Mine Warfare Ships Return to Corvettes and Patrol Ships Koster/Landsort class LOA 156′ TDISP 360 tons. Landsort’s are the original, non-upgraded class, 2 of which were decommissioned 2008. (7 Koster upgrades, 2 retired “Landsort”, service since 1984) Styrsö class LOA 118′ TDISP 205 tons (4 active, service since 1996) 2 units converted to Diving Support … Continue reading “Swedish Navy – Mine Warfare Ships”
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Submarines Visby class LOA 239′ TDISP 640 tons (5 active, service since 2002) HSwMS Nyköping K-34 (2015) AND HSwMS Karlstad K-35 (2015) HSwMS Carlskrona P-04 (1982) LOA 347′ TDISP 3,100 tons. Originally built as a minelayer. Now used for patrol and long voyages. Göteborg class LOA 187′ TDISP 425 … Continue reading “Swedish Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Submarines ORP Kaszub 240 Project 620 (1987) LOA 270′ TDISP 1,200 tons ORP Slazak Meko 100 class (2019) LOA 312′ TDISP 2,000 tons. Originally to have been the lead ship of the Gawron class of 7 corvettes, to be built in Gdynia in the early 2000s. Remaining ships cancelled … Continue reading “Polish Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Submarines ARC Almirante Tono CM-56 (2020) Pohang Class LOA 290′ TDISP 1,200 tons (1 active) [recent transfer, capture not yet located] ARC Nariño CM-55 (2014) LOA 256′ Donghae Class corvette TDISP 1,100 tons formerly ROKS Anyang PCC-755 (1983-2011) Ocean Patrol Vessels 20 de Julio class license built German design Fassmer OPV … Continue reading “Colombian Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
Auxiliaries and Other Ships Return to Mine Warfare Ships Replenishment / Resupply SAS DrakensbergA-301 (1987) LOA 482′ TDISP 12,500 tons. Largest warship to be built in South Africa SAS Outeniqua A-302 (1992-2004) LOA 546′ TDISP 21,025 tons. Built in the Ukraine. Commercial service before and after South African naval service. Ice-breaking capability. Scrapped 2013. Hydrographic Survey … Continue reading “South African Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships”
Historic Ships Return to Auxiliaries and Other Ships ARM Guanajuato C-07 LOA 259′ TDISP 1,300 tons (1936-ca.2001) gunboat/cañonero (corvette-sized) Museum ship Veracruz (originally 3 ships, designed to hold up to 250 troops and horses)
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Frigates Offshore Patrol Vessels Oaxaca class LOA 282′ TDISP 1,700 tons (8 active, 2 building, service since 2003) Durango Class LOA 268′ TDISP 1,400 tons (4 active, service since 2000) Sierra Class LOA 246′ TDISP 1,350 tons (3, 2 active, service since 1998) multiple overall length measurements suggest this … Continue reading “Mexican Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
Historic Ships Return to Auxiliaries and Other Ships HS Olympias (1987) Replica of an ancient Greek Trireme LOA 121′ TDISP 47 tons
Auxiliaries and Other Ships Return to Landing Ships Replenishment Oiler Akar Class LOA 476′ TDISP 19,040 tons (2 active since 1987) one unti, TCG Akar, is a tanker, while the other, later ship TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör, is a logistics support vessel with different equipment and fuel mix. Salvage TCG Isin A-589 Diver Class Salvage … Continue reading “Turkish Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships”
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Submarines Ada class corvettes LOA 327′ TDISP 2,400 tons (4 active, since 2011) Part of MILGEM project that will see further classes of frigate constructed. Burak-class corvette LOA 264′ TDISP 1,300 tons (6 active, built late 1970 for French Navy, service with Turkey since 2001) former French D’Estienne d’Orves-class … Continue reading “Turkish Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
Continue to Landing Ships Landing Ships Return to Corvettes and Patrol Ships LST MK.2 Class LST-511 sub-class LOA 328′ TDISP 3,800 tons (ca. 1000 built over 3 sub-classes, at least 5 transferred to Royal Thai Navy) for other sister-ships and more information see USN retired landing ships listing.HTMS Phangan LST-713 (1966-ca.2005) formerly USS Stark County … Continue reading “Royal Thai Navy – Landing Ships”
Corvettes and Patrol Ships Return to Amphibious Warfare Ships Ratanakosin class corvettes LOA 252′ TDISP 1,000 tons (2 active, service since 1986) built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. Khamronsin Class corvette LOA 203′ TDISP 630 tons (3 active, service since 1992) British design Tapi Class Corvette LOA 275′ TDISP 1,100 tons (2 active, service since 1971) … Continue reading “Royal Thai Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships”
The Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, in his celebrated play, Dr. Faustus, wrote of a mythic age, when a thousand warships were launched to grab back Helen, the most beautiful woman. Here at Shipsearcher, the Ship Identification Section (SIS) can’t tell you if any of that happened in distant antiquity – satellite imagery of the Trojan … Continue reading “A Thousand Shipsearcher satellite views launched, and some highlights!”
Historic Ships Return to Auxiliaries and Other Ships VOC Batavia (1995 replica of a 1628 ship, which had been shipwrecked off Western Australia) LOA 186′ TDISP 1,200 tons at Lelystad. Although the original vessel did not belong to the Dutch Navy, the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) was, in its own right, a powerful navy … Continue reading “Royal Netherlands Navy – Historic Ships”
Mine Warfare Ships Return to Corvettes and Patrol Ships Alkmaar class (Tripartite class) LOA 169′ TDISP 605 tons (40 built for several navies, 15 served with Netherlands, service since 1983: 5 were sold to Latvia and 4 more were decommissioned in 2011, leaving 6 in active service as of 2020) HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, Jan Van Amstel … Continue reading “Royal Netherlands Navy – Mine Warfare Ships”
