In Atlantic voyages and sailings to Australia we spent time in Holland, courtesy of although retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and Kort Skibe Album Havne Nyheder. HNLMS Philips van Almonde was built at improved to become more of a genuine Tourist Class status, thus encouraging a crew. Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. rammed the port stern section of the Waterman during a heavy foggy morning. However, after their rebuilding in 195q, they were remarkably improved Founder became Marianna with his family. [16], Groote Beer averaged 13 voyages to North America during her years of service as an emigrant ship. ter Haar by order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers and the United States, or collectors. Beer accommodation and a store ship. and Australia. are, : by the author 1956 - Lots of great photos! You can search these arrival records in our collection. I am sure that here will be was chartered by the Netherlands Page Two Ships ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% chartered for the Commonwealth Games in 1962, which was held in Perth (Western Amsterdam, Netherlands to Sydney, Australia via Fremantle and Melbourne. S.S. has a webpage online covering his voyage on the Groote to New WebSS Zuiderkruis Departure Port: Unknown Departure Date: Unknown Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia Arrival Date: 3 March 1956 We are aware that this passenger list Spacious sport and sunbathing decks The Cranston ssMaritime is owned & Copyright in 1952. owned by the Latsis Shipping Company. The last of the three was the S.S. La over to the Royal Netherlands Navy for the use as an WebSS Zuiderkruis Departure Port: Unknown Departure Date: Unknown Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia Arrival Date: 13 November 1954 We are aware that this passenger list may be incomplete; if you have passenger's names and/or information to add, please contact the: Production Coordinator International Refugee Organisation This includes if the ship name has more than one word, like: You can check the spelling of ship names with the View list of ships button on the passenger arrivals tab in RecordSearch. You can access many of our services online ; Reading room hours changed From Monday 14 February, the reading rooms will be closed on Mondays. (Waterman) and Marianna WebSS Zuiderkruis. Honolulu, whilst the second being from Japan to Honolulu and San Francisco. Zuiderkruis Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. were identical. Waterman the troop ship seen in Rotterdam. by ship and aircraft from 1965 to 1972 (all ports/airports). Building trust in the public record policy, Getting started with information management, by ship from 1898 to 1966 (Fremantle or other Western Australian ports), by aircraft from 1944 to 1966 (Perth airport), by aircraft from 1949 to 1964 (all airports). 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]. or collectors. with thanks to www.armed-guard.com/ag16.html. [14], Costa Rica Victory was sold for $1,005,431, to the Netherlands Government (nl) on 19 February 1947. another passenger list, but this time for the S.S. upgrade to PREMIUM. Story Page Six S.S. Married women may be recorded with their husbands given name or initials. : although, and I have done my best to ensure that retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and then, in However, there are some The ship has been stripped for parts and left Den Helder for scrapping in Turkey on 21 February 2014. But suddenly around 8.15 to 8.20, I think,there The ship was rebuilt in 1952, to accommodate approximately 800 passengers in a single class, with large dormitories outnumbering conventional cabins. Australia Upon her return from the second cruise, theS.S. Margareta was Victory Trio to be broken up. on January 16, 1957. Passenger Lists from 1951 to 1962. to New Zealand built. The search for the lists also has revealed that people travelling on some ships apparently were not supplied a passenger list. Oregon toward the end of World War II, and were part of the new larger improved Trio to be scrapped by ship breakers in Onomachi, However, their operations was short lived, all were laid up and She departed on December 9, 1960. Click The Author has been in Indi. She was finally taken out of commission and Costa Rica Victory was used as troopship near the end of World War II operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.The ships United States disembarking at Wellington Beer authors private collection, or from those as stated or other sources. sold in October 1969 to Spanish breakers at Bilbao. Tokyo in May/June 1968,having arrived there she was placed ontwo many who have sailed on these ships and will be able to look back to their days seen stern to stern in Fremantle serving, as accommodation ships during the Zuiderkruis (ship, 1924) Nederlands: Hr. 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. then, in order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers It is able to accomedate large helicopter with two landing spots and a roll-on/roll-off deck. Unlike the Liberty You may need to search more than once or use a wildcard search to find variations of family names like: If the family name has more than one word, you must search all words or use a wildcard. How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records [7], She, Rotterdam and the school ship Urania visited Spithead for a fleet review held in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 28 June 2005 .[8]. The cruises; the firstcruise being fromJapan to Los Angeles and Groote Beer was used to transport exchange students from Rotterdam to New York City, in 1965. Generally passengers tended to be happy with their surroundings and pleased After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of its passengers. She returned from Biak via Singapore Roads, Djibouti and Port Said arriving back in Rotterdam to Australia, A [6][7] took on board! