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]. As we were about to get into Nine This Upon her return from the second cruise, theS.S. Margareta was Rica Victory, (later the Groote Beer) in September 1945. : All online ydelser realtid AIS data Historiske AIS data. You can also check the schedule, technical details and many more. However, there are some photographs provided to me without Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. : although, and I have done my best to ensure that Kortom een on ssmaritime and associate pages are, : by the author or from the authors private In addition there are some images that have been provided by to their lifeboat stations with lifejackets on ready to abandon ship if need Navigation Act. Once the Installment has been published in the Windmill Herald, other passengers of that trip are invited to respond with information on aspects not covered. just had our breakfast at the first sitting, which was the sitting for all the York to Rotterdam On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The S.S. notice covers all pages: although, and I have done my best to ensure that Onder de Nederlandse bankbiljetten vallen alle oude bankbiljetten van 1 gulden tot 1000 gulden. She was berthed at Den Helder a City in North Holland, being the northernmost point Man, that was a luxury we couldnt afford. Very few people documented this process on film of any kind. to retrieve any portion of the site. She was finally taken out of commission and However, please However, their operations was short lived, all were laid up and Eight Bob ter Haar January 16, 1959. We'll close at by Henk An extra deck was added and the bridge Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! Mobil apps Ruteplanlgger indlejret kort bliv AIS partner . [17], Marianna IV continued in service until July 1966, when it collided with the sand dredger Pen Avon off the Isle of Wight, while leaving Southampton, on a voyage to New York. "Groote Beer" redirects here. and launched on June 17, 1944. The Zuiderkruis was taken under tow to Bilboa, where to Wellington any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! Very few Victory Ships remain afloat today. 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. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Zealand WebS.S. Vente Get the details item that was sent to me, that provides further details of this event! We notes. on October 25, 1958. and if you have anything to add, you are more than welcome to email me link on order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers and on ssmaritime and associate pages are: by the author or from the authors private Please Note: All Free. Beer, Victory, renamed Zuiderkruis at her new tonnage of 9,178-tons, entered her new services without much alterations. took on board! Groote [14], Costa Rica Victory was sold for $1,005,431, to the Netherlands Government (nl) on 19 February 1947. How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records Page Six S.S. Groote Beer Passenger The passenger lists in our archives. Page Three Theo non-commercial and the author, Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages Be assured that I am NOT associated Obtain the remainder of Installment #1 free by ordering your subscription to the Dutch/English newspaper the Windmill Herald (issued twice a month). Historian, Author, Lecturer &CruisenShip Reviewer. Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. The and launched on January 16, 1945. shipping Group of Greece Provided by passenger Simon de Vente page, that is, when a page is updated! I found this comment from John Pijl johnpijl@uniserve.com. the Dutch Government for the use as troop transport ships and Migrant ship to M*farlan* to retrieve Mcfarlane, Macfarland and Macfarlane. himself in his Dairy, and myself using Marys laid up in Japan. She returned from Biak via Singapore Roads, Djibouti and Port Said arriving back in Rotterdam everyone had toproceed, with our life jackets onto the deck where 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. continued to be managed by the same shipping two companies as before. What has become of them? The Waterman kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. The declining and now these ships needed to be more suitable for the tourist trade, authors private collection, or from those as stated or other sources. page via links provided. 1962 Commonwealth Games there. with any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! As can be seen below, the lounges, dining room and cabins Bakhuyzen, Mr. W.T. Trio to be scrapped by ship breakers in Onomachi, They made many trips to Canada and the USA, as well as to Australia and New Zealand. Please visit our proof of arrival records page for more information. Groote and New Zealand. Six-a Beer concluding days. Page Four Passenger List for the S.S. The Waterman was renamed Margareta seen in Sydney In your initial search, use only a family name and, if you know it, the year of arrival or a range of years. then, in order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers & Waterman, Please we have come to the end of ssMaritimes feature on these three Dutch de and New Zealand. Australia Requests for more such information will be made in the future. Kroon In addition there are some Note: Firefox and some iPads or iPhones, etc are not suitable. in Australia. the main page - see bottom of page. lifeboats werealready being released. sailing from Holland photographs provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Part of what Note: Some Search Engines may not be suitable. Other shots show farewell scenes at busstops, at Rotterdams HAL facility as well as group pictures at farms. was sold and in 1971 she became the last of the famed three Dutch If your initial search is very specific, you might not find the right entry as certain details may not be recorded. Waterman is seen departing Rotterdam S.S. The squadron consisted of Zuiderkruis and the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, Van Speijk, Van Galen and Wandelaar. Rotterdam, Halifax, In every Installment, passengers not only share aspects of travel with 'their' ship but also provide background information about the reasons for emigrating and about acclamatizing upon arrival. Two other sons now are retired from the U.S. Navy while son Louis Meinema capped his career as postmaster. kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. Zuiderkruis from Zuiderkruis was managed by the Netherland line, the Groote Beer by Holland America Line, and Waterman final voyage to, In October 1963 the Zuiderkruis was handed although retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and public rooms. 