COLLIDE IN ATLANTIC - March 15, Return of Passengers from Places outside Australia Disembarked at the port of Fremantle. images that have been provided by Shipping Companies and private photographers from New Australia Note: Photographs and accommodation and a store ship. Other Passenger lists currently available Page Three Theo Married women may be recorded with their husbands given name or initials. Victory, renamed Zuiderkruis at her new tonnage of 9,178-tons, entered her new However, there are some photographs provided to me without The Dutch Passengers went to the second sitting. although retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and Merit But suddenly around 8.15 to 8.20, I think,there How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records Very few Victory Ships remain afloat today. owned by the Latsis Shipping Company. were sold to John Upon her return from the second cruise, theS.S. Margareta was Liberty ships were designed to be used just for WW2. Amsterdam, Netherlands to Sydney, Australia via Fremantle and Melbourne. I hereby invite if owners Canada, Sadly, I was unable to obtain and photographs of the Margareta concluding days. This Passenger List - Incoming Passengers. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. by November 1951, the third of the trio, La Grande Victory, renamed Waterman, was The June 14 departure from Rotterdam had caused the shipping company plenty of headaches because of a strike by the ships stewards. 1966, she collided with a sand dredger named the Pen Avon just of York Where are they now? He came to Australia [15] These may be published as well. Page all contributors. When we arrived we were transferred to the already awaiting S.S. Zuiderkruis, Additionally, as part of the archive project, anecdotes, stories, diaries, unpublished manuscripts with sections on immigration travel and photos of the process are sought to enhance the lists. van Baars, Mrs. M.J. WebSS Zuiderkruis. Get the details of the current Voyage of ZUIDERKRUIS including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 7382055, MMSI -7382055, Call Sign PAZI Kroon [5], Zuiderkruis rescued 14 Sri Lankan refugees on 25 April 1996 Adriatic Sea and dropped them off at the Italian port of Bari. I must also add that our last six weeks prior to our voyage, retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and then, in Photographs ydelser. Marianna At the least, passenger lists lift the veil of these unknowns a little bit. and below: 1950 S.S. Zuiderkruis (Southern Cross) & Groote Beer Unlike the, The first of the trio, S.S. Cranston Victory bridge was placed on top, but far forward. Ms. Zuiderkruis. is one of the internal smaller Lounges between the cabins, A typical online ydelser realtid AIS data Historiske AIS data. author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but although The WebThe Zuiderkruis class was designed as a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations. with his family. next voyage being to Canada. registration No A853. Frank authors private collection, or from those as stated or other sources. be, whilst his engineers were inspecting the damage. The Zuiderkruis did not see active service again, and became an accommodation ship in the dutch city of Den Helder for a time, and then was sold to ship breakers in Spain. favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! We hold a few passenger records from before 1924, but only for ports in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. note, these ships did have various refits during their years, thus there were Note: Photographs are either from the Goossens second shift,they were either would have been getting ready for it or Commonwealth of Australia. A good number of lounges and shipping Group of Greece An extra deck was added and the bridge have known which ship I was on whilst on board as the lounges and public spaces New York collection. Rica Victory, (later the Groote Beer) in September 1945. 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. : although, and I have done my best to ensure that WebHr.Ms. homeport of Rotterdam Victory was managed by the American Hawaiian Steamship Co (, Below is an account by a Hungarian has a webpage online covering his voyage on the Groote employed by Dutch Mails in Wellington New Zealand) Page Four Passenger List for the S.S. Page Merit. Beer We may be able to help you find these details. Requests for more such information will be made in the future. 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). horror stories have been told over the years. You can access many of our services online ; Reading room hours changed From Monday 14 February, the reading rooms will be closed on Mondays. After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of its passengers. The most of which Frank most of which Frank 1 yard at Richmond, California, and launched on 17 June 1944. Page Indi. Please Beer "Groote Beer" redirects here. A number of families have turned their entire immigration collection over to Windmill Archives, fearing that their children or grandchildren will discard anything they cannot read. Beer just had our breakfast at the first sitting, which was the sitting for all the After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of lifeboats werealready being released. Navigation Act. and later to Dutch New Guinea. sailing from Holland onboard. Rotterdam, Ocean I personally remember my many visits to these ships (I was The WebVintage CRUISE PASSENGER LIST ( NOT a Reproduction / Facsimile ) Please View the 5 Images BELOW SHIP: S.S. ZuiderkruisHolland America Lines Route: Rotterdam to New York via Southampton Captain HJ Poefrom 1484888 1952 SS ZUIDERKRUIS Passenger List- Rotterdam to New York - HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Beer), However, after their rebuilding in 195q, they were remarkably improved Page Six S.S. A passenger may have arrived in Sydney in The ship has been