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Royal Interocean Lines
RIL POST
Vol. XIV No. 12 December 196 7
A monthly magazine for all personnel of:
ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES (Koninklijke Java- China -Paketvaart Lijnen N.Y.)
N.Y. NEDERLANDSE TANK- EN PAKETV AART MAA TSCHAPPIJ
HOLLANDSE VRACHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.Y.
EDITOR Mrs L. M. Petty
AREA CORRESPONDENTS
HOLLAND - C .G. Burgersdijk - J. Timmermans
JAPAN - Y. Nagashima PHILIPPIN ES - V. Paz AUSTRALIA - B. Polain AFRICA - G .M. Forsyth S. AMERICA SIN GAPORE - J.J.M . Lensing
Published by: Royal lnterocean Lines, P.O. Box 725, Hong Kong.
Conten1s, wi th the exception o f art icles derived from other sources, may be reprinted; ~cknowledgement cf the source, however, wo uld be appreciatE-d.
From the Editor
THANK YOU MISTER
For the last three years, Mr Ribbink has acted as ou r Correspondent in South America, serving as a 'clearing-house' for a ll news from t hat a rea . Now that he is going on leave, we send our warmest thanks for all his help, and our best wishes for a good holiday. We hope to introduce his successor in our next issue.
MISLEADING
W e may unintentionally have misled some readers of our last issue with the picture of the house-flag flying from SLOTERKERK' s mast, under the heading ' Irregula r'. It was of cou rse NTPM's own flag, and we hope that the exceptional (and very welcome) visit of the ship will serve as our excuse to her owners for the confusion.
MISSION COMPLETED
Just as we a re about to go to press, a picture postcard has come in with the words "Groeten uit NAM PO .. . Etat-Major, Straat Soenda" . This was a last port of call for the old ship, which has now been sold - pages 224 5.
MISE-EN-SCENE
Once again, the Christmas festivities approach, with the Feast of St. Nicholas looming large in small Dutch hearts- page 233 . With the thought of Black Peter's rod, the children a re doing some mental stocktaking, and we also have been looking back over 1967. What a year of changes and growth! And what a large number of new sh ips to see in 1968! We wish al l ou r readers a very happy Chri stmas and a prosperous New Year.
MISSILE
Very fe w se<>·going peop le h<>ve the ch<>nce to fire a Scherm uly-fi ne in earnest , but here is one occasion when it w<>s use d with comple te success- p <> g e 226.
Capt<>in Klute on St ra<>t Soenda w<>s al most rea d y to 'Stop Engines'.
Printed in Hong Kong by , Ye Olde Prinlerie, Ltd.
.1/rs de H ewn tvtts greeted at the arrmony sltuul.
ANOTHER SHIP
LAUNCHED
T he second of the four STRAA T H-ships, STRAA T HONG KONG, slid gracefully into the water at the Shimizu shipyard of N.K.K. on 9th October. Mrs W.M. de Haan performed the launching ceremony on a sunny autumn day, which seemed to augur well for the new ship.
At the reception wh ich followed , Mr de Haa n reca lled that RIL ships had been trading to and from Japan for over 65 years, adding that the high standard of the Company must be maintained and that RI L would keep pace with modern trends. This was why these fast new cargo liners were needed for a trade that required them to call at many ports with all kinds of cargo; their modern equipment would ensu re quick turn-a rounds.
MAIDEN VOYAGE
T his attractive photograph of Straat 1-fo//and under way was taken by Printer T am Ping K eung of Ru:"s, when the two ships met in the Indian Ocean.
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STRAAT HONG KONG is expected to be delivered at the end of February, when she wi ll join STRAA T HOLLAND in the Far East-Africa-South America Service (ASAS).
Just about an hour later, RIL's Manager for Yokohama (Man), Mr Ph. Bangert, took part in the keel-laying ceremonies for the th ird ship, STRAAT HOBART.
