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H2.
Dutch Ships - mostly
KPM steamers,
from the
Inter-Island
Trade in the
then
Netherland East Indies, which came
south
and
participated in
carryng men and
supplies
in the New Guinea and
islands
campaigns,
critically in 1942 and 1943

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/302961
Balikpapan
1279gt 1939 Bolnes-
awm
photo (in harbour)
KPM
N.E.I. service
ID No.302961
1942
(Dec) -1943 (Jun) involved
in
Operation Lilliput on the east coast
of
New Guinea
1959
sold to Palembang Shipping
Company,
Panama r/n Selat Sunda
1965 sold r/n
Anfa thenBabana
1967 r/n
Medola
1977 capsized while
loading
cargo at Port Kelang. Total Loss.

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/305913
Bantam - 3322gt
1930 Rotterdam
awm
photo (1943, Oro Bay,
KPM N.E.I. service
alongside a jetty)
1943 bombed
and set on fire in air
ID No. 305913
attack at Oro Bay, east coast of
awm photo
(broadside
New
Guinea, and beached. Salvaged
view at
wharf Brisbane)
and towed
to Sydney
ID
No.302971
1946 scuttled
with surplus gas
awm photo (Milne Day,
ammunition
1942, alongside Anshun
after being damaged by
gunfire in a Japanese naval
attack)
No. P02018.127
Bontekoe - 4668gt 1923
Kinderdijk
No image found
KPM
N.E.I. service
1959 scrapped

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303017
Both - 2539gt 1931
Amsterdam
awm
photo uw
(aerial
KPM N.E.I. service
view)
1941
(Dec) helped transport
ID
No.303017
Australian troops to Ambon
1942-1943
took part in the
Operation
Lilliput supply convoys
to
northern New Guinea
1958 lost
at Padang

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303169
Cremer - 4559gt
1926 Amsterdam
awm photo aq
KPM NE.I. service
(port side view)
1943 struck
a reef at Whitsunday
ID No.
303169
Island
and was lost

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303442
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Janssens
- 2071gt 1935
Rotterdam
awm photo
(in harbour)
KPM N.E.I. service
ID No.303442
1942(Dec)-1943 (Jun) took
part
in Operation Lilliput supply
convoys
to northern New Guinea
1958 sold
to Panamanian firm
r/n
Ban Ho
1973 r/n
Tirta Mukia
1984 sold
to Indonesian buyers,
not
r/n trace lost
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303447
Japara - twscm 9312gt
1939 Rotterdam
awm
photo (27 Aug., 1941,
(Built for Rotterdam Lloyd)
broadside view)
1941
chartered by the US War
Shipping ID303447
Administration
1942 (Apr)
went to Southwest Pacific
from the US West Coast
1942
(Sep) transported Australian
troops to Milne Bay
1942(Dec)-1943 (Jun) took
part
in Operation Lilliput in
northern
New Guinea
1943 (Feb)
returned
to
the US West Coast and was
converted to a troopship
allocated to the US Navy
1943-1945
made
voyages
to the Southwest Pacific from
the US West Coast, and
to France to carry troops
deployed to the Pacific
1946
returned to owners
.
1963 sold,
sold again in 1966,
1967 and
1969 with name changes
1969
scrapped with name Victory

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303479
Karsik
(ex-Soneck) - 3104gt 1938
awm photo (May 1941)
Wesermunde
ID No. 303479
1940 seized
by Netherlands
Government
r/n Karsik
(with
KPM as managers)
1946 purchased by KPM
1963 sold
to Panamanian buyers
r/n Pearl of Victory
1967 struck
a reef and was lost
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303565
Maatsuycker
- 4120gt
1937 Amsterdam awm photo am
KPM N.E.I service
(broadside view)
1942
(Jul) carried troops from
Cairns
ID No. 303565
to
Papua-New Cuinea
1942-1943 took
part in Operation
Lilliput
in northern New Guinea
1960 sold, and asain in 1964 and 1965
1970 and
1971, again sold with name
changes
1974
scrapped
http://cas.gov.au/photograph/303765
Patras - 2065gt 1927
Rotterdam
awm photo (aerial view)
KPM
N.E.I. service
ID No. 303765
1941 (Dec) took
Australian
troops to Ambon
1942
(Dec) - 1943 (Jun) took
part
in Operation Lilliput in
New
Guinea
1956
scrapped

