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In January 1922 the Japanese registry had 2,933 steamers of 3,012,447 gross tonnage registered and was rapidly increasing. What number of these used Maru in the name is almost 100% from what i can glean but the Japanese merchant marine did suffer a large number of losses 1918 - 1941 through accident...

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Certainly them stokers are smokin' in the top image whilst Bedford runs her trials light and unarmed in her Victorian livery of black hull, white upper works, buff funnels with a narrow white boot top above her red hull. Captain Edward Stafford Fitzherbert (1865-1941) was responsible for her ignomin...

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' with the loss of 100 lives' is somewhat an over estimation and over ambitious. St Abbs was 1 of 40 tugs involved during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk. She was bombed and sunk 1st June 1940 with the loss of 20 ships company including CO Lt T E Brooker RN. Even with those from the B ...

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For my 900th contribution in this forum i felt Woodpecker deserved some of the limelight but not so much this sloop per se. It would not have escaped most enthusiasts notice the coincidence of Grey Navy sloops in WW2 having pendant flag superior U followed by the numerals from 1 -99, Woodpecker bein...

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3rd May 2019. Officially announced today the RN's 4th Dreadnought class SSBN will be named HMS King George VI. She will be the 1st to serve as such in honour of the British Monarch 1936 - 1952. However as Paul made clear in the previous post this battleship Duke of York was also named in his honour ...

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Crocus spent more than some time in the East. She was selected for service in the Persian Gulf Division in 1920 then went to Gibraltar for a refit to make her more habitable for such waters, commissioned there 29th Jan 1921 and then spent her entire years East of Suez until being condemned in May 19...

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Official title is H. M. Mooring Vessel Moor.

Unfortunately the image is neither Moor or any other Mooring Vessel but a Bar class Boom Defence Vessel taken attending a boom in Grand Harbour Malta or environs 1940 - 1942.

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Witte Zee with another Smit tug Zwarte Zee still hold the record for longest ever single tow. The pair left the Tyne with the new Swan Hunter built Jubilee 584 foot Wellington floating dock 17 July 1931 and arrived in Wellington, New Zealand 28 December after nearly 14,000 nautical miles. The dock w...

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H.M. Mooring Vessel Buffalo was sunk on 5th April 1941, not the 4th. The pendant numbers date from WW1, she did not have one allocated in WW2. Still found no image of her. I have details of every individual killed, missing presumed killed (MPK) and injured in this saga including all the Locally Ente...

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Slow speed alright, if she left Blighty (the Mother Land) in Summer she would not get to the Cape 'til their Summer, a full 6 months, plus the return. Seems like shorts and shades were the order of the day...No, Year...All Year...every Year. And as for Royal duties maybe the clue is in the name. Was...

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Not a frequent visitor to Europe but remarkably she is still a Moller ship and is currently in the Pacific off Canada (West Coast hopefully). IMO 9342504 of 109534 grt built in 2007 and Singapore registered. Maersk is a shipping company with an impressive history and some of their ships have been tr...

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Nice image Paul, maybe not as scarce as 4469 Sir Ralph Wedgwood, ex Gadwall, which on 29 April 1942 was destroyed by a bomb at York, ironically where the National Railway Museum is today. Sir Murrough Wilson was a diector of the LNER and when built she was named Pochard 4499 for a year and latterly ...

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Medina here has the full array of flags shown as a royal yacht and are so..... Fore mast - Admiralty Flag. Main mast and the tallest - Royal Standard, this being the temporarily erected one for this purpose only removed upon her return. Mizzen mast - Union Jack. At the Jack (sharp end) the Union Jac...

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When launched 9 Jan 1936 a method had to be devised to prevent Comanchee hitting the liner Queen Mary fitting out and whose stern was causing a 100 foot obstruction. To ensure Comanchee cleared QM she was weighted with 480 tons of drag chains to swing her clear and when mid stream her anchors were d...

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Tenders are invited from interested parties for the purchase of the second hand tug Nimble, ''As is Where is''. 3,000 hp triple expansion, twin screw built in 1942 of 831.8 grt. Also 3 smaller tugs 220hp built 1944-45 of 86.9 grt, TID 144, TID 145 and TID 149. Advertised by Sembawang Towing Co (PTE)...

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7 Jan 1922. At 2.00 am in driving rain but calm seas the Chassie Maersk hit the rocks on Pulo Rondo en route from Durban to Sabang, Sumatra. The Captain had no experience in navigating these waters. Many crew attempted to leave her in boats, but, unable to land returned to their ship where during th...

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Success of the highest order with the announcement today Australia have chosen the Type 26 Glasgow class as the basis for their new Hunter class. With tenders from Spain and Italy to contend with the obvious and sensible decision has been made for a ship for the future. Australia is spending big on ...

