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18/10/1980, under way in Djakarta Bay, Indonesia.
As seen from the Shell tanker 'Eburna'.
Launched on 16/07/1936 and completed on 13/12/1936 by Blohm & Voss, Steinwerder, Germany (506)
16,662 g.t., as
'Pretoria' to 1945,
'Empire Doon' to 1949,
'Empire Orwell' to 1959,
'Gunung Djati' to 1979, and
'KRI Tanjung Pandan 931' until sold to Taiwan for demolition in 1987.
'Pretoria' was a ship that had a long and varied career as first a German cargo liner, then a U-boat depot ship, hospital ship, British troop ship, Muslim pilgrim ship and finally an Indonesian naval troopship & accommodation ship.'
Her history is vast, a good, concise account is on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TS_Pretoria
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