,070 tons , loaded with government stores, underway from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, part of convoy yes, on the position off the south coast of Crete, Greece. All men saved.(1)

Note

1. Name misspelled must be Solheim, sunk by German Junkers Ju88 bombers.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1. 

Russian dry cargo ship ms Vjasma 1964-

Vyborg or Viborg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Typ VI- or Vyborg-class built for the Soviet Union, China, France, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland. The figures differs depending on the source. Wikepedia mentioned 31 built between 1961 and 1969 while Caribia claims 34. Built by VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, East Germany or German Democratic Republic in 1964. Dimensions 140.0 (between perpendiculars)-150.7 (over all) x 20.0 (moulded) x 11.6 (depth to main deck) x 0.93 (fore light)-5.46 (aft light)-3.18 (mean light)-8.91 (mean loaded ) metres. Five cargo hold with total bale capacity 15,674 M3 and grain capacity 18,268M3.

Japanese passenger-cargo ship (ex-Bangor 1910-1915, Seattle 1915-1928) Toyokawa Maru 1928-1944

Toyokawa Maru©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British Town-class Bristol sub-class cruser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Homeport Hutyu. Owner in 1939 Matsowa Kisen K.K. Built by Wood Skinner&Co. Ltd., Bill Quay, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England with yard number 173 for account of A/S Bangor, Kristiania, Norway in end 1910, seized by British light cruiser HMS Bristol in the Strait of Magellan off the Chilean Juan Fernandez Islands while she was loaded with coal and provision for the German light cruiser SMS Dresden (1) on 14 March 1915, registered at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands as the British Seattle, sold to the Government of South Africa (department of Harbors and Railways, Cape Town) in 1919, sold to Japan and renamed Toyokawa Maru in 1928, requisitioned by the army and became troop transport Allotted IJA No. 224 on 7 November 1941, released and returned to owners and the same day requisitioned by the navy on 28 January 1944 and after striking an aerial mine off Shimonoseki, Japan sunk on 5 July 1945.

Gross tonnage 5,124 tons, under deck 4,737 tons, net tonnage 3,707, deadweight 8,160 tons and as dimensions 385.0 x 54.0 x 27.8 x 8 (light)-25 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 516 ihp, coal bunker capacity 1,150 tons, range 0,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.

Note

1. Part of Dresden-class preceded by König-class succeeded by Kolberg-class. Laid down as Ersatz Comet by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany in 1906, launched on 5 October 1907, commissioned on 14 November 1908. Since the outbreak of the First World War active as commerce raider in the South American Atlantic waters, then joined the German East Asia Squadron commanded by Graf Maximum von Spee, survived as only German ship the Battle of the Falkland Islands and was finally scuttled off Robinson Crusoe Island (in the past called Más a Tierra) on 14 March 1915 after being attacked by the HMS Kent and Glasgow.

Shipping traffic at Genoa, Italy according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that according to reliable sources on 27 July were lying in the harbor of Genoa, Italy 9 Italian, 3 British, 2 Danish, 3 Norwegian, 4 Spanish cargo ships, 1 American and 1 Italian steam tanker.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Norwegian general cargo ship (ex-Northern Liftnes 1996-2002) Wilson Grip 2002-

Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026

Bahamas-flagged, homeport Nassau, IMO 9126912, MMSI 311001799 and call sign C6IX4. Owner Wilson Shipowning AS, manager Wilson Ship Management AS, both at Bergen, Norway. Built by Slovenske Lodenice, Komarno, Slovakia in 1996. Barbados-flagged between 2021-2026. 

Norwegian fish carrier Dønnland 2011-

Hammerfest, Norway 11 August 2023

Norway-flagged, homeport Sandnessjoen, IMO 9632569, MMSI 257797000 and call sign LCUL. Laid down by AS Rīgas kuģu būvētava (Riga Shipyard), Riga, Latvia with yard number 137 on 15 September 2011, launched on 28 February 2012, completed on 14 September 2012 and fitted out/completed with yard number 190 by Aas Mek. Verksted AS, Vestnes, Norway. Owner Norks Fisketransport, Kolvereid, Norway and manager DBS Consultancy, Ottersoy, Norway. 

Ships coming from the west arriving at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that between 19-20 August arrived at Gibraltar 1 Italian steamship, 1 Dutch steamship, 1 British destroyer, 1 British steam transport, 4 British steamships, 1 French passenger steamship, 1 Italian steam passenger ship and 1 Norwegian steamship.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Ships coming from the east arriving at Gibraltar according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 25 August 1917

An item reported that between 19-20 August arrived at Gibraltar 1 Italian passenger ship, 1 Norwegian steamship, 1 British steamship, 1 American passenger steamship and 1 American steamship.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

Russian dry cargo ship ms Velikie Lukie 1964-

Vyborg or Viborg©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Typ VI- or Vyborg-class built for the Soviet Union, China, France, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland. The figures differs depending on the source. Wikepedia mentioned 31 built between 1961 and 1969 while Caribia claims 34. Built by VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, East Germany or German Democratic Republic in 1964. Dimensions 140.0 (between perpendiculars)-150.7 (over all) x 20.0 (moulded) x 11.6 (depth to main deck) x 0.93 (fore light)-5.46 (aft light)-3.18 (mean light)-8.91 (mean loaded ) metres. Five cargo hold with total bale capacity 15,674 M3 and grain capacity 18,268M3.