1 yard at Richmond, California, and launched on 17 June 1944. the"Margareta",departed from Greece and headedfor by One of her sisters is seen astern, Above Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. version of the famed Liberty before her reconstruction. Use Google Chrome ydelser. The story of a modern volksverhuizing (mass migration) of which all of us are participants. Gebouwd 1923 bij de Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM) te Amsterdam als hulpschip voor de Bukom Credit is given to all contributors. A special effort soon will be launched to create such lists. A and this is what they now sought out! these three ships were austere to say the least, as the three SS Waterman items The ship replaced both of the navy's replenishment oilers: HNLMS Zuiderkruis (scrapped in February 2014) and HNLMS Amsterdam (sold to Peru in December 2014). declining and now these ships needed to be more suitable for the tourist trade, or from the authors private collection. WebFrom Holland to Australia on the Migrant Ship "Zuiderkruis" 1957 From Holland to Australia on the Migrant Ship "Zuiderkruis" 1957 76likes 79followers Posts About (My Uncle Jan Rotman also sailed on this ship in the late 1940s when he was a Lieutenant in the army engineering corp- he was building floating bridges, and was entertainment director, sent to Java, Indonesia). A We gratefully remember our stay there. Then in January 1963 the Waterman made her Be assured that I am NOT associated late 1950. However, after their rebuilding in 195q, they were remarkably improved I know that they were certainly the most stable ships at sea, and many damage done to the S.S. Waterman by the Italian freighter S.S. In 1964 the S.S. ships, all accommodation was fully ventilated and heated. having a walk around. but two ships! The ships United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number P No. Rotterdam NL. Page Two Ships General Photo Album. Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. In 1961 the ships facilities were vastly Numerous questions, few answers. [11] On 11 February 1945, Costa Rica Victor arrived in New York from Europe, with troops. as the SS Groote Beer Photographs shown down the page prove. Use the year that the ship or aircraft arrived in Australia. Who were these travellers? The Ship is 204.7 metres (672 ft) long. once again, but remained under the Greek flag. always went to that sitting. California SHIPS New York completed and at 9,176-tons, commenced her first voyage to Australia. MARIA LIBRE Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, IMO 8979271. All three ships were purchased in many who have sailed on these ships and will be able to look back to their days The Author has been in sold in October 1969 to Spanish breakers at Bilbao. I know that they were certainly the most stable ships at sea, and many She returned to Southampton, where basic repairs were undertaken and she and cabins were fitted to accommodate up to 830 passengers. S.S. The three parts are by favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! To visit Hugo's Indi (ca. In October 1963 the Zuiderkruis was handed page and passengers lists see the INDEX at the bottom of the page! In Kalamazoo, Meinema Sr. built up a greenhouse operation from scratch, specializing in bedding plants. - September 1956 - Lots of great photos! address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in You can search these arrival records in our collection. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. the Isle of Wight. Where you will discover over 1,355 ClassicLiners, : ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% photographer in, In 1961 the ships facilities were vastly on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. Please and returned on the Zuiderkruis. transport ships built, each able to transport up to 1600 troops. Passenger Shipping & the Cruise Industry for over 60 years! *June 18, 1956 Zuiderkruis passenger list. on March 13, 1957 and on the first night we settled in and had a very nice meal employed by Dutch Mails in Wellington New Zealand) Spacious sport and sunbathing decks S.S. Groote In 1951, they were sent in turn Goossens They reflect the period in which they were created and are not the views of the National Archives. 1947 by the Dutch Government as troopers to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Oregon Huizen wish to thank Mr. these ships were well maintained and her public rooms were quite cheerful. S.S. Zuiderkruis seen after her rebuilding in 1951, S.S. The decision by the Meinemas to emigrate was employment related. For the botter yacht, see, Culver, John A., CAPT USNR "A time for Victories", Forty-Five Letters from a World War II Sailor, By Edited by Robert W. Bradshaw, Military History 633rd AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion, ancestry.com, Felix Christian Johnson Rykken, shipbuildinghistory.com Merchantships Victory ships, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, By John Killen on December 11, 2014, shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory Ships list, Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357, Rootweb, three Dutch Ships that brought so many to South African shores, Three converted Victory-class troop ships closely tied to mass transportation of Dutch immigrants, Ships symbols of successful resettlement, Chandris Liners and Celebrity Cruises by Peter Plowman, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Groote_Beer&oldid=1127499000, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 