British cargo ship Ettrickdale seized by the Russians in 1904

Gross tonnage 3,775 tons. Underway from Barry to Sabang, Dutch East Indies. Type cargo coal. Seized in the Red Sea on 19 February 1904, released on 28 February. Russia recognized laims advance and agreed to pay an indemnity. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905.

Source

Official history (Naval and Military) of the Russo-Japanese War. Vol. II. Liao Yang, the Sha Ho, Port Arthur. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London, 1912. 

British destroyer HMS Khartoum 1937-1940

Tribal. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sister ship and flotillaleader HMS Kelly©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

F45/G45. Part of K-class destroyers and flotilla leader of her class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. Laid down by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 27 October 1937, launched on 6 February 1939, commissioned in November 1939, in acutal service on 6 November 1939, beached after a Mark IX torpedo caused an uncontrollable fire and magazine explosion in the harbor of Perim in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940. 

Norwegian cargo ship Mathilda seized by Russia in 1904

Gross tonnage 3,480 tons. Underway from Penarth to Sasebo. Type cargo coal. Seized in the Red Sea on 19 February 1904, released on 28 February. ty. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905.

Source

Official history (Naval and Military) of the Russo-Japanese War. Vol. II. Liao Yang, the Sha Ho, Port Arthur. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London, 1912. 

British cargo ship Frankby seized by Russia in 1904

Gross tonnage 3,480 tons. Underway from Barry to Hong Kong Type cargo coal.Seized in the Red Sea on 19 February 1904, released on 28 February. Russian recognizedclaims advance and agreed to pay an indemnity. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905.

Source

Official history (Naval and Military) of the Russo-Japanese War. Vol. II. Liao Yang, the Sha Ho, Port Arthur. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London, 1912. 

British merchant steamship Geelong hired for the Sudan campaign in 1885

Engaged by the British government for the new expedition to the Soudan. Gross tonnage 1,835 tons. Service in Red Sea. 

Due to the despressed state of the shipping trade was the Admiralty able to hire troop transports towards Suakin, Sudan for just 17s 6 ton/month in contrary to the 28s ton/month in the 1882 campaign. The first Suakim expedition was in February 1884, the second one in March 1885. The campaigns were part of the Mahdist War (1881-189) between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Khedivate Egypt later the United Kingdom resulting in the condominium Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1899-1956 and then succeeded by the Protectorate of Uganda, Italian Libya and the Republic of Sudan, nowadays Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. On 26 January 1885 fell Khartoum and the British garrison was massacred. In March was a British expeditionary force sent to Suakin but lacking success and finally withdrawn.

Source

The Steamship dated 16 February 1885, p. 64. 

Italian long range submarine Torricelli 1937-1940

Brin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Liuzzi-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Brin-class preceded by Archimede-class succeeded by Liuzzi-class. Laid down by Tosi, Taranto, Italy on 23 December 1937, launched on 26 March 1939, delivered on 7 May 1939, scuttled after a fight with the British destroyers HMS Kandahar, Khartoum and Kingston and the sloop Shoreham in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940 and stricken on 18 October 1946. 

Russians intercepting merchant ships in the Red Sea acccording to the Dutch newspaper Deli courant dated 2 March 1904

An item reported that the Russians were intercepting merchant ships in the Red Sea searching for contraband. The British collier Ettrickdale and Franxby and the Norwegian ship Mathilda were declared to be prizes.(1)

Note

1. Russo-Japanese War 8 February 1904-5 September 1905. 

Dutch motor ship Knikker investigating sea fishery possibilities in the Red Sea according to the Dutch newspaper Tilburgsche courant dated 7 December 1926

An item referred to a tiding received from IJmuiden, Netherlands that on last Thursday afternoon the motor ship Knikker of the Maatschappij Knikker departed towards the Red Sea to investigate the possibilities for sea fishery by a there founded private company using the steam trawler system. Her crew consisted for the moment of the master, 2 wheelsmen, a wireless operator and 2 engineers. The intention was to enlist the needed deckhands abroad. Mr. R. den Boer, ship owner at Haarlem, Netherlands and director of the Maatschappij Noorderlicht at Ijmuiden was to travel over land to be embarked in the first harbour. 

Germany leased the Ottoman island Oeraam or Uraon in the Red Sea according to the Dutch newspaper De locomotief dated 16 October 1900

An item reported that the Turkish sultan leased for a period of 30 years the island Oeraan in the Red Sea to Germany to found a coal bunker station. The Deli courant dated 17 October called the island Uraon near Kamaran.(1) De locomotief dated 31 December 1900 reported that the German and Turkish governements were no longer arguing about the coal bunker station in the Red Sea. Germany agreed to keep the station until the crisis in China was solved. The edition The edition dated 2 January 1901 reported that the Turkish government embarked 450 military fitted out with guns on the island in the Red Sea with the intention to found an international coal bunker station

Note

1. Kamaran Island is at the moment the largest Yemene islands in the Red Sea and was since the second part of the 19th Century part of the Ottoman Empire which established a quarantine station for pilgrims. 

Minesweeping in Red Sea and off Turkey completed according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 15 for the week ending 29 March 1919

An item reported that the minesweeping in the Egyptian command was completed on 28 March and the French expected the same for Mersina [Mersin, Turkey] on 1 April.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-77-68

Egyptian government planned to increase the Red Sea fishing fleet according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated January 1960 no. 1

An item reported that the Egyptian government planned to increase the Red Sea fishing fleet together with establishing small freezing and storage plants along the coasts of the Red Sea and the Golf of Suez. There was even an idea for a shark-liver oil processing plant in the Red Sea. 

Japanese fishing research vessel Shoyo Maru investigating Egyptian tuna fishery in the Mediterranean in Red Sea according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated January 1960 no. 1

An item reported the arrival of the Japanese fishing research vessel Shoyo Maru in March 1959 at Alexandria, Egypt. Purpose was to explore and research if commercial tuna fishery in the Mediterranen and Red Sea was possible. The results were disappointing for the Mediterranean and just slightly worse for the Red Sea.

Yugoslavian fishing vessels investigating Egyptian tuna fishery in the Mediterranean in Red Sea according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated January 1960 no. 1

An item reported that in 1958 four Yugoslavian fishing vessels were contracted by the Egyptian government for exploring and researching Egyptian waters. Two were still active in the Red Sea and the remaining two in the Mediterranean the latter two ready early 1959. Although the results were yet nog fully studied there were allready discouraging prospects for the tuna fishery in the Mediterranean past west of Alexandria, Egypt and the Libyan border.