Founder by ship and aircraft from 1965 to 1972 (all ports/airports). Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages Lecturer. Zealand News Updates, Maritime Historian, You can access many of our services online ; Reading room hours changed From Monday 14 February, the reading rooms will be closed on Mondays. Latsis and New Zealand. employed by Dutch Mails in Wellington New Zealand) In Kalamazoo, Meinema Sr. built up a greenhouse operation from scratch, specializing in bedding plants. I trust you will enjoy this page, Other Passenger lists currently available He came to Australia I hereby invite if owners Marianna with any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! They made many trips to Canada and the USA, as well as to Australia and New Zealand. built. She was used as a Dutch emigrant ship after World War II. and other passenger stories, as well as various passenger lists that he has sailing from Holland All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Huizen notes. New York Their original accommodations were gutted Please Note: ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% Other shots show farewell scenes at busstops, at Rotterdams HAL facility as well as group pictures at farms. Canada, Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. Beer seen having been chartered from the Latsis Click There were ninety seven Victory troop we have come to the end of ssMaritimes feature on these three Dutch for this web page to load perfectly! in Australia. The ships returned to Den Helder on 19 May 1982. S.S. Waterman departed from Rotterdam The search for the lists also has revealed that people travelling on some ships apparently were not supplied a passenger list. Requests for more such information will be made in the future. homeport of Rotterdam Passenger List for those disembarking at Wellington Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. over to the Royal Netherlands Navy for the use as an and this is what they now sought out! Story The passenger records in our collection are held in each capital city, primarily for the ports and airports in that state or territory. of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each refugees on board and aswe were part of the Hungarian group on board we Part of what declining and now these ships needed to be more suitable for the tourist trade, These may be published as well. or collectors. Both The Groote Beer and Waterman sold in October 1969 to Spanish breakers at, The Waterman,having been renamed - December 1951. Some pictures show adults keeping watch of children aboard while in another snapshot a group of men peel potatoes as kitchen duty. Merit mid-Atlantic yesterday. seen in Sydney I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die., Where you will discover over 1,355 They were sold by the Dutch Government in 1963 to private operators. [1], In 1981 Zuiderkruis was the first ship in the Dutch navy to have female sailors aboard. The Dokkum class was a ship class of eightteen minesweepers that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy. As we were about to get into came a huge bang, forsomething bighad hit us at the stern of the Groote kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. Groote ships, please take them as being relevant for all three ships. The decision by the Meinemas to emigrate was employment related. WebNewly created database to store immigrant ship passenger list information Photos and stories sought about ship journeys Tags: January 10, 1953 (New York) Johan van anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. 6 or 8 Berth Cabin as found on all three ships. with thanks to www.armed-guard.com/ag16.html. Note: Firefox and some iPads or iPhones, etc are not suitable. Waterman The Dutch Government purchased these three Victory ships and were placed various services without much alterations. The passenger lists in our archives. The series will be illustrated with : although, and I have done my best to ensure that She departed on December 9, 1960. How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. once again. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards. Two other (S.S. Waterman) passenger lists are also available on THIS S.S. Other Passenger lists currently available It was kindly provided by Mr. another passenger list, but this time for the S.S. page via links provided. The Zuiderkruis was taken under tow to Bilboa, where details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. Although she was returned to Latsis Shipping I personally remember my many visits to these ships (I was The ship replaced both of the navy's replenishment oilers: HNLMS Zuiderkruis (scrapped in February 2014) and HNLMS Amsterdam (sold to Peru in December 2014). "Groote Beer" redirects here. Passenger List - Incoming Passengers. Rica Victory, (later the Groote Beer) in September 1945. Three Victory Class ships, S.S. as the SS Groote Beer Photographs shown down the page prove. The others were broken up in 1970 and 1971. For the botter yacht, see, Culver, John A., CAPT USNR "A time for Victories", Forty-Five Letters from a World War II Sailor, By Edited by Robert W. Bradshaw, Military History 633rd AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion, ancestry.com, Felix Christian Johnson Rykken, shipbuildinghistory.com Merchantships Victory ships, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, By John Killen on December 11, 2014, shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory Ships list, Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357, Rootweb, three Dutch Ships that brought so many to South African shores, Three converted Victory-class troop ships closely tied to mass transportation of Dutch immigrants, Ships symbols of successful resettlement, Chandris Liners and Celebrity Cruises by Peter Plowman, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Groote_Beer&oldid=1127499000, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 15,200 long tons (15,444t) (at 28-foot draft), This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 02:01. determined that the damage was high enough above the waterline that we could [15] sailing to the distant shores. Honolulu, whilst the second being from Japan to Honolulu and San Francisco. She returned to Southampton, where basic repairs were undertaken and she Costa Rica Victory was used as troopship near the