USS Mercury (ID-3012) was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I. She was formerly the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner SS Barbarossa built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany, in 1897, and operated by the North German Lloyd Line.
Detmar was an 1869-built, 32-metre long, German two-masted wooden schooner. It was owned by W. Philippi & C and had a home port of Hamburg.
SS Pisa was a cargo and passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1896. She was in German ownership until 1917, when the United States seized her and renamed her Ascutney.
SS Rio de Janeiro was a German cargo steamship owned by the Hamburg Südamerikanische shipping company and registered in Hamburg. She was built as Santa Ines in 1914 and renamed Rio de Janeiro in 1921. Until World War II she carried passengers and freight between Germany and South America.
MV Harambee was a German-built general cargo ship, initially ordered as the Reg IV. Bought while under construction by a different company, she was launched in 1953 and served with the German Merchant Navy under the name Belgrano, making voyages to South America until 1966. She was sold to an African company, renamed Harambee, and served for another thirteen years, before being sold once more, renamed Arambee, and scrapped in Taiwan shortly afterwards.
MS Seattle was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo liner that was launched in 1928. Her regular route was between Hamburg and Vancouver via the Panama Canal and the West Coast of the United States.
Høydal was a Norwegian three-masted auxiliary schooner, built in Sweden in 1918 as Bjørg. The ship owner was from Bergen. On 25 November 1928 she was wrecked at Texel, the Netherlands. The crew was rescued by a German ship.
Revolving Light sometimes written as Revolvinglight was a barque launched from the Turner Shipyard in Harvey Bank, New Brunswick on 15 September 1875. The ship was 196 feet (60 m) long and had a tonnage of 1,338 tons. The ship was the first ship of the Turner Shipyard of Gaius Samuel Turner.
SS Millbank sometimes wrongly written as SS Millbanke was a 1865 built British steamship. The ship weighed 548 BRT. Its home port was Sunderland. The ship was owned by R.M. Hudson. The captain of the ship was Smith. In November 1866 the ship wrecked at the Netherlands. The crew was saved by another ship.
SS Vidar was a 1873-built, 60-metre -long Swedish steamship. It was owned by shipping company Ang Fartyg and was registered in Gothenburg. On 20 September 1875 the ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, the Netherlands. The crew members were rescued.
SS Aline Woermann was a 1879 Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik-built 74-metre -long German steamship. It was owned by the Woermann-Linie of Carl Woermann registered at Hamburg, Germany. She was deployed on a scheduled service between Hamburg, Liberia and Cameroon.
SS Katowice, originally named SS Vendemiare, was a 1925-built, 82-metre (269 ft)-long Polish merchant steamship. It was owned by Polish Ocean Lines and was registered in Gdynia.
SS West Arvada was a 124-metre -long American cargo steamship. She was built by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division and owned by United States Shipping Board. During the night of 15–16 September 1919, the ship sank due to naval mines near Terschelling, the Netherlands. One Polish crew member died.
SS Council Bluffs was a 1918-built, 77.1 metres long American cargo steamship. It was built by Great Lakes Engineering Works and owned by United States Shipping Board. During the morning of 13 November 1919, the ship sank by a mine near Terschelling, the Netherlands. The wreck of the ship was found in 1993.
SS West Aleta was a 142 metre long American Design 1019 cargo steamship with home port San Francisco. She was built in 1919 by Western Pipe and Steel Company, and owned by United States Shipping Board. During a storm on her maiden voyage on 12 February 1920, the ship sank near Terschelling, the Netherlands. All 42 crew members were rescued. The salvage of the ship was difficult and took almost a year.
MV Baden, also renamed into MV Sambi and MV Aden, was a 1966 Norwegian built coastal trading vessel. The ship was later sailing under the flag of Panama (1982–1985) and Honduras (1985–1988). On 26 February 1988 the ship sank near Texel, the Netherlands, after the ship tilted due to shifting cargo. All crew members survived by sprinting into the water. Criticism of the rescue operation followed.
SS Margariti, originally named SS Wearwood and later also SS Carita and SS Harrow, was a 1930 British built cargo ship of the Constantine Group. It was later owned by British Galbraith, Pembroke & Co., Swedish Manne J. E. and from 1962 by Greek Sigalas & Platis Bros under Lebanese flag. On 18 October 1967 while en route from Gdansk, Poland to Tartous the ship sank near Ameland, the Netherlands, after the ship tilted due to shifting cargo during a gale. All 24 people on board were rescued.
MV Lady Odiel, often written as MV Lady Odile, originally named MV Kalmarsund IX and later also renamed into MV Jomfruland, was a Swedish-built 487 GRT cargo ship in 1957 for Swedish company Angbats A/B Kalmarsund. She was acquired in 1964 by Swedish Andersson, AE, Rönnäng and in 1981 by the British Odiel Shipping Company.
SV Ursula was a 63-metre (207 ft)-long German barque. She was built by the company of Hermann Friedrich Ulrichs in 1885 and owned by D. H. Wätjen und Co. with hometown Bremen.
SS Thasos was an 82-metre (269 ft) German cargo steamship, built in 1879 as Theben for Kosmos Line's service between Hamburg and South America. In 1895 the ship was acquired by the Deutsche Levante-Linie and renamed Thasos for their scheduled service to countries around the Black Sea.
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