Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 30 September 2026
Marshall Islands-flagged, IMO 9726504, MMSI 538011305 and call sign V7A6933. Panama-flagged 2014-2024. Built by Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry, Tongzhou, China in 2024. As Kmarin Genoa, Panama-flagged, MMSI 354709000, call sign 3FPE8 and owner/manager Kmarin, Seoul, South Korea.
Canal Gent, Belgium-Terneuzen, Netherlands 12-9-2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 9573830, MMSI 351724000 and call sign 3EWH8. Built by Shin Kasado Dockyard, Kudatamtsu, Japan in 2010. Ikan Senyur owner Ehime Kaiun, Imabari, Japan , manager Apex Shipmanagement, Singapore.
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.
Tonegawa Maru©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Sister ships Tonegawa Maru and Yamayuri Maru identical similar Ryunan Maru. Call sign ZYYL. Owner in 1939 Yamashita Kisen K.K., Kobe, Japan. Launched by A.McMillan&Son Ld., Dumbarton, Scotland with yard number 451 on 15 September 1913, in October 1913, owners Liverpool, Brazil&River Plate S.N. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, England in 1913, Maurice Olivier, Panama/Algiers in 1932, Soc. Anom. Marit.&Commerciale Olivier, M. Olivier, Salonica, Greece in 1934, Bright Navigation Co. Ltd., London, England in 1935, H.C. Wan, Tsingtao, China in 1936 and sunk by American aircraft off Rabaul, New Britain on 24 January 1944. Gross tonnage 5,028tons, net tonnage 3,099 tons , deadweight 8,130 tons and as dimensions 400.0 x 52.1 x 27.3 x 7.9 (light)-24.9 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower 458 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,334 ton, range 10,500 nautical miles/10.5 knots and speed 10.5 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.
An item reported that on 2 July the Panamanian merchant ship Santa Margarita, tonnage 4, 919 tons, in ballast, underway from Barry, England to Hampton Roads, USA was lost by gunfire 230 miles west of Ushant, France. Not part of convoy. 18 Crew members landed at Corunna, (Coruna, Spain?) 22 men missing.
Source
National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42.
Panama-flagged, IMO 9284520, MMSI 353071000 and call sign 3FZX9. Built by Oshima Shipbuilding, Saikai, Japan in 2005. owner/manager Dekoil, Athens, Greece.
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Rempang©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Escort carrier, first classifed as AVG-39, then ACV-39 and since 15 July 1943 CVE-39 USS Cordova as part of the Bogue-class and in British service Ruler-class. The U.S. Navy (USN) started with the hull classification Aircraft Escort Vessels (AVG) for escort aircraft carriers nicknamed ‘jeep carriers’ or even ‘baby flattop’ by the USN and ‘Woolworth Carrier’ by the British Royal Navy, that became Auxiliary Aircraft Carriers (ACV) on 5 August 1942 followed on 15 July 1943 Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE). The last classification supplied an better impression of their combat and support roles. Being (much) smaller and slower than a standard fleet carrier were they mainly used for convoy duties, supporting amphibious landings or just as a kind of cargo ship especially for transporting aircraft across the ocean.
Laid down by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation as USS Cordova on 22 September 1942, launched on 30 January 1943, transferred to the British Royal Navy, renamed HMS Khedive D62, commissioned on 25 August 1943, decommissioned on 19 July 1946, as Kedive owner/manager United States Maritime Commission, Washington, USA since 20 January 1946, bought by Waterman Steamship Corporation, Mobile, USA and converted into a cargo ship by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Mobile in 1946, bought by the Dutch government on 23 January 1947, as Rempang owner/manager N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam, Netherlands since 15 January 1948, sold, renamed Daphne and owner Atlas Enterprises Inc., Panama, manager Africa Liner Agencies Inc. S.A., Genoa, Italy since 4 July 1968, sold to owner/manager Comaran Africa Line (Compagnie Maritime de L'Afrique Noire S.A., Vlahakis), Abidjan, Ivory Coast, sold to be broken end 1975, arrived at Gandia, Spain on 20 January 1976 and breaking up by Hierros Ardes S.A. begun in February 1976.
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Call sign HPEL. Panama-flagged. Owner in 1939 Vestfold Corporation. Laid down by Furness S.B. Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England for Hvalfangers A/S Vestfold (Johan Rasmussen&Co.), Sandefjord, Norway in July 1930, launched on 16 April 1931, completed in July 1931 and sunk by the German submarine U-268 when part of convoy HX-222 with a cargo of fuel oil and landing craft on 17 January 1943. Gross tonnage 14,547 tons, under deck t9,942 tons, net tonnage 8,277 tons and as dimensions 538.1 x 74.x 33.3 feet.
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Similar Bolivar, Juarez, San Martin, José Marti, O’Higgins, and Sandino. Laid down by Helsingør Skibsvaerft&Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Denmark with yard number 410 for Empresa Maritimo Portuaria de Importación, Havana, Cuba on 31 January 1976, launched for the Empresa de Navegación Mabisa Shipping Company, Havana on 23 August 1976, commissioned on 14 January 1977, of Friomar (Naviera Poseidón, Havana), Limassol, Cyprus, reamed Akrogiali.in 1990, of Pennypride Shipping Co. Ltd. (Naviera Poseidón, Havana), Limassol, Cyprus, renamed Liliet in 1998, of Neville Shipping, renamed Wall, Panama on 1 April 2003, Of same owner (Thunder Containers Shipping AVV – Cuba), renamed Petras, Panama on 1 March 2004, of Seagate Marine SRL. renamed Destiny’s, Georgia in 2007, of Ultraviolet Capital SA (Seagate Marine Srl., Constanta, Romania), Freetown, Liberia, renamed Mwafak on 1 August 2008, Mwafak,Tanzania on 1 May 2008 and sold to Dynamic Air Product Pvt. Ltd., India in 2011 and broken up at Alang, India on 26 October 2011. Gross tonnage 9,656tons, deadweight 14,500 tons, horsepower 11,200 bhp and speed 17.5knots. Dimensions 154,1 x 19,8 x 9,5 metres. IMO 7420039.