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Love the little steam driven wheelie barrow too Paul. So cute. Seems to have come off the rails though.
Does it have a name i wonder. Patently not Barfleur.

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Hulda Maersk left Sunderland in Feb 1950 with an all Danish crew under Capt A. Jansen who had been sunk in 1941 and spent the remainder of the war working with the Canadians. In 1953 she was allocated to the new extended fast monthly New York - Malaya service via Panama started with her sister Lexa ...

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The stranding of Walrus occurred whilst in tow for subsequent preparations for her intended conversion to a WAIR escort at Chatham Dockyard where more of these works were done than elsewhere and all in Naval Dockyards. The WAIR was an extensive conversion turning these elderly destroyers into more c...

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Bridlington was 1 of the 4 RN diesel Bangor class with a further 10 later built in Canada for the RCN. There is an issue with the launch dates for both the Denny pair Bridlington and Bridport. Lenton & Colledge say both 29-2-1940 this being the date most widely used in most sources. The Denny list s...

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From completion Salmon joined the 12th destroyer flotilla of the Grand Fleet based in Rosyth and Port Edgar. She was an easy going, happy and efficient ship, the destroyers duties in WW1 being a tough life with little harbour time whilst conducting a wide variety of duties many for which they were n...

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Where the river is narrow & winding in its course, paddle tugs are mostly employed, such as those on the Clyde & Tyne. For harbour work generally, where the main work consists of aiding ships to dock, undock, to turn short round with a strong current running, to swing for adjustment of compasses, to...

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Thanks & welcome Sandra for the image with your Dad. Do you have a date when he served in Barfount please and his branch specialisation. When these Bar boats first entered service, although under the white ensign as fully commissioned ships of the grey navy, they were all skippered by assorted RNR, ...

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Scrapped in Wishaw, which many here will know, courtesy Motherwell Machinery & Scraps Instow works who seemed very prolific at the time steam was surplus, they scrapped 100's. 251 9F 2-10-0 BR standard engines were built from 1955, the very last & only named being 92220 Evening Star, now part of the...

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Plover became the only Coastal Minelayer ever built as such for the RN, her motto being 'Do Not Touch Me', most prophetic. Launched 8th June 1937 by Lady Muriel. E. Wake-Walker, wife of Captain William. F. Wake-Walker. R.N., Director of Torpedoes & Mining at the Admiralty. In 1941 Wake-Walker was Re...

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A total of 74 Bar class were constructed for the RN, plus 3 in Australia by Cockatoo. Where or how the names originated is any ones guess, but if it were down the local, then Barmaid was overlooked. No doubt there are 'Barrage', as in Boom, connotations. Barrage herself was an earlier build out of H...

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The CAM ships would predominantly operate a single Hurricane, which the pilot either had to ditch or, preferably, find a friendly air strip. Come to think of it, did they have a hook for carrier landing. In 1940 a purpose built fighter was proposed for catapulting from ships. This was the Miles M20 ...

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It appears a total of 48 post Office Packets were completed between 1821 -1848. The tonnage for Richmond / Redwing at 139 bm seems remarkably low set against her published dimensions compared with other similar packets, her 15' 9" beam surely excludes the 2 paddle boxes. Hunter & Dow appear to have ...

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The loss of Gurkha resulted in comparatively few casualties. Using the CWGC, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, database, 13 Gurkha men are commemorated on Naval memorials in the UK with no known grave as MPK, missing presumed killed. That leaves 3 more who are interred in the Trondheim (Stavne) Ce...

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Taiho Maru. IMO 9140358 Built 1996 by Oshima Shipbuilding, Saikai, Japan. Owner Kyokuto Shipping, Tokyo. 40,323 grt, 48817 dwt. Sold for scrap 2016, arrived Aliaga, Turkey and beached for breaking 30 March 2016. Appears to have operated as Taiho Maru for her entire career as a wood chips carrier. Ta...

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Nairana is one of the few merchant navy names taken up by the grey navy and used more than once, this escort carrier being the 2nd of name, earning 3 battle honours during the latter part of WW2. A few other such names are this Nairana's sister Vindex, Campania and Engadine, where in all cases the a...

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The earlier boats taken up from trade, as previously discussed, were put to the tasks of mine clearance and, to a lesser extent, u boat hunting, primitive and Heath Robinson though the methods were. All of the assorted fishing vessels were eminently suitable for the former, generally suited to the r...

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The original 70 were completed for Southern Region with their attendant Bulleid locomotive numbers, later renumbered. The following 40 were completed as British Railways locomotives, numbered 34071 - 34110 inclusive. 34071, our subject, was originally 615 Squadron, with nameplates fitted April - Aug...

