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APOLLONIA

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 14:13
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Completed 1931 as "APOLLONIA" for N.I.T. 24.11.1940 gunfired off Dover by German destroyers Hans Lody, Karl Gaster and Richard Beitz enroute from Plymouth to Avonmouth.

IMO number
5607530
Call sign
NFLV / PCSY
Construction number
202
Tonnage
2.300 ton
Beam
15m
Length overall
79m
Year of construction
1931
Year of renaming/broken up
1940
Service for Shell
1931 to 1940
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
A-class 4.000 ton
Flag state
Dutch Indies
Home port
Batavia
Manager
Nederlands Indische Tank Stoomboot Maatschappij / N.I.T.
Shipyard
Scheepswerf Rijkee & Co Rotterdam Holland
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.
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Photo(s)

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Jan Foeke Roukema passenger 1933 to 1937 many times on board as a kid