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Similar Bolivar, Juarez, San Martin, José Marti, O’Higgins, and Sandino. Laid down by Helsingør Skibsvaerft&Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Denmark with yard number 413 for Empresa Maritimo Portuaria de Importación, Havana, Cuba on 11 November 1976, launched for the Mambisa Consolidated Navigation Company, Havana, Cuba christened O’Higgins on 23 June 1977, commissioned on 21 November 1977, of Poseidon Shipping Company, Havana and renamed Daiquiri in 1991, of Gemmens Navigation, Havana, renamed Tula, Panama on 1 May 2000 and broken up at 2003 April 4. Scrapped in Alang, India on 23 April 2003. Gross tonnage 9,656 tons, deadweight 14,500 tons, horsepower 11,200 bhp and speed 17.5 knots. Dimensions 154,1 x 19,8 x 9,5 metres.
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Call sign DJXY. Homeport in 1939 Hamburg. Owner in 1939 Deutsche Ölmuhler-Rohstoffe GmbH, managers Hamburger Wallfang-Kontor GmbH. Launched by Swan, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Ld., Wallsend Yard, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England with yard number 1377 for the Viking Whale Co. Ltd. (S Cartwright), Newcastle on 6 July 1929, completed in September 1929, Of South Sea Chartering Co Ltd, Newcastle of Viking Corporation (Johan Rasmussen & Co), Panama since 1934, of Deutsche Ölmuhlen-Rohstoffe GmbH, Hamburg since 1938, renamed Wikinger, of the Ministry of Transport (Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co Ltd), London, England since 1945, renamed Empire Venture, of Ministerstvo Rybnogo Khozyaistva, Odessa, Ukraine and renamed Slava in 1946, of Dalryba, Vladivostok since 1966, sold to Japan and renamed Fuji Maru in 1971 and broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she arrived on 13 July 1971. Gross tonnage 14,772 tons, under deck 14,163 tons, net tonnage 10,678 tons and as dimensions 493.2 x 71.1 x 50.4 feet.
Model Katwijks Museum, Netherlands
Built by N.V. Scheepsbouwbedrijf Gebroeders Pot, Bolnes, Netherlands with uard number 950 in 1963, converted into a standby safety vessel. Sold to Timor Offshore Management Ltd., Cyprus and renamed Timor Challenger in December 2007, broken up at Alliaga, Turkey on 7 January 2015. Panama-flagged, IMO 6402901.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 1 August 2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 9337638, MMSI 354212000 and call sign 3ENA9. Owner/manager Kitaura Kaiun KK, Imabari, Japan. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea in 2007.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 1 August 2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 8918980, MMSI 355194000 and call sign HPMK. Owner Mediterranean Shipping Co., Geneva, Switzerland, manager MSC Shipmanagement Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus. Built by HDW Kiel, Germany in 1993.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 13 July 2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 9110377, MMSI 356249000 and call sign 3EZB4. Earlier Inited Kingdom (<2004 flagged. Owner/manager Eastern Pacific Shipping, Monrovia, Liberia. Built by Hyunday Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea in 1996.
Vesselfinder: Netherlands-flagged, IMO 8757099, MMSI 245665000 and call sign PDKK. United Kingdom-flagged 2007-2013, Panama-flagged 2013-2025. Ex-GPS Apollo-2013, Eide Lift 7 2013-2018, Tronds Lift 7 2018-, Koole Lift 400 2024-2025. Shipspotting as Koole Lift 400 Panama-fllaged, homeport Panama, MMSI 352637000, owner/manager KMS BV, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands and ex-Magnus 1967-1971, Bison 1971-1973, Taklift 2 1973-1987, Gironde 1987-2000 and Koole Lift 400 since 2007. Built by HDW Kiel, Kiel, Germany in 1967.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 30 June 2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 9806158, MMSI 354658000 and call sign 3FHV3. Built by Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd., Onomichi, Japan in 2019. Owner Triton Navigation B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, manager Fleet Management Ltd., Hong Kong, China.
Panama-flagged, IMO 7404176, MMSI 353186000 and call sign HP8004. Built by Welgelegen Amels&Zoon Scheepswerf, Makkum, Netherlands in 1975. Owner/manager Glomar Shipmanagement, Den Helder, Netherlands. St. Vincent&Grenadines-flagged 2008-2013.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 9 June 2026
Norway-flagged, homeport Bergen, IMO 9490856, MMSI 259794000 and call sign LALC7. Built by Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Yangzhou, China in 2011. Panama-flagged in 2011. Owner/manager Spar Shipping AS, Bergen, Norway.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 13 June 2026
Panama-flagged, IMO 9991252, MMSI 352003759 and call sign 3E5859. Built in 2024. Owner Ever Bright Shipping, S.A., Japan.