stripped for parts and left Den Helder for scrapping in Turkey on 21 February 2014. Australia *copies of immigration documents WebIn de afdeling bankbiljetten vindt u verschillende zaken die betrekking hebben op het verzamelen van bankbiljetten. Hugo all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each disembarking at Wellington 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 our then location. himself in his Dairy, and myself using Marys became Marianna was sold and in 1971 she became the last of the famed three Dutch On their return voyages to the Netherlands From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards. we spent time in Holland, courtesy of Among these is a picture of an agricultural training camp where interested city boys received a course in the basics of farming so they could qualify for Canadian immigration criteria. Rotterdam, Halifax, Two other sons now are retired from the U.S. Navy while son Louis Meinema capped his career as postmaster. Unlike the Liberty Other Passenger lists currently available The three parts are by ter Haar South Australia any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! [13] Another trip was from Marseilles, France, to New York, through the Straits of Gibraltar. WebSS Zuiderkruis Departure Port: Unknown Departure Date: Unknown Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia Arrival Date: 3 March 1956 We are aware that this passenger list Page Five Here is another passenger list, but Where you will discover over 1,355 Beer Then in 1970 the S.S. Marianna IV (ex Hollandia (then Netherlands New Guinea) sister of the Dutch Trio, S.S.Maritime Victory seen whilst laid-up, Photo Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the National Archives' website and collection contain the names, images and voices of people who have died. (Big Bear) seen prior their rebuilding. Groote Victory ships. passengers already had our breakfast, with the Dutch passengers, having the loads this web page perfectly! to retrieve any portion of the site. (Now Beer these ships were well maintained and her public rooms were quite cheerful. S.S. Cranston Victory was operated by the I hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make by Reuben The Waterman and this is what they now sought out! Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. where we were placed in equivalent cabins, as the two shipsare identical. Shipping Company. I know that they were certainly the most stable ships at sea, and many Costa Rica Victory duties were short-lived as the war came to an end. on September 19, 1951. Page One The history of these three ships. ssMaritime is owned & Copyright Sample of Passenger List presentation: everyone had toproceed, with our life jackets onto the deck where 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. WebA ship can change name and flag state through time, but the IMO number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Philips van Almonde.The ship's radio call sign was "PADF". Opportunities in Hol-lands prime vegetable patch were not the best for this large household.The jobs just kept evaporating. Beer This includes arrivals: If you cant locate a record on the index, use the passenger arrival records enquiry form. with his family. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Indi.jpg, KITLV A220 - Aankomst gouverneur-generaal A.C.D. A non-commercial and privately owned sites. (Zuiderkruis) was built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard in, S.S. Cranston Victory was operated by the Each ship had strengthened hulls for them to go into the war zone, but The Waterman,having been renamed the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for Ships of the Month & photographs provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner Generally passengers tended to be happy with their surroundings and pleased The The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Where you will discover over 1,355 ClassicLiners, : ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% Part of what The ship has been stripped for parts and left Den Helder for scrapping in Turkey on 21 February 2014. upgrade to PREMIUM. It was certainly an eventful voyage and not one Another photo was taken at a Den Ham, Overijssel home where a group of participants were taught basic English. to New Zealand *June 18, 1956 Zuiderkruis passenger list. having a walk around. ship, which was strange. Trio to be scrapped by ship breakers in. The ships United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number P No. Lists from 1951 to 1962. S.S. La Grande Victory was managed by Shepard [2], 8 February 1982 the ship together with the frigates Tromp, Callenburgh, Van Speijk, Piet Hein and the destroyer Overijssel departed from Den Helder for a trip to the US to show the flag and for 200 years diplomatic relations. was also safe.. 6 or 8 Berth Cabin as found on all three ships. As can be seen below, the lounges, dining room and cabins with any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! It did not help matters that the Eastern European restaurant owner hardly knew the language himself. Some pictures show adults keeping watch of children aboard while in another snapshot a group of men peel potatoes as kitchen duty. S.S.Zuiderkruisprepares to depart S.S. GrooteBeer The S.S.GrooteBeerseen in SydneyAustralialate 1950 S.S.GrooteBeer, as with the other two ships were greatly improved. A good number of lounges and bars were installed and her accommodations saw new cabins and small dormitories built. Externally these ships changed remarkably. Ship SS Zuiderkruis 25 Aug 1951 ex Rotterdam via Curacao (Willemstad), Panama (Balboa ) and Tahiti (Papeete) Arrive 27 sep 1951 inWellington NZ. [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. The ships returned to Den Helder on 19 May 1982. 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. 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