B NEDERLAND LlNE ( N.V. Stoomvaart
Maatschappi "Nederland")
Postcard in the author's collection
Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt – twscm
naa 2 photos uw
Image
19787gt 1930 Amsterdam
No.12111,
1/1958/32/2
1930 commenced
in the
(1958, Sydney, arriving
on
Holland-East Indies route
her last voyage with
migrants)
1940-1945 troopship
No.A12111, 1/1958/32/3
1941 (Jul) carried Australian
(1955, Sydney, on her last
to Singapore
voyage with migrants)
(Sep) carried
Australian troops
sln photo Image .
to the Middle East
No. b41322 uw
1946 back
on the Holland
sln photo Digital Order
-Indonesia route
No. a637864
1950 (Sep) first voyage
See Section (WW2A) below
Amsterdam-Sydney
1951 refitted for the
the emigrant service
to Australia- 19787grt
and one class for 1414
passengers
1959 refitted
for round
the world service - 20314grt
1210 passengers
(Apr) first voyage - Amsterdam-
Sydney - New York - Amsterdam
1962 sold to Greek Line r/n Lakonia
1963 (Dec 22)
caught fire 200 nm off
Madeira with more than 1000 aboard.
- 128 died and the survivors took to
the boats. The burning ship was taken
in tow but she heeled over and sank
250 nm west of Gibraltar on Dec. 29
From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Oranje – trpscm - 20,551gt 1939
awm 4 photos (as
Amsterdam
hospital ship)
1941-46
Australian Navy hospital
ID No. 302809
ship
(1941, off Western
1959-1964
operated
service to
Australia shortly after
New Zealand and Australia in the
conversion as hospital
reverse
direction to the
ship)
Willem
Ruys, viz., from
ID No. 020065
Amsterdam via Panama to
(1941, am Port Tewfik)
New Zealand,
then the Australian
ID No. 302808
ports, and returning
via Singapore
(at Sydney)
and Suez
ID No.009157 ut
1964 sold
to Flotta Lauro
(arriving Melbourne)
r/n Angelina Lauro
Photos in Arnold Kludas' "Great
Passenger
Ships of the World"
Vol.4 1936-1950, pp.60-61
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