FLEET FACTS
Straat Cook, in the Austra lia-Latin America Service (AULAS), left San Francisco do Sui (B razil) in midNovember and sailed for Australia via the Straits of Magellan .
Straat Ho lland , in the Far East-Africa-South America Service (ASAS), loaded at Fortaleza in Northern Brazil on 17th November, the first RIL ship to do so since 1955.
Sibigo, now in the Bay of Bengal-South China Sea Service , will make an intermediate trip from Singa pore to Shanghai and back in early December.
Tjiluwah and Tjiwangi, after their annua l docking in Yo kohama , wil l each in turn make a short cruise to Hong Kong and back to Japan between December and February, before resuming service in the Australia-Japan-Hong Kong-Australia Service (AJHAS).
STRAAT
SO END A,
FARE THEE
WELL
W indows flew open at HK HO and hands were waved vig o rously o n 24th October when STRAAT SOENDA sailed past North Point fo r the last time under RIL colours. Up on t he roof, t he sig nal flags RBA (Fa rewel l) hung limply in the still morning a ir, but t here was no lack of goodwi ll on the faces of the onlookers as the twe nt y-eight year old ship sailed for Japan (via Chinnampo in Korea, to deliver sisal) , where she was delive red to her new owners on 13th November.
STRAAT SO EN DA was o rdered in 1937, built by Va n Der G iessen in Holland, and delivered to the KP M in 1939. The wa r years immediately d isturbed the tranquil trading planned for the ship, and there have been some unusu al incidents in her career since. Who would have guessed, fo r inst ance, whe n Mr van Mou rik , Sr. was supe rvising t he b uilding in those pre-war days, that years late r his son, Mr J .J. van Mourik (who reti red in 1966
U nd~r K J',\1 colours.
as Manager of R.I. L.'s Freight Department) would be called on to identify a motor lifeboat in Hong Kong , only to find that o riginally it was from STRAAT SOENDA?
Ship 's Lifeboat
T he lifeboat (now converted to a pleasure la unch) is almost certainly the same one that did sterling work in assisting to refloat STRAAT SOENDA in 1942. The vessel was on a voyage from South Africa to Batavia, when- on 20th Janua ry- she went ag round on the Catherina Rocks in the Soenda Strait (anot her coincidence!). It was not a happy position in wartime, when enemy action could be expected, and heavy seas made the discha rge of her cargo (6,500 tons cement and a large quantity of general cargo including 80 armoured ca rs) exceedi ng ly preca rious. W ith no proper t ug boat available, the motor lifeboat was instrumental in p reventing several lighters from being wrecked on the rocks. Eventually the cement was jettisoned and the ship towed off the rocks on a high tide on 28th January.
Then followed a series of temporary patchings and abortive efforts to effect repa irs: Ba tavia. Colombo and Bombay. each in tu rn had a go, and at the latter port a total o f 1900 tons of concrete was put in the ship's d ouble bottom to make her seaworthy. Eventually. in October 1942, STRAAT SOENDA sailed fo r Europe , jo ining a convoy at Freetown. The concrete caused such heavy rolling in bad weather off t he Portuguese coast that tremendous quantities of water were shipped, the motor lifeboat was damaged, and one of the other lifeboats was lost. Slowly STRAAT SOENDA- now on her own- plodded on, and (d irected first to Hull, t hen to Liverpool ) eventually arrived a t Belfast on 20th December. Even t hat was not far enough: t he vessel went back to Hull and finally finished up at Sunderland for a six months' repai r job. When the bottomplates
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Wartime painting .
were removed in dry dock, coalminers from Durham County had to be called in to dynamite and drill out the great mass of concrete. To all the local 'Geordies', STRAAT SOENDA became known as the 'mystery ship' during these operations , and some unwelcome publicity b rought unwanted attention from German bombers.
Despite her vicissitudes, however, STRAA T SOEN DA sailed forth in the latter half of 1943 under the British Ministry of War Transport , and played her part in the war effort.
