USS CHOPPER IXSS 342 ex AGSS 342 ex SS 342

SS 342   CHOPPER   Norfolk   14 06 1972                                            (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

SS 342  CHOPPER
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : BALAO - CLASS SUMARINE
LAID DOWN : 02 03 1944
LAUNCHED  : 04 02 1945
COMMISSIONED : 25 05 1945
DECOMMISSIONED : 27 08 1969

She was reclassified as a Auxiliary Submarine  AGSS 342 in 1969. Decommissioned on 27 08 1969
she was reclassified as a Miscellaneous Submarine  IXSS 342 in 1971 and stricken from the Naval
Register on 10 10 1971. From 1971 till 1976 she was assigned as a salvage and rescue hulk till on
21 07 1976 she was sunk off Florida coast while being rigged as a underwater target.

EUROPEAN SEAWAY

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 a                        G.GYSSELS

EUROPEAN SEAWAY  :  FERRIES
IMO : 9007283
FLAG : U.K.
IN SERVICE : 1991

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 b                        G.GYSSELS

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 c                        G.GYSSELS

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 d                        G.GYSSELS

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 e                        G.GYSSELS

EUROPEAN SEAWAY   12 02 2018 f                        G.GYSSELS

NEW MIGHTY

NEW MIGHTY   29 01 2018 a                        G.GYSSELS

NEW MIGHTY  :  BULK CARRIER
IMO : 9581174
FLAG : PANAMA
IN SERVICE : 2011

NEW MIGHTY   29 01 2018 b                        G.GYSSELS

NEW MIGHTY   29 01 2018 c                        G.GYSSELS

CASTOR

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 a                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR  ex REDEEMER  ex CASTOR  ex A 810 CASTOR  ex  MLV CASTOR
IMO : 8633114
FLAG : NETHERLANDS
TYPE : PILOT BOAT
LAUNCHED : 02 12 1949
COMMISSIONED : 29 07 1950
DECOMMISSIONED : 1983

When commissioned the role of the CASTOR had to be two-fold. She was designed as both a Pilot
Boat and a Navy Vessel. She was commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy with pendant nr
A 810 and armed with a 3" / 76 mm gun.
In 1983 she was sold to a Dutch company and used as a research & survey vessel.
In 1988 she was resold to a British church society SEA CARE and renamed : REDEEMER.
In 1999 she was resold to a private Belgian owner to reconstruct her at URK  ( Netherlands ) to a holiday diving vessel but was cancelled and laid up.
In 2006 she was sold and rescue from the scrapyard by Stichting Castor Rotterdam ( Netherlands )
and is now a Museum Ship.
In 2016 she was used in the movie " DUNKIRK " by Christopher Nolan. Converted as the Royal 
Navy B - Class Destroyer : HMS BASILISK   H 11.

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 b                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 c                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR still with HMS BASILISK number   26 06 2017                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 a                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 b                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 c                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 d                        G.GYSSELS

TARANTO : GENERAL CARGO

TARANTO   Oostende   27 04 2014 a                                                                 G.GYSSELS

TARANTO  :  GENERAL CARGO
IMO : 9133513
FLAG : ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
IN SERVICE : 1995

Renamed  :  MIRJAM in 2015. Flag : ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

TARANTO   27 04 2014 b                        G.GYSSELS

SIGAS SILVIA

SIGAS SILVIA   18 08 2016 a                        G.GYSSELS

SIGAS SILVIA  :  GAS TANKER
IMO : 9355135
FLAG : SINGAPORE
IN SERVICE : 2007

SIGAS SILVIA   18 08 2016 b                        G.GYSSELS

SIGAS SILVIA   18 08 2016 c                        G.GYSSELS

SIGAS SILVIA   18 08 2016 d                        G.GYSSELS

FS GLAIVE P 671

P 671   GLAIVE   23 02 2015 a                        G.GYSSELS

P 671   GLAIVE
FLAG : FRANCE
TYPE : TRIDENT - CLASS  PATROL BOAT  ( 4 units )
LAID DOWN : 1975
LAUNCHED  : 25 08 1976
COMMISSIONED : 02 04 1977
DECOMMISSIONED : 15 06 2015

She was transferred to the Gendarmerie Maritime in 08 09 1987.

P 671   GLAIVE   23 02 2015 b                        G.GYSSELS

P 671   GLAIVE   23 02 2015 c                        G.GYSSELS

P 671   GLAIVE   23 02 2015 d                        G.GYSSELS