 Van Waerwijck under way
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Mij v S&W Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Yard number | 228 |
| Launched | 9 December 1909 |
| Completed | February 1910 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk, 26 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 3,040 GRT, 1,906 NRT, 3,430 DWT |
| Length | 325.3 ft (99.2 m) |
| Beam | 44.0 ft (13.4 m) |
| Depth | 22.8 ft (6.9 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 233 NHP, 1,300 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10+1⁄2 knots (19.4 km/h) |
| Capacity | |
| Notes | one of several sister ships |
SS Van Waerwijck was a passenger steamship that was launched in the Netherlands in 1909 and sunk in the Strait of Malacca in 1944. She spent most of her career with Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM, the "Royal Packet Navigation Company"), based in the Dutch East Indies.
In the First World War the United Kingdom seized her under angary. In the Second World War she was sunk as a blockship, but later raised by Japan, who repaired her and renamed her 治菊丸, transcribed into the Latin alphabet as Harugiku Maru. She became a hell ship. In 1944 she was carrying Allied prisoners of war when a Royal Navy submarine sank her, killing between 154 and 198 of the people aboard.
Some English language sources mis-spell the ship's Dutch name in various ways. The spelling that KPM recorded with Lloyd's Register is Van Waerwijck. Some Dutch or English language sources transcribe her Japanese name with other spellings, usually Harukiku Maru. Japanese sources use Harugiku Maru.
This is the first of two KPM ships called Van Waerwijck. The second was a motor ship that was built in 1954, sold in 1967 and scrapped in 1982.[1]
- ^ "Van Waerwijck – ID 6916". Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 July 2023.