Ship's Painting
A nother series of coincidences resulted in a notable trophy. RIL Post reported the beginning of the story in April, 1962 . A Mrs A. Bailie walked into RIL's Durban office, ca rryi ng a painting of STRAAT SOENDA, under KPM colou rs. She told the RIL Post Correspondent that before the war she had been married to Second Officer J .H. Koejemans of the s.s. LAMATANG; she then lived in Durban. Fourth Engineer Nicolaas Heithuis, a keen painter, was also serving with her husband and one day presented her with this painting, which he made when STRAAT SOENDA and LAM AT ANG were berthed together at Fremantle in 1939. Later, the two officers were transferred to s.s. Sl BIGO, and on one of her voyages, this ship called at Montevideo, where just at that time the dramatic capture of the warsh ip GRAF SPEE had been enacted. Mr Koejemans, together with a considerable number of other souvenir hunters, went on board and got hold of a framed picture of Adolf Hitler. Back on board, the original was taken out and thrown overboard, and the painting of STRAAT SOENDA was substi tuted . SIBIGO was sunk off the coast of Australia in 1945.
Now- in 1962- Mrs Bailie wanted to present the painting to the ship, saying:-
"Since I am going to give up my home now and spend some time travelling abroad, it wi ll be impossible to carry it around with me, a lthough I attach great sentimental value to this painting. I am ju st certain that the STRAAT SOENDA will be a good home for it."
And there the matter rested, with the idea that the painting should be hung under the wall clock in the lounge . Your Editor went on Home Leave, but with c uriosity considerably aroused, made a visit to STRAAT SOENDA late in the summer of 1963 to inspect the picture- and fou nd no painting ! Enquires in HK HO -to CD and AZ- revealed no knowledge of its whereabouts, and eventually, towards the end of the year, a letter was sent to the Captain who by then was on Home Leave in Holland. He replied that he had n:::>t cared for the painting and had put it in t he sh ip 's safe! Hot on the trail, next time STRAAT SOENDA arrived at Hong Kong, the then Marine Superintendent J. Versteeg went on board, and there in the safe was the fascinating souvenir. Again, the Master decla red that he had no interest in the painting, so today it can be seen at HK HO in the Marine Superintendent's office, with a small inscription on the reverse side recording the facts.
Post-war Shortly after the war, the Orient-Java Africa Li ne and South Atlantic Line were resumed by the KPM , and STRAAT SOENDA made the first sailing from Shanghai in December 1946, calling at Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Djakarta en route to Mauritius, Africa and South America. In July, 1947 the vesse l sailed for the first t ime under the newly-formed 'Royal lnterocean Lines' colours, and has sailed continuously since then in the Far East-Afr ica-South America Service (ASAS), the East and South AfricaAustralia Service (ESAAS) and fina lly in the China-West Africa Service (C H IWAS). As the stu rdy ship, with he r timbered decks and wide alleyways, made ready to sail away from he r RIL life, those on board were busy with plans for Home Leave, piles of baggage were being stacked outside cabins, and thoughts were of t he new ships which will come in 1968 and possible postings. So, with these glimpses of her past, we say Goodbye and Thank you STRAAT SOENDA.
(from I. to r.): Chief Engineer W.H.v.d. Poe/, Captain W .F. Klute, 3rd Enginur P.M. Bos, 4111 Engineer F.A. Brouwer von Conzenbac!J, 4th Officer L.A.f. te Boekhorst, 5th Enginur P.f.R. Schlechmem, Chief Offiar / C . Ormel.
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W hen on 2nd October the RUYS was on her way to Penang, two days out of Port Louis, an emergency ca ll was received from the motor-vessel S.A. STATESMAN (SAF-Marine). It so happened that this ship was in our immediate vicinity, having in fact overtaken us a few hou rs earlier, and we were still in V.H.F.-range.