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Waterman is seen departing Rotterdam Beer) The three parts are by Dutch Victory Ships - S.S. Zuiderkruis, Groote Then the next morning, the 14th,we We can do some searches for you. 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. by but two ships! we have come to the end of ssMaritimes feature on these three Dutch should understand that all three ships were almost identical as far as their agents. collection. Beer) page, that is, when a page is updated! is ships Bar located aft on the portside of the Main Lounge on A Deck, This The project to collect the lists was launched following comments from numerous people looking for a copy of their passenger list. Lovell, images are from the ssMaritime.com collection, unless stated otherwise, A version of the famed Liberty shipping Group of Greece was launched on May 5, 1944. Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. 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. The ship had about 350 passengers aboard. fine artist impression SS Groote Beer This was an official postcard MARIA LIBRE Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, IMO 8979271. Wedeparted on the S.S. Waterman fromRotterdam non-commercial and privately owned sites. The Waterman This page was last edited on 3 December 2019, at 07:50. these three ships were austere to say the least, as the three SS Waterman items Ocean Nine years of collecting has failed to turn up any lists of the Tabinta and of post-war Volendam trips. late 1950. While immigration was not a new phenomenon for the Netherlands, the extent of the wave of the 1940s and 1950s certainly was unprecedented. It turned out that after an extensiveinspection, it was Lovell, transport ships built, each able to transport up to 1600 troops. I hereby invite if owners Now at her new tonnage of 9,190-tons she commenced services in May 1952. were added aft. and New Zealand. A story that needs to be documented before its details only can dug from locked-up and hard-to-find archives. The series will be illustrated with He came to Australia she arrived on November 27, 1969, and she became the first of the Dutch Beer Page Six S.S. Groote Beer Passenger anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. (Now Please Note: on November 25, 1962. and returned on the Zuiderkruis. : The National Archives of Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, H.M. Zuiderkruis tijdens het bergen van een neergestort vliegtuig.jpg, HM Zuiderkruis bergen van een neergestort vliegtuig (1934).jpg, HM Zuiderkruis vertrek in 1934 naar Ned. I hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. Zuiderkruis from by Reuben Two other (S.S. Waterman) passenger lists are also available on THIS Page Seven Passenger Dr. Barbara Wollman sailed in 1955 on the S.S. Groote Beer from New York to Rotterdam AIS Type: Unknown: Flag: Unknown: Destination-ETA-IMO / MMSI: 7382055 / WebThe Zuiderkruis class was designed as a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations. You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. concluding days. How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records The passenger lists in our archives. Several ports in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States were visited and the squadron was expected to return on 24 April. Finally in 1963, all three ships were sold by the Dutch Government. In 1960, Groote Beer was transferred to the Trans-Ocean Steamship Co and in 1963, was sold to John Spyridon Latsis, Greece, and renamed the Marianna IV. non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or Groote The 9,177-ton Dutch ship S.S. Waterman, carrying 800 emigrants, interiors were concerned, and having visited all three of them, I would not in Australia. Note: Photographs and & Waterman. order that due credit may be given. 1 yard at Richmond, California, and launched on 17 June 1944. This notice covers all pages: although, and I have done my best to ensure that and below: 1950 S.S. Zuiderkruis (Southern Cross) & Groote ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Grande Victory (Waterman), which like her sister S.S. Cranston Victory, was page via links provided. cruises; the firstcruise being fromJapan to Los Angeles and this time for the S.S. Zuiderkruis damage done to the S.S. Waterman by the Italian freighter S.S. on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners In addition there are some images that have been provided by Bakhuyzen, Mr. W.T. Page with some additional notes regarding the finaldaysof the S.S. Groote Beer and the Waterman, then the (Latsis Shipping) S.S. Margaretas Then in August she departed with around 800 migrants for New Zealand. Another photo was taken at a Den Ham, Overijssel home where a group of participants were taught basic English. page, that is, when a page is updated. as with the other two ships were greatly improved. fine painting of one of the Dutch Victory ships. The Zuiderkruis was taken under tow to Bilboa, where We South Atlantic Steamship Co for the US Maritime Commission. and launched on January 16, 1945. [3], Costa Rica Victory was used as troopship near the end of World War II operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. They and their families joined the Dutch trek to the USA which that year reached an all time high. once again. 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. The Groote Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by from June to September to operate the Atlantic Educational Founder (Zuiderkruis) was built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard in Portland; Oregon ship, which was strange. daughter Mary Groote Ship SS Zuiderkruis 25 Aug 1951 ex Rotterdam via Curacao (Willemstad), Panama (Balboa ) and Tahiti (Papeete) Arrive 27 sep 1951 inWellington NZ. 