Ship details: The Olga Patricia (formerly called FS263, Deal and Don Carlos) was built in New York in 1944, as a 480 ton landing craft 186 feet long. She commissioned by the US Army on 16th August 1944. On 6th September 1944, she left New York for the Southwest Pacific where she operated during World … Read more
Ship details: The Cheeta was a 107 BRT German stone fishing boat registered in Panama and owned by the advertising agency which was registered in Liechtenstein. During the night of 17th/18th July 1958 the Cheeta lost her anchor, drifted towards the Swedish coast, and ran aground just outside Malmö. During the storm she lost her … Read more
Ship details: The Roelfina I, a 220 tonnage freighter with two masts was originally built by H. van der Werff in Stadskanaal (province of Groningen, Netherlands) in 1913. Her length was about 21 metres. In her early days, the Roelfina I was owned by Hendrik Holwerda from Gasselternijveen (Netherlands) and christened after his wife Roelfina. … Read more
Ship details: The 399 gross ton 44.05 metres long and 8.22 metre wide M.V. HH 294 ‘Paul J. Müller’ was built in 1949/50 by the Deutsche Werft AG in Finkenwerder/Germany for the Paul Müller shipping company in Hamburg. The vessel should serve as a fishing boat in international waters off Iceland. In July 1956, the … Read more
Ship details: Built in 1954 by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder/Bremen (West Germany) for Det Stavangerske Dampskipsselskap (DSD) in Stavanger (Norway) as a cargo vessel. The tonnage of the vessel was 477 GRT, 190 NRT and 575 TDW and the vessel measured 186,8 / 29,3 / 8,7. The ship was one of six similar ships … Read more
Ship details: The Oceaan 7 was built in 1939 by A Vuijk and Zonen of Capelle, and was 139 feet long and 160 tons. The Ship was used by the Dutch fishing fleet of Scheveningen as “Scheveningen 333”. During World War II the Germans captured the ship and used her as a transportation vessel. After … Read more
Ship details: The Density was launched 6th February 1944 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Miss M. Farmwald; and commissioned 15th June 1944, Lieutenant Commander R. R. Forrester, Jr., USNR, in command. She was reclassified MSF-218, 7th February 1955. The vessel arrived at San Diego 23rd September 1944 to serve as a … Read more
Ship details: A 90 foot 500 ton former lightship having no engines was built at John Browns ship yard on the River Clyde. Two diesel generators drove the transmitters, which were RCA. B10 J’s employing the Ampliphase system of phase modulation. Each transmitter developed 10,000 watts, and the transmitters feed via a combining network to … Read more
Ship details: The MV Monte Cuatro was built in 1956 at the S.A. Juliana Const. Gijonesa shipyard. The ship’s length was 244 feet 4 inches (74.71 metres) and a width of 35 feet (10.75 metres) built in such a way that it could be converted at any time from a 550 BR Tonnes freighter with … Read more
Ship details: A small wooden-hulled screw steam drifter, used as a fishing cutter, British-registered (in Lowestoft, Suffolk) with a crew of six (captain, four stokers/deck hands and a cook) to which were added the broadcaster and a radio technician. Off No. 135743Built in 1913 by Crabtree & Co, Great Yarmouth110grt – 38nrt – 91.2 x … Read more