Apparently one of her crewmembers had been taken seriously ill , and after consultation with Port Louis Medical Radio, S.A. STATESMAN discovered that the essential medicines were not on board. However, RUYS- being a passenger vessel- could supply the required items. As the sea was rather rough, it was not considered advisable to lower a lifeboat in order to get the medicines across. Instead, Captain Jelijs suggested using our "Schermuly-rocket appa ratus" to try and get a line over to S.A. STATESMAN.
Both ships altered cou rse, bringing the wind on our starboa rd beam, so as not to have any wind-drift when shooting the line over. S.A. STATESMAN had al ready dropped wel l behind us, and was overtaking us for the second time on our leeside. The Ship's Surgeon , Dr. J. H. C rosier, had put the medicines into a waterproof conta iner, and this was fastened on to the end of the "Schermuly-line". Chief Officer J.J . van Nus stood by -gun in hand- to t ry the shot.
Chief Officer van Nus stood by to fire ...
ROCKET DELIVERY
Report from Fourth Officer P.C.A . Cerretsen of an unusual occurrence at sea.
S.A . STATESMAN coming up astern of RUYS
When the S.A. STATESMAN was about 80 yards away, t he rocket was fired between her two foremasts, and wi thin seconds the attached line was being hau led in to bring the precious container aboard . C heers and three long blasts on the ships' sirens ended the successful operation.
During the ensuing four days, Dr. Crosier a rranged for four-hourly reports on "our" patient, and it soon appeared that he quickly improved.
Later we received the following cable:-
" MASTER RUYS
I AM PROFOUNDLY G RATEFU L FOR YOUR DISPLAY OF CO-OPERATION AND MOST TI MELY AID TO ASS IST ME WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES STOP PLEASE CONVEY MY GRATITUDE TO YOUR CHIEF OFFICER, OFFICERS AND DOCTOR FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE.
BON VOYAGE
MASTER SA STATESMAN"
Our thank-' go to Mr Cerret.<en and Dr. Crosier for the photograph; .
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A good shot , right between the fore masts.
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PORT OF CALL
Second Officer f . K. L. Koster of CAMPHUYS sends us our very first published picture of a port of call in the Gulf-East & South Africa Service. This is Mukalla, principal port of F-ladhramaut, in the Gulf of Aden, where large numbers of deck-passengers em bark and disembark.
RACING CAR
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CLOVER SEED
The largest consignment of certified sub. clover seed to be exported from South Australia was loaded aboard the STRAAT COOK (AU LAS) at Port Adelaide at the end of September. We quote from the South Australian 'Stock Journal' (to whom we are also indebted for permission to reproduce this photograph):-
" Included in the consignment which is being shipped to Urug uay was 10 tons of certified Yarloop and 40 tons of certified M ount Barker sub. clovers. At present there is a very large development scheme being undertaken in Uruguay and as the climate there i.r very similar to that of Australia, the results of the seed purchases arc predictable. 1' he Urug uayan Government is buying seed from Australia because of good production methods and an increasing awaren~ss by growers of the advantages of specialising in seed production. This export was arranged by M .F. H odge & Sons Pty. Ltd."
A further 129 tons of seed were loaded at Sydney, and 746 tons at Melbourne.
PIGS
T his Lola T70 MK 3 was carried on boa rd STRAAT C UMBER LAND from Sydney to South Africa in October. The Lola, similar to those of Le Mans fame, was to be d riven at Johannesburg by Pau l Hawkins of Melbourne. He is now rated as one of the world ' s fo remost sportscar d rive rs.
A somewhat unusual cargo for a vessel in the Far EastAfrica-South A merica Service (ASAS) was the 220 head of pigs carried on the deck of STRAAT FUSHI Ml at the end of September. The animals were loaded in c rates in Singapore and carried to Hong Kong, where they were discharged on to lighters. CJ., -'
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EX VAN WAERWIJK
T hose who remember the motor ship VAN W A ERWIJCK under KPM and RIL colours, will be interested to see how different the vessel looks after her conversion by the Oranje Lijn. Under her new name, 'Prinses Maria', she will be sailing from London to the Great Lakes, together with her sisterships, 'Prinses Emilia' (ex ROGGEVEEN) and 'Prinses Anna' (ex SCHO UTEN).
