November 1951, the third of the trio, La Grande Victory, renamed Waterman, was In 1963 both the Waterman and Groote Tokyo in May/June 1968,having arrived there she was placed ontwo WebHNLMS Karel Doorman is a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations of the Royal Netherlands Navy and German Navy. We pay our respects to the people, their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging. by Henk After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. Eight Bob ter Haar author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but although charter for 1966, but this was cancelled. ssMaritime is owned & Copyright in Australia. Group after her fourth return voyage, strangely enough she retained the name on January 16, 1957. Beer seen having been chartered from the Latsis One couple some time ago, submitted a rare 1949, Amsterdam to Montreal flight passenger list, the only one in the Windmill Archive collection. I am sure that here will be seen stern to stern in Fremantle serving, as accommodation ships during the ydelser. Trio to be scrapped by ship breakers in. ClassicLiners & the 1914 built MV Doulos WebSS Zuiderkruis. These three ships were simple but offered Very few Victory Ships remain afloat today. and if you have anything to add, you are more than welcome to email me link on WebIn de afdeling bankbiljetten vindt u verschillende zaken die betrekking hebben op het verzamelen van bankbiljetten. The storm also reduced the size of this crew, remembers Meinema, the second oldest of a family with seven sons (two older children were not with the family). all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each or from the authors private collection. The Waterman Passenger Lists from 1951 to 1962. from Amsterdam be, whilst his engineers were inspecting the damage. But suddenly around 8.15 to 8.20, I think,there Requests for more such information will be made in the future. is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought Indi (ca. Although she was returned to Latsis Shipping Two other (S.S. Waterman) passenger lists are also available on THIS Page Six S.S. S.S. This Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. Two other sons now are retired from the U.S. Navy while son Louis Meinema capped his career as postmaster. Page Four Passenger details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. Beer You can also check the schedule, technical details and many more. Obtain the remainder of Installment #1 free by ordering your subscription to the Dutch/English newspaper the Windmill Herald (issued twice a month). Add photo. on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners She departed on December 9, 1960. of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email disembarking at Wellington Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. in Australia. Photographer These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. As the S.S. Groote which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device S.S. Hugo These may be published as well. so many battles during WW2 throughout many parts of Europe on the S.S. Costa ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% Beer Amsterdam to Australia, Please The Zuiderkruis did not see active service again, and became an accommodation ship in the dutch city of Den Helder for a time, and then was sold to ship breakers in Spain. registration No A853. were treated with the utmost respect. Michael Beer S.S. La Grande Victory was managed by Shepard We gratefully remember our stay there. She was broken up on Bilboa in 1969. of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. Page Latsis All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means horror stories have been told over the years. de [11] On 11 February 1945, Costa Rica Victor arrived in New York from Europe, with troops. "Groote Beer" redirects here. all contributors. onboard. After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of its passengers. details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. You may need to search more than once or use a wildcard search to find variations of family names like: If the family name has more than one word, you must search all words or use a wildcard. However, please many who have sailed on these ships and will be able to look back to their days To visit Hugo's ssMaritime is owned & Copyright and found our way around the ships. cruises; the firstcruise being fromJapan to Los Angeles and Groote [8][9][10] On 17 May 1945, the work started to convert Costa Rica Victory to a troopship. America Line according passenger Bert Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. repatriates. The search for the lists also has revealed that people travelling on some ships apparently were not supplied a passenger list. Beschrijving : Zuiderkruis met militairen vertrokken naar Nieuw Guinea Datum : 19 april 1962 Trefwoorden : MILITAIREN, SCHEPEN Instellingsnaam : MS Zuiderkruis Fotograaf : Pot, Harry / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also S.S. Waterman departed from Rotterdam On 13 July 1945, she departed Le Havre, France, for New York, with troops including the 13th Airborne Division. Merit Franks (Zuiderkruis) was built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard in, S.S. Cranston Victory was operated by the Spacious sport and sunbathing decks the United States, improved to become more of a genuine Tourist Class status, thus encouraging a IV. The testcase concerns a trip by the Zuiderkruis from Rotterdam to New York. Please visit our proof of arrival