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303846
Reijnst - 2298gt 1929
Amsterdam
awm photo (1 Jan., 1943.
KPM N.E.I. service
aerial view)
1942
(Jan) ferried troops from
ID No. 303846
Ratai Bay, Java, from the
Aquitania in Convoy MS2 to
Singapore
1943
(Apr) in Convoy GP48
attacked by a Japanese submarine
off
the northern N.S.W. coast
Later in Operation Lilliput
1956,
scrapped

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303880
s'Jacob - 2998gt 1907 Rotterdam
awm photo (3 Jun 1942,
KPM N.E.I. service
aq Brisbane)
1942
(Sep) involved Milne Bay
ID No. 303880
operations
1943 (Mar) sunk
by Japanese
air
attack off Port Porlock, Oro
Bay
with loss 5 lives in Operation
Lilliput
http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/303990
Swartenhondt - 4661gt
1924 Amsterdam
awm
photo (17 Sep 1941
KPM N.E.I. service
aerial view uw at sea)
1942
carried
Australian troops to
ID No.303990
Papua-
New Guinea
1943 in
Operation Lilliput
1944 (Oct) landed
Australian
troops on
New Britain
1958 sold
for scrapping
1959 scrapped

Photo
from
the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Tasman - 4978gt 1922 Hull
slv
photo (peace time
KPM N.E.I. service
livery)
1948 transferred
to KJCPL
Image No.
b42250
1955
reverted to KPM
nmm 2
photos
1958 scrapped
No. P13507
(1931
Capetown)
am
No.P13310
(1937 Beira)

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/304037
Thedens - 2071gt 1928
Rotterdam
awm photo am
KPM N.E.I. service
(aerial view)
1942 (Dec)- 1943 (Jun)
ID
No. 304037
in
Operation Lilliput
1956 scrapped
Van
den Bosch - 1621gt 1903
awm photo (distant view;
Amsterdam
from HMAS
Parkes,
KPM N.E.I.
service
Sep.,
1945)
1952 scrapped
ID No. 044771
Van
der Lijn - 2302gt 1929
No image found
Amsterdam
KPM N.E.I. Service
1958 scrapped

Photo from the "Old
Ship Picture Galleries"
Van
Heemskerck - 2996gt 1909
No other image found
Amsterdam
KPM N.E.I. service
1943 bombed
and sunk by
Japanese aircraft at Milne Bay
with loss of 5 lives

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/106656
Van
Heutz - 4588gt 1926 Vlissingen
awm photo am
KPM N.E.I. service
(9 Jan 1943, Oro Bay,
1942 (Dec)- 1943 (Jun)
New
Guinea)
Operation
Lilliput
ID No.106656
1948 transferred
to KJCPL
1957 reverted
to KPM r/n Barentsz
1959
scrapped

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/304092
Van
Outhoorn - 2069gt 1927
awm photo am
Rotterdam
(26 Nov.,
1943, at
KPM N.E.I. service
anchor)
1942 (Feb) escorted
by
ID No. 304092
HMAS
Goulbourn to the
Indian
Ocean when escaping
from the
Netherlands East
Indies
1943 in
Operation Lilliput
(Apr 14)
damaged by
Japanese
bombers at Milne
Bay
1955 scrapped

Photo from the "Old
Ship Picture Galleries"
Van
Spilbergen - 3273gt Rotterdam
No other image found
KPM N.E.I. service
1949 scrapped