As can be seen. amongst other things the forward Samson posts have been removed, and the bulwark extended to give an unbroken line from bow to bridge. We are grateful to De Blauwe W impel f or giving us permission to reproduce this picture.
~------------·-·---------........ __.._ ... ._...._ ....... _._._;~~--~--;;;~~-;-;---..-.---.-..................................... -.......................... -.-------- ~ ~ From RIL Post, D~cemh~r /957 ~ ~ Tegelberg's "Swinging Seagulls" ~ ~ " T he " H oliday on Ice" show which travelled from The other members of this newly formed band are ~ 1 South Africa to R io de Janeiro in m.s. Tegelberg Director Yu Fai ( *iill). 2nd Chinese purser and ~ ~ last July had a very beneficial effect , as it brought M essrs Tam Cheuk Man ( ~¥~ ), No. 1 pantry- ~ ~ out quite a few hidden talents among the crew. Not man, 2nd class; Leung Sum ( ~~), butcher; Ko ~ ~ wanting to lag behind in the field of entertainment, Chee (i!lb!m) Sailor A.B.; N g Wing Chai ( 9Vk~ ) ~ 1 the officers and members of the crew wanted to make Sailor A.B.; Chan Man ( W;-X:) sailors' cook; Leung ? ~ ~om~thing special out of the Chinese dinner which Mou ( ~~) fireman's boy. Promotor and guiding ~ ~ IS gwen to first class passengers. spirit was "El Capitan". :0 ~ Th e dinner ~as held on the. recreation de~k which The first performance was held on August 8th en ~ ,• had been garly decorated With coloured ltghts and route from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro and the •' •: dragon lanterns. second one on September 28th between Mauritius ~ ~ The main attraction, however, was the Chinese band, and Singapore. Needless to say, these dinners with ~ :; conducted by Mr Tang Man To ( ~;-X:ra), dresser. these added attractions proved highly successful." ~ :• -.-.-....;-.-.-.. .. -.----·.-..w.-.-.,._,...-~w.•.--..-.,._.__..._~....,...._......,._ ...... ._._._~._..,.,._..,..,._._._.~~·.,._---.,.-..-~.,._~1
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Tokyo M~n~gement office building (Fifth Floor)
MEET JAPAN O n thiJ page and the next two, we show some of the RIL staff in Japan. Next month we shall be followin g with Kobe and Osaka Jtaff . All nameJ are from left to right.
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
Messrs W.A. Mu lock Houwer (now on leove), Ph. B~ngert ( M~nager, Yokohamo Mon~gement Office), E.M. von Rhoon (Monoger for J a pon ), H.K. von der Schotte Olivier (now in L~gos). J. Frieszo.
W hen the "Java-China-Japan-Line" gave their first sailing in September 1903 by s.s. "TJ IPANAS" (which loaded in the Dutch East Indies for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobe, Moji and Amoy) they did not have any Overseas Office except that of their 'Hoofd Agent' (Area Representative) in Hong Kong . Other firms were acting as J .C .J .L.'s Agents in all other ports of ca ll.
In Japan, J.C.J.L.'s Agents at that time were Messrs van Nierop who, however, sold their organization in 1910. At that time it was decided to post a Dutch Employee to Kobe and he became the first Manager of J.C.J.L.'s second Overseas Office.
Two of the local staff oldtimers who joined the "Javalijn" in Kobe soon afte r this office was started, and who are known to many of the oldtimers, were Mr G uterres (joined in August 1912) and Mr Milne (joined in September 1917).
They retired as Managers of the Osaka and Nagoya Offices respectively and a re now again living in Kobe .