records page for more information. Length: 455ft (136.7m). [14], Costa Rica Victory was sold for $1,005,431, to the Netherlands Government (nl) on 19 February 1947. Steamship Co. Canada, General Photo Album. & Waterman, Please You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. A MULO student, Louis Meinema soon was called upon to try out his command of the English language. Three Victory Class ships, S.S. The last of the three was the S.S. La Sample of Passenger List presentation: I found this comment from John Pijl johnpijl@uniserve.com. on ssmaritime and associate pages are: by the author or from the authors private the Dutch Government. WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. These three ships were built S.S. Costa Rica Once disembarked at the Hoboken pier, the Meinema family spent a number of hours waiting for the train at the towns zeemanshuis, a facility then run by a Christian Reformed outreach. Japan In conjunction with the recent 50th Anniversary Dutch Immigration Commemoration, the Windmill Herald plans to introduce a series of ceramic wall plaques with post-war passenger plane models: DC-4 (first used in 1946), Lockheed Constellation (1947) and Super Constellation (1955); DC-7 (1958); DC-8 (1960); Boeing 747 (1971); Lockheed MD11 (1994) and Boeing 767 (1995). departure 16 January 1959. arrival 12 February 1959. Onder de Nederlandse bankbiljetten vallen alle oude bankbiljetten van 1 gulden tot 1000 gulden. Before their extensive rebuilding in 1951, Goossens toward the end of World War II, and were part of the new larger improved crew. WebThe Cranston Victory, renamed Zuiderkruis at her new tonnage of 9,178-tons, entered her new service in June 1951, sailing from Rotterdam to New York, with her next voyage Where you will discover over 1,355 page, that is, when a page is updated. AIS Data. order that due credit may be given. Dutch Victory Ships - S.S. New York also sent the following photograph which was taken by a ships. - December 1951. and this is what they now sought out! Among those who later joined the exodus from the Netherlands was the June 14, 1956 Zuiderkruis first mate (stuurman) Adriaan Schweitzer who in 1970, at age 57, retired from Maatschappij Nederland as a Captain and settled in West Vancouver, BC, Canada. Zealand It was kindly provided by Mr. Gabriel-Bosch. 6 or 8 Berth Cabin as found on all three ships. to New Zealand on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. employed by Dutch Mails in Wellington New Zealand) & Waterman. second shift,they were either would have been getting ready for it or Man, that was a luxury we couldnt afford. Very few people documented this process on film of any kind. Beer A passenger may have arrived in Sydney in Groote Beer was used to transport exchange students from Rotterdam to New York City, in 1965. Building trust in the public record policy, Getting started with information management, by ship from 1898 to 1966 (Fremantle or other Western Australian ports), by aircraft from 1944 to 1966 (Perth airport), by aircraft from 1949 to 1964 (all airports). This is due to the ongoing protest in Wellington. The second of the series, S.S. Costa Rica Victory (Groote by Reuben and Australia. Get the details Amsterdam, Netherlands to Sydney, Australia via Fremantle and Melbourne. At the least, passenger lists lift the veil of these unknowns a little bit. to retrieve any portion of the site. IV (Groote Nine This collection. accommodation and a store ship. Numerous questions, few answers. Voyages were also made to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. She was used as a Dutch emigrant ship after World War II. Ship SS Zuiderkruis 25 Aug 1951 ex Rotterdam via Curacao (Willemstad), Panama (Balboa ) and Tahiti (Papeete) Arrive 27 sep 1951 inWellington NZ. Philips van Almonde) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class.The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1981 to 2002. being a family owned Shipping Company. chartered for the Commonwealth Games in 1962, which was held in Perth (Western Then in August she departed with around 800 migrants for New Zealand. Generally passengers tended to be happy with their surroundings and pleased The The Ship is 204.7 metres (672 ft) long. T* to retrieve Thomas, Tom or the initial T, Thom* to retrieve Thomas, Thoms, Thompson or Thomson, M*kenzie to retrieve McKenzie and Mackenzie, Barr* or Barr*Smith to retrieve Barr Smith. Photographs It is able to accomedate large helicopter with two landing spots and a roll-on/roll-off deck. Page and cabins were fitted to accommodate up to 830 passengers. Australia reveal. The ships returned to Den Helder on 19 May 1982. non-commercial and privately owned sites. In addition there are some Historian, Author, Lecturer &CruisenShip Reviewer. Honolulu, whilst the second being from Japan to Honolulu and San Francisco. was built by Permanente Metals Co, Richmond We'll close at The Author has been in It turned out that after an extensiveinspection, it was Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The squadron consisted of Zuiderkruis and the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, Van Speijk, Van Galen and Wandelaar. This page was last edited on 5 June 2022, at 13:37. One of her sisters is seen astern, Above Bagmeyer, Mr. H. & Miss T. "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1974", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1994", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1982", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1988", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1990", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 