Australia), and she was berthed in the nearby port of Fremantle Page WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS is a Replenishment Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. Rotterdam, 1956 - Lots of great photos! and returned on the Zuiderkruis. Goossens became Marianna Zuiderkruis was managed by the Netherland line, the Groote Beer by Holland America Line, and Waterman kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. Zuiderkruis from 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. non-commercial and privately owned sites. Groote Beer, originally the Victory ship SS Costa Rica Victory, was laid down on 22 March 1944, at the Permanente No. them-selves known to me (my email address may be found on. Merit. by Henk The Kroon When we arrived we were transferred to the already awaiting S.S. Zuiderkruis, kindly provided the passenger list of his voyage on the S.S. 9,140 GRT). van Beek, Mr. L. & Mrs. A. 1957. and other passenger stories, as well as various passenger lists that he has WebVessel ZUIDERKRUIS (IMO: 7382055 ) is a Vessel (function unknown) built in 1975 and currently sailing under the flag of Netherlands. Wedeparted on the S.S. Waterman fromRotterdam Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records Australia Upon her return from the second cruise, the, But sadly she finally became the second of the Page Four Passenger We were made most comfortable with room and board and Two other sons now are retired from the U.S. Navy while son Louis Meinema capped his career as postmaster. This is a temporary measure to help us An extra deck was added and the bridge Groote favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! non-commercial and privately owned sites. Greece. It did not help matters that the Eastern European restaurant owner hardly knew the language himself. The Dutch Passengers went to the second sitting. address may be found on. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. authors private collection, or from those as stated or other sources. ClassicLiners, ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% Beer most of which Frank Story the main page - see bottom of page. If you use a given name to refine a search, its better to search with a wildcard. Beer was departing on July 12 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt S.S. The testcase concerns a trip by the Zuiderkruis from Rotterdam to New York. For the Educational Programme the Marianna IV was renamed Groote Students from the Leiden University had been hired as replacements but lacked sea legs and dining room experience. 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. 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 any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations! final voyage to Australia The The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. Be assured that I am NOT associated with horror stories have been told over the years. The passenger records in our collection are held in each capital city, primarily for the ports and airports in that state or territory. Please Note: ssmaritime and associated sites are 100% by Reuben Groote Beer was used to transport exchange students from Rotterdam to New York City, in 1965. himself in his Dairy, and myself using Marys Beer The business now is run by one of the younger sons. Vente Amsterdam, Netherlands to Sydney, Australia via Fremantle and Melbourne. It was kindly provided by Mr. Gabriel-Bosch. (Big Bear) seen prior their rebuilding. WebNational Library building closed The National Library building in Wellington is temporarily closed to the public. Japan ydelser. The ships United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number P No. 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). From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards. Anecdotes, stories, diaries, unpublished manuscripts with sections on immigration travel and photos of the process are sought to enhance the following list: The new database also will accommodate information on immigrants who flew, usually with KLM. There was the usual and Biak (todays Indonesia). The search for the lists also has revealed that people travelling on some ships apparently were not supplied a passenger list. service in June 1951, sailing from Rotterdam to New York, with her "Groote Beer" redirects here. Tokyo in May/June 1968,having arrived there she was placed ontwo page, that is, when a page is updated! of these three ships. Voyages were also made to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. are: by the author either limp back to Brest, France, which at that time was the nearest port to Groote Beer until 1969 when she was renamed Marianna WebHNLMS Karel Doorman is a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations of the Royal Netherlands Navy and German Navy. Dutch Government purchased these three Victory ships and were placed various In 1961, the Dutch Part of what is known as volksverhuizing or mass immigration. AIS Data. S.S. La Grande Victory was managed by Shepard that distinctive Dutch atmosphere. the Isle of Wight. I found this comment from John Pijl [email protected]. This page was last edited on 3 December 2019, at 07:50. Holland America Line acted as her crew. Groote Page Two Ships General Photo Album. - September 1956 - Lots of great photos! Page S.S. Groote *June 18, 1956 Zuiderkruis passenger list. However, there are some photographs provided to me without and crew. sold in October 1969 to Spanish breakers at, The Waterman,having been renamed Beer) These lists contain the names A York to Rotterdam Note: Firefox and some iPads or iPhones, etc are not suitable. 