Preserved Ships – WWII Concrete Ship SIP at Belgrade, Serbia – October 2023
One of the interesting maritime craft found at Sava River, Belgrade Serbia is no doubt the 1943 built concrete ship SIP. The first official idea of using concrete to build a ship dates back to 1848 France. During World War I, due to lack of raw materials, especially iron about a hundred concrete ships were […]
Research/Survey Vessel – GEO PROSPECTOR
One of FUGRO Marine Services vessels was the seismic research vessel GEO PROSPECTOR. She was built in Germany by Kremer Sohn at Elmshorn with yard number 1143 as PROSPEKTA in 1970 working for Prakla Seismos, Hannover and was managed by Sloman Neptun of Bremen, Germany until 1995. Then she traded as STEVNS CALYPSO until 1997 […]
Maltese Fortifications – Gun Posts – 02.09.2019
After the early 20th century, few fortifications were built in Malta. However, new military installations such as airfields was built in World War I, when the seaplane base of RAF Kalafrana and the airfield at Marsa were built. More airfields were built in the interwar period and the Second World War, including RAF Hal Far, RAF Ta Kali, RAF Luqa, RAF Safi, RAF Krendi and Ta’ Lambert […]
Preserved Ships – HQMS PRESIDENT (1918) – UK
One of the Preserved Ships that you find in the UK is HQMS PRESIDENT (1918). She’s permanently moored at the Victoria Embankment above Blackfriars Bridge in London at the River Thames. HMS SAXIFRAGE was launched in 1918 as a Flower Class anti-submarine Q Ship (Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry used by the Royal […]