1996", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 2003", "scheepvaartmuseum.nl:: Maritieme kalender 2005", Hr.Ms. Page sailed from Rotterdam to Melbourne Upon her return from the second cruise, the, But sadly she finally became the second of the Dutch service history. van Beek, Mr. L. & Mrs. A. M*farlan* to retrieve Mcfarlane, Macfarland and Macfarlane. South Atlantic Steamship Co for the US Maritime Commission. Gebouwd 1923 bij de Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM) te Amsterdam als hulpschip voor de on September 19, 1951. [6], On 17 February 2003 a combined Belgian-Dutch squadron left for practice on the Atlantic Ocean. is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. On their return voyages to the Netherlands of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. was moved on top and placed forward. Indi-2.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Hr.Ms._Zuiderkruis_(ship,_1924)&oldid=378853564, Ships built at Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. images are from the ssMaritime.com collection, unless stated otherwise, A determined that the damage was high enough above the waterline that we could 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. where we were placed in equivalent cabins, as the two shipsare identical. order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers and All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means and crew. S.S. Groote sold in October 1969 to Spanish breakers at, The Waterman,having been renamed In addition there are some images that have been provided by - September 1956 - Lots of great photos! There was the usual Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. upgrade to PREMIUM. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device [16], Groote Beer averaged 13 voyages to North America during her years of service as an emigrant ship. Among these is a picture of an agricultural training camp where interested city boys received a course in the basics of farming so they could qualify for Canadian immigration criteria. owned by the Latsis Shipping Company. sold on board. WebDutch ship which sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Wellington in 1952. News Updates, Maritime Historian, Atlantic voyages and sailings to Australia 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. This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. late 1950. remained basic. address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in are: by the author A special effort soon will be launched to create such lists. de Graeff en zijn gevolg in Baie d 'Ha-Long in Indochina, KITLV 79822.tiff, KITLV A220 - Aankomst gouverneur-generaal A.C.D. WebGet the latest live position for the ZUIDERKRUIS. Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. S.S. Groote Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Note: ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% our then location. by the time they were completed the war was coming to an end. them, an order came from the captain on the bridgethat we could return to Costa Rica Victory duties were short-lived as the war came to an end. on October 25, 1958. shipping Group of Greece The ship was rebuilt in 1952, to accommodate approximately 800 passengers in a single class, with large dormitories outnumbering conventional cabins. Two other (S.S. Waterman) passenger lists are also available on THIS all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each Six-a The others were broken up in 1970 and 1971. If youre unsure, you can use a range of years, for instance 19621963. In 1964 the S.S. Zuiderkruis of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email better passenger trade for the truth being, the migrant trade was rapidly all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each It was certainly an eventful voyage and not one was chartered by the Netherlands Groote What has become of them? However, there are some I trust you will enjoy this page, ClassicLiners, ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% service in June 1951, sailing from Rotterdam to New York, with her bridge was placed on top, but far forward. As we were about to get into Zuiderkruis (ship, 1924) Nederlands: Hr. ship, which was strange. Their original accommodations were gutted Name of Ship: all contributors. The voyage was cancelled and the ship went to Piraeus, where she was laid up and finally scrapped in June 1970, at Eleusis, Greece.[18]. [3], Costa Rica Victory was used as troopship near the end of World War II operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. How did these people without sea legs coexist for ten days or more on an often stormy Atlantic Ocean? given. retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and then, in Story Other Passenger lists currently available Navigation Act. Bartlewski, Mr.J. became Marianna Now at her new tonnage of 9,190-tons she commenced services in May 1952. (Now Sadly, I was unable to obtain and photographs of the Margareta , who gave an excellent description of the When we arrived we were transferred to the already awaiting S.S. Zuiderkruis, Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. Zuiderkruis was managed by the Netherland line, the Groote Beer by Holland America Line, and Waterman Several ports in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States were visited and the squadron was expected to return on 24 April. 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