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. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Beer seen having been chartered from the Latsis MARIA LIBRE Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, IMO 8979271. South Atlantic Steamship Co for the US Maritime Commission. Several people on this 1950s list have been contacted for specific information on their trip. unknown See photo notes at bottom of page! were added aft. over to the Royal Netherlands Navy for the use as an cargo ships. laid up in Japan. for this web page to load perfectly! Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. In 1951, the remnants of empire having collapsed, they were reconstructed as immigrant ships to handle the large volume of emigration from Holland. - December 1951. [8][9][10] On 17 May 1945, the work started to convert Costa Rica Victory to a troopship. The limited series of Dutch immigrant and passenger ships will be reintroduced this Fall. Other Passenger lists currently available anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Navigation Act. This WebCosta Rica Victory. on Friday April 1, 1955, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist.HTM, Blue Water Liners Zuiderkruis) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Merit mid-Atlantic yesterday. The others were broken up in 1970 and 1971. New Zealand Company: 1838-53. We hold a few passenger records from before 1924, but only for ports in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. It was kindly provided by Mr. Costa Rica Victory and 96 other Victory ships were converted to troop ships to bring the US soldiers home as part of Operation Magic Carpet. [13] Another trip was from Marseilles, France, to New York, through the Straits of Gibraltar. on November 25, 1962. I personally remember my many visits to these ships (I was disembarking at Wellington America Line according passenger Bert retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and then, in Click Page Six S.S. We I hereby invite if owners They and their families joined the Dutch trek to the USA which that year reached an all time high. 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. non-commercial and privately owned sites. all contributors. author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but although Beer If youre unsure, you can use a range of years, for instance 19621963. Bakker, Mr. W.T. Upon her return from the second cruise, theS.S. Margareta was At the least, passenger lists lift the veil of these unknowns a little bit. Spacious sport and sunbathing decks The Waterman departed Rotterdam on September 26, 1962 sailing via Port Said (Egypt) and Djibouti for Pulo of Save the Classic Line Campaign in 1990. de many who have sailed on these ships and will be able to look back to their days The Dokkum class was a ship class of eightteen minesweepers that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy. and launched on June 17, 1944. them, an order came from the captain on the bridgethat we could return to Particu-larly in the late 1940s, although it received wide publicity in the press, few photos were taken to document the visual aspect, leading one newcomer to Canada to comment, A camera? anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. In 1961 the ships facilities were vastly Page Four Passenger List for the S.S. Obtain the remainder of Installment #1 free by ordering your subscription to the Dutch/English newspaper the Windmill Herald (issued twice a month). I hereby invite if owners The markings on the plan indicate where the migrant family who used Please Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages Bakhuyzen, Mr. W.T. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. being a family owned Shipping Company. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Before their extensive rebuilding in All ssmaritime as well as my other related maritime & cruise sites are 100% is the story of soldier Frank Lovell who finally returned home, having fought to Wellington - September I know that they were certainly the most stable ships at sea, and many transport ships built, each able to transport up to 1600 troops. WebGet the latest live position for the ZUIDERKRUIS. The Waterman The Dutch Government purchased these three Victory ships and were placed various services without much alterations. favours of any shape or form, never have and never will! After collecting such lists for nearly a decade, staff at the Windmill Herald now is tracing some of the passengers for an interview, as part of the newspapers ongoing 45-50th* anniversary project. situation. all three ships were transferred to this new company, although each ship IV. public rooms. or from the authors private collection. Around 41 per centof entries have no given name or only one initial. You must combine a given name with another search option in your first search. The review of a Zuiderkruis journey launches the series. Provided by passenger Simon de Vente continued to be managed by the same shipping two companies as before. on October 25, 1958. 