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Relentless with her sister Rocket were the 1st pair of the War Emergency Destroyers to be given the full Type 15 conversions, designed to transform them into fully blown 1st rate anti (Soviet) sub hunters. This work ran in tandem, Pompey doing Relentless, Guzz (Devonport) doing Rocket and it was the...

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16th RN ship of this name, Lynx was launched 12 Jan 1955 by HRH The Princess Royal, Mary, sister to King Edward VIII, trials commenced 12 Sept '56 and commissioned 14 March 1957 for service in the 7th Frigate Squadron, service in Home and South Atlantic where these 4 pussy cats spent much of their a...

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A most interesting vessel with sister Otaru, Osaka was built specifically to counter the steamers of the newly formed B.R.T., Burma River Transport Co. The outcome paid dividends for the I.F.C., Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, when the new upstarts were forced into liquidation in Nov 1911, at which time...

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Hello Woody, the image you have posted here re Bhamo bears no resemblance whatsoever to the Denny built vessel, y no 554. Firstly, she was a side paddler, so can be eliminated instantly, and her funnel was 'midships. Same for her sister Ava, y no 553. Information taken from 'The Denny List', Part 2,...

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Captain Rotheram was an exceedingly cool intrepid man. During Trafalgar, 21st October 1805, a heavy shower of the enemy's musketry swept the quarter-deck of the Royal Sovereign. Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood (when she had seven ships upon her), had left Captain Rotheram standing almost alone amongst...

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...and Battle names emerged victorious. Indeed they did. Not a single name chosen commemorated any Battle fought on British soil from any era, despite some truly historic names that could have been chosen. In fact enough for these 24 Battles which comprised this destroyer class. Too many noses would...

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Hanjin Portland.
IMO - 9021681
Built - 1993 as a cellular.
grt - 51567, dwt - 62717
289 x 35 metres
From the remarks in 2 earlier posts here is her fate.
Hanjin Portland, named for Portland, Oregon, USA.
Broken up Alang from 24 April 2013.

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This will now be a rare sight, a Hanjin shipping company vessel fully laden. Recently the World's 7th largest shipping company, the future remains uncertain. Some remain optimistic. At the time their problems became apparent earlier in 2016, Hanjin operated 98 cellular & 44 bulkers, owned or leased ...

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11th November 2016.
To remember all who fell in conflicts Worldwide on this the 98th year since the 1918 armistice.
At sea, on land, in the air, service personnel and civilians equally from all Nations.
This is also to remember Angus and the appropriate words contained in original piece.

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Clonmel was the County Town of the Irish County, South Tipperary. This was still the time when Ireland was unified, Tipperary was 2 separate Counties then, South and North. Many of these Later Hunt or Aberdare class sweepers were named for coastal towns, subsequently during construction it was deeme...

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Michael E, on 168165, was the first Cam ship, brief though her career was. Amongst other ships of the Counties Ship Management Co Ltd was the 1940 built Marietta E, on 167596, sunk 4 March 1942 by U160. Virtually all ships under the umbrella of this Company had names ending in Hill, such as Bury Hil...

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Oops, sorry Paul, the image you posted above is not, alas, Vansittart. She is the Weapon class Scorpion, D64, the photo is probably 1950's, before having the 965 single bedstead radar fitted. Neither was she Clyde built, J Samuel White were guilty. 4 of the class were completed, Battleaxe and Broads...

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Escapade had the misfortune to suffer a premature when on 20 Sept 1943 her hedgehog, in the fwd superimposed or B position, suffered this fairly common occurrence with the attendant fatalities, although, quite high in her case. After her repairs, the 2 new squid mortars were located in lieu of A gun...

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These Merchant Navy class Pacifics were always referred to as "The Packets", after the lead engine, whilst the 2 following slightly smaller Pacific classes, West Country and Battle of Britains were termed "Spam Cans". Incredibly distinctive, all 3 classes as built looked nigh on identical to the lay...

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U S NAVY TUG CONESTOGA. AT 54. THE TUG NO ONE KNEW WAS MISSING. Lost in th Pacific after 25 March 1921. No one knows. Built by Maryland Steel Co, Sparrows Point, MD in 1904, purchased by navy 14 Sept 1917, for the huge sum of $350,000 617 t, 170' x 29' x 16', TE developing 1000ihp, 286 tons coal fo...

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Has this afternoon, Weds 1st June 2016, left Portsmouth, Hampshire, for Aliaga, Turkey. She has under her charge the ex HMS Endurance, A171, which has been laid up in Pompey since her serious flooding, and near loss, in the South Atlantic, 2008. Spartan, IMO 7725403, knows the routine well. In 2011 ...

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