Difference between revisions of "USAT Van der Lijn"
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Revision as of 16:59, 20 August 2022
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Van der Lijn |
| Owner | Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij (KPM), Holland |
| Builder | Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam |
| Launched | 1929 |
| Fate | scrapped 1958 in Hong Kong |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal trader |
| Tonnage | 2,302 tons |
Remarks
Named after an early Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), owned by the Dutch Royal Parcel Shipping Company. Normal route was Singapore-Bawean-Soerabaja-East Borneo-Soerabaja-Bali-Lombok-Java-Singapore. In 1942 was able to get away from the Japanese to Australia, where it was chartered to carry Australian troops to and from the islands. On 4 Sep 1942, while in Townsville in a convoy that included Cremer and Van Heutsz, 'Van der Lijn was damaged in a collision with Perthshire.
In 1945 it was released to its owners and in 1958 it was sold to Hong Kong for scrapping.
Soldiers carried
Cairns to Milne Bay 7 - 11 August 1943
2/28th Battalion boarded 4 August