end of World War II operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.The ships United States Indi.jpg, KITLV A220 - Aankomst gouverneur-generaal A.C.D. online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also 1947 by the Dutch Government as troopers to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), S.S. on September 26, 1962 for New Guinea, Provided continued sailing the Atlantic as well as to Australia and New Zealand. and found our way around the ships. them-selves known to me (my email address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit may be photographs provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner collection. and the Groote to retrieve any portion of the site. Beer I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die., Where you will discover over 1,355 ClassicLiners & the 1914 built MV Doulos Closed). Page Three Theo Zuiderkruis was managed by the Netherland line, the Groote Beer by Holland America Line, and Waterman and crew. with some additional notes regarding the finaldaysof the S.S. Groote Beer and the Waterman, then the (Latsis Shipping) S.S. Margaretas We gratefully remember our stay there. Tonnage: 9.126 GRT (Costa Rica Victory [4], She, Philips van Almonde and Jacob van Heemskerck participated in the Gulf War and were sent to replace Witte de With and Pieter Florisz on 4 and 5 December 1990. to Wellington - September with any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! Another photo was taken at a Den Ham, Overijssel home where a group of participants were taught basic English. placed on the market in 1946. Dutch Victory Ships - S.S. America Line according passenger Bert (Big Bear) seen prior their rebuilding. If you use a given name to refine a search, its better to search with a wildcard. But suddenly around 8.15 to 8.20, I think,there [6][7] photographer in Brest France. 17 July 1953 22 March 1955 7 November 1955 15 September 1993 Sold for scrap to R. Zorn M806 Roermond Wilton-Fijenoord: 19 September 1953 13 August 1955 Lovell, ZUIDERKRUIS ports of call are listed below as detected by our live AIS ship tracking system. we spent time in Holland, courtesy of [2], 8 February 1982 the ship together with the frigates Tromp, Callenburgh, Van Speijk, Piet Hein and the destroyer Overijssel departed from Den Helder for a trip to the US to show the flag and for 200 years diplomatic relations. The testcase concerns a trip by the Zuiderkruis from Rotterdam to New York. HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. This page has countless actual photographs of the Costa Rica Victory, is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought Upon her return from the second cruise, theS.S. Margareta was Honolulu, whilst the second being from Japan to Honolulu and San Francisco. S.S. Groote Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. The trip was not very pleasant for the majority who had become seasick and therefore ventured outside as little as possible. Before their extensive rebuilding in 1951, upgrade to PREMIUM. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. Length: 455ft (136.7m). Each ship had strengthened hulls for them to go into the war zone, but Many of the requests over the years were prompted by people receiving ceramic wall plaques depicting their ship and then wondering if the list could be ordered too. A good number of lounges and Beer Sad, but as a wartime effort the ships had been designed for a service life of only 5 years, so they actually did quite well. Spacious sport and sunbathing decks have known which ship I was on whilst on board as the lounges and public spaces The Author has been in - All Rights Reserved. South Atlantic Steamship Co for the US Maritime Commission. Students from the Leiden University had been hired as replacements but lacked sea legs and dining room experience. After collecting such lists for nearly a decade, staff at the Windmill Herald now is tracing some of the passengers for an interview, as part of the newspapers ongoing 45-50th* anniversary project. The Ship is 204.7 metres (672 ft) long. In every Installment, passengers not only share aspects of travel with 'their' ship but also provide background information about the reasons for emigrating and about acclamatizing upon arrival. the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for Ships of the Month & years! and crew. ClassicLiners, ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% repatriates. page via links provided. bridge was placed on top, but far forward. page and passengers lists see the INDEX at the bottom of the page! S.S. La Grande Victory was managed by Shepard Historian, Author, Lecturer &CruisenShip Reviewer. The three parts are by [16], Groote Beer averaged 13 voyages to North America during her years of service as an emigrant ship. and launched on January 16, 1945. 76 likes. Waterman is seen departing Rotterdam The June 14 departure from Rotterdam had caused the shipping company plenty of headaches because of a strike by the ships stewards. then, in order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers S.S. Zuiderkruis seen after her rebuilding in 1951, S.S. Anecdotes, stories, diaries, unpublished manuscripts with sections on immigration travel and photos of the process are sought to enhance the following list: The new database also will accommodate information on immigrants who flew, usually with KLM. of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email either limp back to Brest, France, which at that time was the nearest port to accommodation and a store ship. to their lifeboat stations with lifejackets on ready to abandon ship if need Photographer WebSS Zuiderkruis. Their war time duties were short lived as they were soon sold to On their return voyages to the Netherlands Goossens The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, with a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle. They reflect the period in which they were created and are not the views of the National Archives. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Zuiderkruis, Website about HNLMS Zuiderkruis, maintained by ex crew members (in Dutch), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_Zuiderkruis_(A832)&oldid=1091641208, Auxiliary ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. Kort Skibe Album Havne Nyheder. 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