The edited 1884 logs of USS Thetis, concerning the Greely Arctic Rescue Mission, have been published with one @JourneyPlotter map.
Many thanks to editor Matteo. ⚓🌎
https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Thetis/USS_Thetis-1884.htm
Journey Plotter
Visualize journeys of Royal Navy vessels of the World War 1-era, or Arctic voyages of United States vessels from the mid 19th century onwards.
Journey Plotter boosted:
No update to report this month, but today is an important #OnThisDay.
#OTD 31 May 1916: The Battle of Jutland commenced.
One of the participants in the Battle of Jutland, HMS Fearless, is available in Journey Plotter.
The images show her log entries for 31 May and 1 June 1916.
#OTD 25 May 1919: HMS M.33 left Lerwick for North Russia as part of the North Russian Expeditionary Force.
This veteran of #WW1 is still around.
You can visit her at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth.
https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/portsmouth-historic-dockyard/hms-m33
This month's Journey Plotter update:
Years 1908 and 1909 have been added to the journey of USS Yorktown (PG-1).
She operated along the west coast of all the Americas, from Alaska in the north to Chili in the south.
She also did some survey work at the Galapagos Islands.
In 1909 she became part of the Nicaraguan Expeditionary Squadron.
In all her journeys now cover 1889 to 1909.
#OTD 23 April 1918: As part of the #WW1 Zeebrugge Raid outer patrol, HMS Attentive picked up an Engineering Lieutenant and 11 men from HMS Sirius at 6.20am.
HMS Sirius was sunk as blockship.
#OTD 22 April 1918: HMS Attentive left Dover for the #WW1 Zeebrugge Raid as part of the outer patrol off Zeebrugge.
Journey Plotter boosted:
The edited logs of USS Yorktown, 1908-1909, with four @JourneyPlotter maps, have been published. Yorktown travelled the west coast of the Americas from Alaska in the north to Chile in the south. The edited logs of USS Yorktown now cover the years 1889 to 1909, all of them edited and published by Maikel. Hooray!
🌎⚓
https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Yorktown/USS_Yorktown-1908-09.htm
This month's Journey Plotter update:
New is the 1884 journey of USS Bear, the Greely Arctic Expedition rescue mission.
Not long after her return USS Bear was transferred from the US Navy to the US Revenue Cutter Service.
Also, hundreds non-noon positions were added to the #WW1 journey (1914-1915) of hired yacht HMS Thistle (2).
Hundreds of non-noon positions have been added to the 1914-1915 journey of #RoyalNavy's hired yacht HMS Thistle (2).
They add more detail to her #WW1 operations in British waters, as can be seen in the second image.
The positions have been calculated from bearings to landmarks mentioned in the log-books.
#OTD 16 March 1917: HMS Achilles and HMS Dundee sank German raider SMS Leopard.
All Achilles recorded in her log-book: '4.33pm: Sank Raider.'
Link to mentioned Captain's report, which includes the names of Dundee's boarding party that was on board Leopard when she sank: https://www.naval-history.net/WW1Battle1703Leopard.htm
Journey Plotter boosted:
The edited logs of USS Bear, March to October 1884, have been published with one @JourneyPlotter map.
Bear travelled from New York to Greenland and back, as part of the mission to rescue the survivors of the Greely Arctic Expedition.
Our thanks to new editor, Ellen. ⚓🌎
https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Bear/USS_Bear-1884.htm
This month's Journey Plotter update:
1948 has been added to USS Burton Island's journey; Antarctica, west coast of the Americas, and Alaska.
Burton Island's journey now covers 1946-1948 and 1955.
Hundreds non-noon positions have been added to the #WW1 journey of HM Trawler Persian Empire, patrolling the Irish Sea in 1918.
Journey Plotter boosted:
The edited logs of USS Burton Island, January to December 1948, have been published, with one @JourneyPlotter map.
Burton Island travelled in Antarctic waters, returned to the US West Coast via South America, and then to Alaska.
Our thanks to editor Ron. ⚓
https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Burton_Island/USS_Burton_Island-1948.htm
#OTD 21 February 1919: Lord Jellicoe started his world tour on board HMS New Zealand.
3 months' patrolling might look like a red splodge in Journey Plotter.
But it looks much better when animated by Journey Plotter.
This video shows the first fortnight of Persian Empire's journey.
Hundreds of non-noon positions, calculated from bearings to mentioned landmarks, have been added to the #WW1 journey of HM Trawler Persian Empire.
It gives a much improved impression of her patrolling duties in the Irish Sea.
This month's Journey Plotter update:
A number of estimated positions of United States Coast & Geodetic Survey steamer USC&GSS Carlile P. Patterson's journey for 1884-1889 have been improved.
In 1884 she sailed from the east coast of the US to the west coast, the long way around, no #PanamaCanal yet.
From 1885 onwards she surveyed the coast of #Alaska.
In all her journey covers 1884 to 1899.
#OTD 4 January 1919: After #WW1, HMS Trent repatriated 1202 French and Belgian prisoners of war from Bremerhaven, Germany.
9 January the French troops were disembarked at Cherbourg.
The next day the Belgians troops were transferred to a tug off Netley.
This month's Journey Plotter update:
Just in time to end the year on a high, today the years 1901 and 1902 were added to the journey of US revenue cutter USRC Thetis, operations off the U.S. west coast and in #Alaska.
Her journey now covers 1899 to 1902.
Happy new year.
Journey Plotter boosted:
On this last day of 2024, the edited logs of USRC Thetis, 1901-1902, US West Coast, Bering Sea and Alaskan Waters, have been published, with three @JourneyPlotter maps.
Many thanks to editor, Matteo. ⚓🌎
Happy New Year to all.
https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Thetis/USRC_Thetis-1901-02.htm
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