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Description:
8,324 grt; 12,056 dwt. 12 passengers.
Operator: VNSM - Vereenigde Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij NV (United Netherlands Steamship Co Ltd), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Built: 1946 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Yard no. 555.
Propulsion: two Westinghouse steam turbines of 8,500 shp (total) geared to single screw shaft. Speed: 16.5 knots
Built as C3-S-A5 World War 2 standard type and delivered to the Netherlands Government for management by VNSM as FRIESLAND.
1947-purchased by VNSM and renamed ABBEKERK.
1972-to breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Antwerp 5/7/1968
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General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 4 photos
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