Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 3-3-2026
Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 9454761, MMSI 636023858 and call sign 5LPT7. Built by Kitanihon Shipbuilding, Hachinohe, Japan in 2011. Netherlands-flagged homeport Scheveningen 2011, Panama-flagged 2011-2024, since then Liberia-flagged. Owner/manager Seatrade Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 22 November 2007
China-flagged, IMO 8831429. Built by Dalian Shipyard Co., Dalian, China in 1974. Since 2012 doubted if she was still existing.
An item reported that the motor ship Coolgardie of the Sweden registered Transatlantic S.S. Co. was to serve on the route Sweden-continental harbours and Australia especially as fruit carrier. Newly built, insulated cargo capacity 194,800 cubic feet and 3,334 gross tonnage.(1)
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1. Built by the Helsingor Skibsvaerft&Maskinbyggeri, Helsingor, Denmark in 1956, sold to Italy and renamed Lastrigoni in 1969, sold to Greece and renamed Rea in 1974 and broken up at Turkey in 1987.
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Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.
Vlissingen-Oost, Netherlands 9-8-2025
Panama-flagged, IMO 9836878, MMSI 351074000 and call sign 3FAS5. Laid down wil hull number 1150 by Shikoku Dockyard Co. Ltd. on 28 December 2015, launched on 30 May 2018 and completed on 31 October 2018. Registered owner Southern Route Maritime S.A., Japan.
Panama-flagged, IMO 10259966, MMSI 352003662 and call sign 3E4785. Built by Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan in June 2024. Owner EuljiKRF Co. Ltd.
Scheveningen, Netherlands 14 July 2025
Panama-flagged, IMO 10259966, MMSI 352003662 and call sign 3E4785. Built by Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan in June 2024. Owner EuljiKRF Co. Ltd.
Vlissingen-Oost, Netherlands 19-4-2025
Bahamas-flagged, homeport Nassau, IMO 9059626, MMSI 308705000 and call sign C6JT. Built by Danyard, Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1993. Owner/manager Ecuadorian Line, Miami, USA in 1993.
Ramb II. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
HMNZS Leander. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Call sign ICHN. Homeport Genoa, Italy. Laid downt by Cantieri Riuniti Dell’Adriatrico, Monfalcone, Italy with yard number 1181 on 14 December 1936, launched on 7 June 1937, commissioned on 6 September 1937, requisitioned by Italian navy on 9 April 1940, converted into an auxiliary cruiser at Masawa, Italian Eritrea [since 1936 Italian East Africa], Japan did not permitted that she operated as a commerce raider against British ships in the Indian Ocean out of Japanese harbours, chartered by the Japanese navy as store ship in September 1942, scuttled by own crew in Kobe, Japan on 8 September 1943, refloated by Japanese in 1943 and as Ikutagawa Maru taken into service on 3 October 1943,commissionedas auxiliary transport on 30 November 1943, sunk in an air attack on Indochina on 12 January 1945 and stricken on 5 February 1945. Armament as auxiliary cruiser 4-12cm/14.7” guns and 2-13.2mm.0.62” anti aircraft guns. Owner Ministere dell’Africana Italiana Regio Azienda Monopolio Banane and with her sister ships active in the banana trade between Italy and Italian Somaliland [since 1936 Italian East Africa]. Just like the Ramb I converted into an auxiliary cruiser seeking refugee in Japan was the Ramb I sunk by the New Zealand light cruiser HMNZS Leander on 27 February 1941.
A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers.
Gross tonnage 1,427 tons. Type mv reefer. Built in 1933. Speed 8 knots. Fuel oil. International call sign UOIV. Service coastal. Remarks in fishing industry.
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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945
A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers.
Gross tonnage 1,427 tons. Type mv reefer. Built in 1933. Speed 9 knots. Fuel oil. International call sign UOIU. Service coastal. Remarks in fishing industry.
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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945
A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers.
Gross tonnage 3,113 tons. Type mv reefer. Built in 1930. Speed 10 knots. Fuel oil. International call sign UOVK. Service transpacific. Remarksalso operated in the fishing industry.
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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945
A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers.
Gross tonnage 3,011 tons. Type reefer. Built in 1903. Speed 8 knots. Fuel coal. International call sign UNAP. Service coastal.
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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 June 2024
Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia, IMO 9179256, MMSI 636016238 and call sign D5FE2. Built by Shin Kochi Jyuko, Kochi, Japan in 1998. Owner/manager Seatrade Groningen B.V., Groningen, Netherlands.
Westerschelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 May 2024
Bahamas-flagged, homeport Nassau, IMO 9030149, MMSI 308126000 and call sign C6KD4. Built by Danyard, Fredrikshavn, Denmark in 1992. Owner/manager Seatrade Groningen B.V.
Germany-flagged, homeport Rostock, IMO 6513774, MMSI 211218820 and call sign Y4HK. Laid down by Volkswerft Stralsund, Stralsund, East Germany with yard number 351 on 15 February 1964, launched on 1 June 1964 and since 1993 serving as cultural exhibition ship. SAS 501 Stubnitz 1964 and 1984 ROS 701 Stubnitz. Owner was VEB Fischkombinat Sasnitz.
Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 16 January 2024
Singapore-flagged, homeport Singapore, IMO 9517903, MMSI 566341000 and call sign 9V9352. Owner OOCL, Hong Kong, China and manager Philsynergy Maritime, Manila, Philippines. Built by Shikoku Dockyard, Takamatsu, Japan in 2009
Southern anchorage, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 4 December 2023
Cyprus-flagged, homeport Limassol. IMO 9076260, MMSI 210631000 and call sign 5BWC3. Shipspotting owner/manager Acheon Akti Navigation, Limassol, Cyprus. Renamed 3 May 2013. As Frio Aegean Panama-flagged, until 20055 of Maritime Energy SA and until 2013 of Pareefers KS. Uused in the frozen fish trades. Completed by 61 Kommunara Shipyard, Mykolayiv, Ukraine (1141) in January 1995.
Puerto de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 14 December 2023
Cameroon-flagged, IMO 8300949, MMSI 613590000 and call sign TJMC996. Cameroonian registered, but owned by a Panamanian shell company, established to hide a beneficial ownership, which is possibly Russian. It is specialised in the transport of frozen small pelagic fish, mainly transhipped from fishing vessels in Guinea-Bissau. As Nedfreezer Netherlands-flagged, owner Rederij m.s. “Nedfreezer”, as Medemsand Panama-flagged, owner International Legend Sa, since 2009 as Gabu Reefer owner Fishing&Cargo Services SA, 2009-2018 Comores-flagged, homeport Moroni, MMSI 616852000 and call sign D6FJ2since then Cameroon. Keel laid down on 10 February 1983, launched on 1 July 1983 and completed on 15 November 1983 by Jonker & Stans, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The forepart was built by H.H.Bodewes, Millingen, Netherlands.
Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain
Spain-flagged, homeport Las Palmas, IMO 7812022, MMSI 22479000 and call sign EHXT. Completed on 20/12/1986, by Huelva Astilleros, Huelva, Spain on 20 December 1986 as a ro ro cargo ship built in 1987 converted into a reefer.
Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 2 December 2023
Panama-flagged, IMO 9851191, MMSI 352274000 and call sign 3EGZ. Registered owner Boyang Alaska SA. Laid down by Kyokuyo Zosen, Chofu, Japan on 26 December 2015, launched on 13 July 2018 and completed on 8 January 2019.