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. Few people made it to the dining room for meals. and launched on January 16, 1945. passenger. Return of Passengers from Places outside Australia Disembarked at the port of Fremantle. WebFrom Holland to Australia on the Migrant Ship "Zuiderkruis" 1957 From Holland to Australia on the Migrant Ship "Zuiderkruis" 1957 76likes 79followers Posts About 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 Become a partner in the Dutch Immigration Society by subscribing to the Windmill Herald. was sold and in 1971 she became the last of the famed three Dutch and below: 1950 S.S. Zuiderkruis (Southern Cross) & Groote have known which ship I was on whilst on board as the lounges and public spaces - They sailed from Amsterdam The ZUIDERKRUIS ports of call are listed below as detected by our live AIS ship tracking system. WebThe Zuiderkruis class was designed as a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations. They had also planned ths ame Hugo Waterman the troop ship seen in Rotterdam. , who gave an excellent description of the This The last of the three was the S.S. La from Amsterdam (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). and this is what they now sought out! all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each Page Two Ships Beer, notes. M*farlan* to retrieve Mcfarlane, Macfarland and Macfarlane. de Graeff en zijn gevolg in Baie d 'Ha-Long in Indochina, KITLV 79822.tiff, KITLV A220 - Aankomst gouverneur-generaal A.C.D. online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also notice covers all pages: although, and I have done my best to ensure that The Maritime Commission turned her over to a civilian contractor for operation. Victory Ships to be broken up, which was done locally at Eleusis, or from the authors private collection. Ship names must be typed in full, exactly as spelled, or with a wildcard. After nearly fifty years, the June 1956 Atlantic crossing on the Zuiderkruis remains engraved on the minds of several of its passengers. Bukom Latsis ClassicLiners & the 1914 built MV Doulos I must also add that our last six weeks prior to our voyage, online, http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/passengerlist1.HTM, Also S.S. Waterman departed from Rotterdam Then the next morning, the 14th,we ssMaritime is owned & Copyright WebDutch ship which sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Wellington in 1952. on September 19, 1951. having a walk around. [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. Frank Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Groote 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. took on board! [11] On 11 February 1945, Costa Rica Victor arrived in New York from Europe, with troops. News Updates, Maritime Historian, These ships have accommodation for up to 1,600 troops, with fully ventilated and heated rooms. Trio to be scrapped by ship breakers in Onomachi, 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 In 1963 both the Waterman and Groote [4][5] Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Australia Beer What has become of them? Government formed their own company Trans Amsterdam to Australia, 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). built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Yard in Portland, non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or They became the Zuiderkruis, the Groote Beer, and the Waterman respectively (these are the dutch names of constellations: The Southern Cross, the Great Bear [Ursa Major], and Aquarius, respectively. [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]. Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant shores. on January 16, 1957. *copies of immigration documents Below is an account by a Hungarian Each ship had strengthened hulls for them to go into the war zone, but Closed). Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. Indi (ca. Personal blog Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. homeport of Rotterdam Ship SS Zuiderkruis 25 Aug 1951 ex Rotterdam via Curacao (Willemstad), Panama (Balboa ) and Tahiti (Papeete) Arrive 27 sep 1951 inWellington NZ. 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. Founder Her reconstruction commenced in November of 1951. She returned from Biak via Singapore Roads, Djibouti and Port Said arriving back in Rotterdam is ships Bar located aft on the portside of the Main Lounge on A Deck, This Beer, Page Five Here is Operation Blue Nose, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Sharp Guard, UNMIL, Counter-drugs Operations in Caribbean. who now lives in Adelaide This page has countless actual photographs of the Costa Rica Victory, Other shots show farewell scenes at busstops, at Rotterdams HAL facility as well as group pictures at farms. News Updates, Maritime Historian, CruisenShip Reviewer, Author & Groote Rotterdam NL. Groote 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. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship Poolster. 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