Kanonneerboot (Gunboat), small type of warship, of which the fore and/or aft ship was usually armed with sometimes very heavy cannons in addition to the lighter guns on board. Such shallow-drafted ships were used for tasks that were less suitable for larger ships due to their size, draught, better m...

The new designs of the congratulatory and condolence stamps are presented in a subtle blue hue. Flowers are a fitting motif for congratulations on a wide variety of occasions. The congratulatory stamp features three flowers with lush, large blossoms in a vase. Two arms embrace the striped vase as if...

Built as a research vessel under yard no 1188 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Machinery, Shimonoseki, Japan, for JAMSTEC, Japan, 22 January 2015 laid down. 07 June 2015 launched as the KAIMEI.She was launched by cutting the rope by Her Royal Highness Princess Yoshiko Tonnage 5747 grt, 2944 dwt, dim. 100....

The Philippines issued two stamps and a miniature sheet for the 100 years “the Filipino legacy in Hawaii”. In 2006 In the border of the MS is a photo of a ship which transported in 1946 the last Filipino immigrants from the Philippines to Hawaii. They were transported on board the MAUNAWILI a former...

Bootschip (boatship), merchant ship also used as a whaler. Known since the 17th and 18th century in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia. The type was somewhere between a galliot and a flute. They were built with a reasonably wide low transom and a short poop. A forecastle was usually n...

Galiot (galliot);, was a coastal vessel used from the 17th to the 19th century in the merchant navy of the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, England and France. It was a round-built ship that shows some affinity with the kof and is often confused with it, Small galliots were rigged with a standing ...

The pink was a type of merchant ship that was already used in the 15th century for freight shipping to England from France and the Netherlands. These were probably fishing vessels. In the 18th century they were merchant ships that sailed mainly in North-West Europe. They were built flatter than a fr...

In April 2025 the Dutch Post issued two sheets with old ships types used by the merchant fleet in the Netherlands. All stamps can be used for first class mail in the Netherlands, The brigantine. A two-masted ship developed in America in the 17th century for fishing, whaling, merchant shipping and pr...

Built as a steel hulled four masted barque under yard no 184 by Charles Connel & Company, Glasgow Scotstoun, for Hawaiian Construction Co. of San Francisco, Honolulu. Managed by A. Nelson Co. San Francisco. 03 February 1892 launched as the HAWAIIAN ISLAND. Tonnage 2097 tons. 82.29 x 13.13 x 7.19...

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Built as an iron hulled ship under yard 92 bt W.H, Potter & Sons, Liverpool for H Fernie & Sons, Liverpool. 26 May 1980 launched as the LAOMENE, Tonnage 1797 ton. Dim. 80.2m (lpp),x 11.9 x 7.3m. Ship rigged, later as a bark 1880 Completed. Homeport Liverpool Official no 1081369. Noting found...

She is the vessel in the foreground of the stamp. CATALINA (Catherine saint (1767) From Todoavante.es Construction: Built in Guarnizo by the system, upon arrival at this shipyard of Don Francisco Gautier . Launched on July 12, 1767. Armed with 26 12-pound cannons. From the Guarnizo shipyard it went ...

2025 Sailing under the name JANINE, Panama flag.
Owned by Janine Shipping BV, Appingedam, Netherlands.

2025 Still sailing as the WILSON ELBE with same owner, and Barbuda flag.

Replica longship. Dim, 30m. Propulsion: oars & sails Sail area 120m², square rigged. Launched 2004. Homeport Roskilde, owned by Viking Ship Museum. HAVHINGSTTEN FRA GLENDALOUGH ("The Sea Stallion from Glendalough" or just "Sea Stallion") is a reconstruction of Skuldelev 2, on...