A well know shipping company around the Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea is that of the Dilmun Navigation Co Ltd. at Sydney, Australia. This company managed or owned a fleet of small coastal tankers in that area. This fleet was originally operated by Gray Mackenzie & Co. Ltd., a member of th...

SUPPLY SHIP DAY. Some thirty ships call at Pitcairn Island each year. Most are tankers or container ships and stay only an hour or two to break the long journey between Panama and New Zealand or Australia. A few are cruise ships loaded with passengers eager to spend a day at Pitcairn. Only three are...

Built as a wooden two-mast topsail schooner by Chantiers Naval de Normandie, Fécamp, France for the Marie National École Navale, Lanveoc-Poulmic/Brest. 08 February 1932 launched as the L’ÉTOILE, (Star) one sister La BELLE POULE. She is the fifteenth ship in the French fleet that carried the name L’É...

Built as a steel yacht by Colod Co. Ltd. Szczecin, Poland for the West Island College International Inc. Montreal, Canada. 26 April 1992 launched as CONCORDIA. Tonnage 413 grt, 123 net, dim. 58.1 x 9.44 x 4.03m. (draught) One auxiliary 12-cyl.MAN diesel engine 313kW., Barkentine rigged, sail area 90...

Built as an armoured frigate, later re-classed as a battleship by the yard of Mare & Co. at Millwall for the Royal Navy. 10 October 1861 keel laid down. 17 April 1866 launched under the name HMS NORTHUMBERLAND. She was the fifth ship under that name by the Royal Navy, one of the Minotaur class. ...

Built as a catamaran ferry by the Westmarin A/S yard of Mandal, Norway for K/S Haanes Rederi, Norway 1981 Launched under the name GIMLE BIRD. (see note below) Tonnage 321 gross, 218 net, 30 dwt., dim. 31.53 x 9.73 x 3.82m., draught 1.62m. The Portuguese Post leaflet gives a length of 21.52m. Two MTU...

Built under yard no 56 as a steel screw motor vessel by San Jacinto at Aveiro, Portugal, for Empresa de Transportes do Funchal Ltda., Funchal. 05 April 1962 launched under the name MADEIRENSE. Tonnage 1.308 gross, dim. 230.8 x 36.5 x 12.7ft. One eight cyl. 4SA Werkspoor diesel, manufactured by N.V. ...

Built in 1927 as a steel screw motor vessel by Gebroeders Bos, Groningen, Netherlands for N.V. Vrachtvaart Mij “Everhard” (R.Kramer), Groningen. Launched under the name EVERHARD. Tonnage 374 gross, dim. 142.4 x 23.2 x 10.7ft. Two hatches. 32ft and 29 x 18ft. One 6 cyl. 4S C.S.A. Deutz Motor, A.G. Kö...

The Monaco Postal web-site gives the vessel depict on the polar exploration stamp as the THEODORE ROOSEVELT, but her name is ROOSEVELT. Built as wooden hulled polar expedition vessel by McKay & Dix, Bucksport, Maine, USA for the Peary Arctic Club, New York. 15 October 1904 keel laid down. 23 Mar...

In 1418 the Portuguese discoverers Juan Gonsalez Zarco and Tristan Vaz Tejeira sailed out from the River Taag in an expedition south along the African coast. But by a gale she were driven from their course and off the coast. They were forced to seek shelter in an unknown island, which they named Por...

Built as a cargo vessel under yard No. 118 on the yard of Union Naval de Levantes, Valencia, Spain, for Emp. Mar. del Estado at Valparaiso, Chile. 1970 Launched under the name LAGO MAIHUE. Tonnage 9.565 gross, 5.813 net, 15.807 dwt., dim. 474.6 x 67.11 x 30.4ft (draught). Powered by one 6 cyl. Sulze...

Built as a cargo vessel under yard No. 473 at the Warno Werft at Warnemünde for Rederi Ibis, Norway. Sold before launching to the Neptune Orient Line at Singapore. 1969 Launched under the name NEPTUNE AQUAMARINE. Tonnage 5.630/3.175 gross, 2.734/4.698 net, 10.933/12.725 dwt (open/closed shelterdecke...

Built as a steel steam trawler under yard No 1031 by Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd., Grimsby. 04 August 1928 launched as the PICTON CASTLE named after Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire in Wales, four sisters all named after a castle in the U.K. Tonnage 307 gross, 116 net, ...

Built as a cargo vessel under yard No. 592 by Lübecker Flenderwerke A.G. for the Deutsche Dampfschiffahrt-Gesellschaft “HANSA”, Bremen. 18 May 1972 launched under the name STURMFELS, named after the historical novel “Die Söhne des Herrn Budiwoj” of August Sperl. She was the fourth vessel under this ...

Built as a steel herring logger by the shipyard of Albert de Jong, Vlaardingen, Netherlands for N. Parlevliet & Zn., Katwijk, Netherlands. Launched as the GRAAF VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (KW 143) Tonnage ?, dim. 38 x 6.55 x 2.70m. (draught), length bpp 28m. 1915 Completed. Homeport Katwijk. She was use...