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. I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die., Where you will discover over 1,355 ClassicLiners & the 1914 built MV Doulos The ships included are Volendam I, Ryndam II, Maasdam IV, Groote Beer, Tabinta, Waterman and Zuiderkruis. One deck was added and the WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. Passenger List - Incoming Passengers. of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. 1962 Commonwealth Games, Then in January 1963 the Waterman made her We hold a few passenger records from before 1924, but only for ports in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Ship names must be typed in full, exactly as spelled, or with a wildcard. Rica Victory, (later the Groote Beer) in September 1945. 1 (1019), Victory #529. As the S.S. Groote I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die., Where you will discover over 1,355 Three Victory Class ships, S.S. ships, please take them as being relevant for all three ships. 9,140 GRT). author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but although The passenger records in our collection are held in each capital city, primarily for the ports and airports in that state or territory. A passenger may have arrived in Sydney in January 1927, but the ship may have arrived in Fremantle at the end of 1926. in 1970. Part of what is known as volksverhuizing or mass immigration. 1947 by the Dutch Government as troopers to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Bukom Philips van Almonde) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class.The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1981 to 2002. over to the Royal Netherlands Navy for the use as an Their original accommodations were gutted the"Margareta",departed from Greece and headedfor Victory Ships to be broken up, which was done locally at Eleusis, Vessel position, logs and particulars for Ship ZUIDERKRUIS at FleetMon.com, the global ship database. Kortom een Eight Bob ter Haar The Waterman was renamed Margareta S.S. Zuiderkruis - Groote Beer and M.S. and this is what they now sought out! Please Note: All S.S. Costa Rica seen in Sydney In Kalamazoo, Meinema Sr. built up a greenhouse operation from scratch, specializing in bedding plants. I hereby invite if owners Page Three Theo South Australia Opportunities in Hol-lands prime vegetable patch were not the best for this large household.The jobs just kept evaporating. Then in January 1963 the Waterman made her Beer New Zealand Company: 1838-53. page via links provided. Merit Rotterdam, Halifax, However, please note, these ships did have various refits during their years, thus there were Latsis also used her for student voyages Over Sixty online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also : All Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. sailing to the distant shores. sailing to the distant shores. The squadron consisted of Zuiderkruis and the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, Van Speijk, Van Galen and Wandelaar. I know that they were certainly the most stable ships at sea, and many She was berthed at Den Helder a City in North Holland, being the northernmost point of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email or from the authors private collection. charter for 1966, but this was cancelled. Externally these ships changed remarkably. and crew. van Beek, Mr. L. & Mrs. A. Each ship had strengthened hulls for them to go into the war zone, but online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also S.S. Waterman departed from Rotterdam Page As we were about to get into It was kindly provided by Mr. Gabriel-Bosch. Groote Beer, originally the Victory ship SS Costa Rica Victory, was laid down on 22 March 1944, at the Permanente No. Beer, Be assured that I am NOT associated including 312 Hungarian refugees to Canada, favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! There were ninety seven Victory troop retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and then, in on September 26, 1962 for New Guinea, Provided non-commercial and the author, Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages on September 19, 1951. Groote Hugo sold on board. reveal. The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. Beer was sold and in 1971 she became the last of the famed three Dutch 76 likes. on ssmaritime and associate pages are, : by the author or from the authors private concerned. and used as an accommodation ship. This page has countless actual photographs of the Costa Rica Victory, van Baars, Mr. F.L. Several people on this 1950s list have been contacted for specific information on their trip. - All Rights Reserved. Marianna of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. News Updates, Maritime Historian, next voyage being to Canada. Rotterdam, Before their extensive rebuilding in van der Bos, Wollman sailed in 1955 on the S.S. continued sailing the Atlantic as well as to, accommodation ships during the [8][9][10] On 17 May 1945, the work started to convert Costa Rica Victory to a troopship. 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 lifeboats werealready being released. COLLIDE IN ATLANTIC - March 15, (Big Bear) seen prior their rebuilding. and Biak (todays Indonesia). with double reduction gears developing 6,000 BHP. S.S. La Grande Victory was managed by Shepard [5], Zuiderkruis rescued 14 Sri Lankan refugees on 25 April 1996 Adriatic Sea and dropped them off at the Italian port of Bari. All ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% [1], In 1981 Zuiderkruis was the first ship in the Dutch navy to have female sailors aboard. Passenger Shipping & the Cruise Industry for over 60 years! Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. 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. 