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KRI TANJUNG PANDAN 931 - IMO 5138395

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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Captured:
Oct 18, 1980
Photo Category:
Auxiliaries
Added:
Jan 28, 2021
Views:
640
Image Resolution:
3,352 x 2,182

Description:

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

Vessel
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Current name:
TANJUNG PANDAN

Former name(s):

 -  Empire Orwell (Until 1959)

 -  Empire Doon (Until 1949)

 -  Pretoria (Until 1945)

Status:
Dead
Build year:
1936
Vessel Type:
Troopship
Gross tonnage:
17,891 tons
Summer DWT:
6,496 tons

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Thomas Kraft

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Rick Vince

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Bunts

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Tony Martin

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