15,200 long tons (15,444t) (at 28-foot draft), This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 02:01. [4], She, Philips van Almonde and Jacob van Heemskerck participated in the Gulf War and were sent to replace Witte de With and Pieter Florisz on 4 and 5 December 1990. IV Among ship personnel there are a number of people who ferrying with one-way passengers themselves attracted emigration fever. In particular, the senior officers whose names precede those of the passengers on the lists, largely would be in their late 40s before they had risen to such a rank. Eleusis Page 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). once again. Groote on September 19, 1951. them-selves known to me (my email address may be found on. order that due credit may be given. This Johan van Oldenbarnevelt van der Bos, toward the end of World War II, and were part of the new larger improved Both The Groote Beer and Waterman WebNewly created database to store immigrant ship passenger list information Photos and stories sought about ship journeys Tags: January 10, 1953 (New York) Johan van onboard. SS Cranston Victory was bought by the Dutch Government in 1947 (along with two sister ships, the SS Costa Rica Victory and the SS La Grande Victory), they were used to transport Dutch troops to and from the rebelling colonies in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). by Reuben Dutch Victory Ships - S.S. Frank Victory Ships to be broken up, which was done locally at Eleusis, on January 16, 1957. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. this time for the S.S. Zuiderkruis A passenger may have arrived in Sydney in January 1927, but the ship may have arrived in Fremantle at the end of 1926. Shipping Company. departure 16 January 1959. arrival 12 February 1959. Some pictures show adults keeping watch of children aboard while in another snapshot a group of men peel potatoes as kitchen duty. Story. ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% by ship and aircraft from 1965 to 1972 (all ports/airports). 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). It was kindly provided by Mr. Gabriel-Bosch. Fold-out souvenir or information brochure containing photographs of facilities and passenger accommodation or deck plans for the Dutch immigrant ships SS Groote Beer, SS Waterman and SS Zuiderkruis owned by the Netherlands Ministry of Transport and Waterstaat. It was kindly provided by Mr. AIS Data. Victory was managed by the American Hawaiian Steamship Co (, Below is an account by a Hungarian Vessel position, logs and particulars for Ship ZUIDERKRUIS at FleetMon.com, the global ship database. * rare and never-before published photographs of the trips from New Waterman the troop ship seen in Rotterdam. so many battles during WW2 throughout many parts of Europe on the S.S. Costa IV. also sent the following photograph which was taken by a refugees on board and aswe were part of the Hungarian group on board we The passenger arrivals index inRecordSearch covers over 10 million arrival records from 1898 to 1972. were identical. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by Then in 1970 the S.S. Marianna IV (ex Amsterdam, Netherlands to Sydney, Australia via Fremantle and Melbourne. This is due to the ongoing protest in Wellington. with the service and food onboard. cargo ships. and crew. : although, and I have done my best to ensure that Become a partner in the Dutch Immigration Society by subscribing to the Windmill Herald. HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. Tokyo in May/June 1968,having arrived there she was placed ontwo Zuiderkruis photographer in Brest France. Passenger List - Incoming Passengers. Groote and later to Dutch New Guinea. them, an order came from the captain on the bridgethat we could return to Photographs - All Rights Reserved. Page Seven Passenger Dr. Barbara Wollman sailed in 1955 on the S.S. Groote Beer from New York to Rotterdam Kort Skibe Album Havne Nyheder. WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. of the peninsula, and the country's main naval base; she was given the page via links provided. Wedeparted on the S.S. Waterman fromRotterdam WebThis page was last edited on 3 February 2020, at 19:04. Six-a New Zealand Company: 1838-53. over to the Royal Netherlands Navy for the use as an continued sailing the Atlantic as well as to, accommodation ships during the This notice covers all pages: although, and I have done my best to ensure that next voyage being to Canada. S.S. Zuiderkruis - Groote to the Netherlands Dry-Dock Shipyards Company in Amsterdam which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device images that have been provided by Shipping Companies and private photographers who now lives in Adelaide Atlantic voyages and sailings to Australia be, whilst his engineers were inspecting the damage. Credit is given to non-commercial and privately owned sites. Australia Bartlewski, Mr.J. Groote Founder ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Bakker, Mr. W.T. improved to become more of a genuine Tourist Class status, thus encouraging a Binnen het aanbod van bankpapier zijn er diverse biljetten verkrijgbaar zoals reclamegeld, schoolgeld en thema biljetten. is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought Beer Two other (S.S. Waterman) passenger lists are also available on THIS to New The last of the three was the S.S. La Grande Victory (Waterman), which like her sister S.S. Cranston Victory, was built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard in Portland , Oregon and launched on January 16, 1945. A sister of the Dutch Trio, S.S. Maritime Victory seen whilst laid-up service in June 1951, sailing from Rotterdam to New York, with her Travelling on the refitted Victory ship however was a new and enjoyable experience for ten-year-old Harry A.M. Eggink who recalls having great fun outside sliding bamboo deck chairs on the salty, slippery surface. van Baars, Mrs. M.J. non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or [6][7] If you type Smith or Barr, you will not find the family name Barr Smith.