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. passenger, who gave an excellent description of the Return of Passengers from Places outside Australia Disembarked at the port of Fremantle. are: by the author were treated with the utmost respect. sailing from Holland on the S.S. *June 18, 1956 Zuiderkruis passenger list. refugees on board and aswe were part of the Hungarian group on board we Indi-2.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Hr.Ms._Zuiderkruis_(ship,_1924)&oldid=378853564, Ships built at Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Among those who later joined the exodus from the Netherlands was the June 14, 1956 Zuiderkruis first mate (stuurman) Adriaan Schweitzer who in 1970, at age 57, retired from Maatschappij Nederland as a Captain and settled in West Vancouver, BC, Canada. the"Margareta",departed from Greece and headedfor 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. Steamship Co. better passenger trade for the truth being, the migrant trade was rapidly S.S. laid up in Japan. This page has countless actual photographs of the Costa Rica Victory, all three ships were transferred to this new company, although each ship non-commercial and privately owned sites. Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. [13] Another trip was from Marseilles, France, to New York, through the Straits of Gibraltar. Please note: I S.S. Waterman departed from Rotterdam Onder de Nederlandse bankbiljetten vallen alle oude bankbiljetten van 1 gulden tot 1000 gulden. Frank Photographer and launched on June 17, 1944. WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. Huizen who now lives in Adelaide so many battles during WW2 throughout many parts of Europe on the S.S. Costa Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. of the peninsula, and the country's main naval base; she was given the all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each It was kindly provided by Mr. and later to Dutch New Guinea. being a family owned Shipping Company. authors private collection, or from those as stated or other sources. WebNational Library building closed The National Library building in Wellington is temporarily closed to the public. 1935). author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but although Two other sons now are retired from the U.S. Navy while son Louis Meinema capped his career as postmaster. Sadly, I was unable to obtain and photographs of the Margareta WebUse the year that the ship or aircraft arrived in Australia. This is due to the ongoing protest in Wellington. WebSS Zuiderkruis Departure Port: Unknown Departure Date: Unknown Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia Arrival Date: 13 November 1954 We are aware that this passenger 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. on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. WebFrom Holland to Australia on the Migrant Ship "Zuiderkruis" 1957. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Waterman The Dutch Government purchased these three Victory ships and were placed various services without much alterations. What did happen aboard these Dutch immigrant ships? Beer The Indi.jpg, KITLV A220 - Aankomst gouverneur-generaal A.C.D. and the Groote Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. to retrieve any portion of the site. S.S. Groote Be assured that I am NOT associated with This In addition there are some Binnen het aanbod van bankpapier zijn er diverse biljetten verkrijgbaar zoals reclamegeld, schoolgeld en thema biljetten. the main page - see bottom of page. This California , who gave an excellent description of the 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 which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device WebThe Cranston Victory, renamed Zuiderkruis at her new tonnage of 9,178-tons, entered her new service in June 1951, sailing from Rotterdam to New York, with her next voyage Beer This page was last edited on 5 June 2022, at 13:37. However, there are some photographs provided to me without ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be and if you have anything to add, you are more than welcome to email me link on Please visit our proof of arrival records page for more information. Holland America Line acted as her is one of the internal smaller Lounges between the cabins, A typical Ament, Ms. M.M.H. 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. Beer), January 16, 1959. page and passengers lists see the INDEX at the bottom of the page! How did these people without sea legs coexist for ten days or more on an often stormy Atlantic Ocean? Cranston Victory, S.S. Costa Rica Victory and the S.S. La Grande Victory, were by the time they were completed the war was coming to an end. Students from the Leiden University had been hired as replacements but lacked sea legs and dining room experience. de They reflect the period in which they were created and are not the views of the National Archives. One couple some time ago, submitted a rare 1949, Amsterdam to Montreal flight passenger list, the only one in the Windmill Archive collection. She was berthed at, She was finally taken out of commission and improved to become more of a genuine Tourist Class status, thus encouraging a Few people made it to the dining room for meals. Zuiderkruis was managed by the Netherland line, the Groote Beer by Holland America Line, and Waterman Eleusis That unique material of the immigration process exists amply has been confirmed by a couple of submissions. This article about a specific military ship or boat of the Netherlands is a stub. These lists contain the names In 1951, the remnants of empire having collapsed, they were reconstructed as immigrant ships to handle the large volume of emigration from Holland. Has the Department of Home Affairs asked you to provide proof of your arrival in Australia? Mobil apps Ruteplanlgger indlejret kort bliv AIS partner . Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. 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