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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Tag Archives: Nederland
No.617 Oranje launched in 1938
24,377grt for Stoomvaart Mij by ‘Nederland’ Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Angelina Lauro 1964 Flotta Lauro Angelina 1977 Costa Line Fire St Thomas, Sank in the Pacific 1979 ORANJE in Cape Town Photo from Ben Ayre
No.413 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft launched in 1925
14,642grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ from Ataliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Fire Amsterdam 1932 More details of an unlucky ship at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Pieter_Corneliszoon_Hooft Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
No.458 Christiaan Huygens launched 1927
15,637grt from Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ for Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Mined Netherlands 1945 Frank Thomas added ‘She struck a mine leaving River Scheldt in August ’45, her wreck is still there’
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Tagged Amsterdam, Christiaan Huygens, Mined, Nederland, Nederlandsche, Netherlands, Stoomv Mij
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No.511 Marnix van Sint Aldegonde launched 1929
19,129grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Bombed, sank Algeria 1943 Sister of the No.501 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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Tagged Algeria, Amsterdam, Bombed, Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, Nederland, sank, Stoomv Mij
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The World's Passenger Ships 