Since World War II , the RIL organization in Japan has taken big strides forward. This is all in line with the rapid economic growth of Japan and t he prosperous expansion of the Company's services.
There are now eight Company offices in Japan , with 226 people working for R I L and other Dutch shipping interests.
TOKYO MANAGEMENT
STAFF
Mr K. Kokai, Miss Y. lchinose. Mr Y. Nogotomo, Miss H. Sokuroi, Mr T. lw~t~. Mrs K. Okinll, Mr J.H. Reurts, Miss K. Nog~se, Mr T. Mo ki uro, Miss S. Yoshid~. Mr T. Eshimo, Miss Y. Tokogi, Mrs Y. liji mo .
Mr K. Kimur~
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Manager and Canvassing Dept.
(Front ): Messrs M. Matsuo and M. Yoshioka (Manager).
(Bock): Messrs Y. Wakiya, Y. Okonogi, N. Komatsu , E. Osawa, H. Tsuchiya, K. Toyonaga, K. Eguchi, H. Sekiya, H. Shorakui, M. Kiyono, T. Yoshioka, M. Mizumachi.
Tokyo Agency office building (Second floor)
TOKYO ( AGENCY )
Mr H. Ooke
Passage, Filing, Typist
Misses K. Suzuki . K. Kitamu ra, Mrs Y. lijima. Mrs N. Suwo, Misses S. Minoshima, H. Fujishima. T. Tagawa, Mr K. Fujii, Mrs K. Takayama, Mr M. Sakai.
MEET
Fre ight, A/ cs, Tel. Operators, Mailing etc. Mrs H. Homma. Mrs T. Terajima, Miss J. Higa, Mr S. lshizaki, Miss E. Kai. Mr Y. Endo, Mr T. Nakamura. Mr H. Tanaka, Mr T. Funoh, Miss J. Kasahara, Mr Y. Amado, Miss Y. Ishikawa, Mr A. Kawakami .
Y OKOHAMA ( AGENC Y )
(Back Row): Messrs T. Hayakawa (Pass .), Y. Notake (Port Captain) , T. ltoh (FB), Miss T. Oishi (Secr./typ.), S. Akimolo (Imp.), Miss M. Ogawa (Typ.), M. Kuruba (Port Copt.), MissY. Wada (Coord.). S. Satoh (AZ ). Miss K. Okada (Imp.) , K. Takahashi (FB). Miss T. Komata (Pass.), S. Asono (Exp.), Miss Y. Tsunoi ( lmp.l, S. Okada ( Exp. ), Miss N. Kamiyanogi (Exp. ), M. Enomoto (AZ ), K. Hosoda (Driver), K. Taguchi ( Exp.). Y. Suzuki (AZ), T. Nishimura ( Exp. ).
(Front Row): H. Endo (Ch. Conv.), R. Tanaka (Ch. Pass.), T. Osada (Asst. Manager). H. Okuda (Manager), T. Yamashita (Ch. E.p.l, M. Ashikawa (Ch.
) k ( h ) k d ( ) Switchboard Operators, lnte rocean House Imp. , Y. Fujimo i C . FB . K. So o a Exp ..
Mrs S. Fujimoto, Miss H. Sotoh, Mrs J. Sensu•.
YOKOHAMA MANAGEMENT (Front) : Mossrs Y. N~g~shim~ (CCD), K. Ajita (R IL Operation), P. Feldbrugge (Asst. M~n.), S. S~to (AZ & Consul~r motlers), Ph. Bangert ( Man~ger), I. Y~gi ( FB), S. H~t~ken~ka (Sundry) , T. Takata (FB).
{Back} : Miss M. Togo (Filing), Mrs T. lkeuch1 {Typ.), Miss N. Shimada (FB), Miss S. Ikeda (CCD ), Mr A. N~goyamo (CCD), Miss K. N i shiyam~ (FB) , Miss M. Sohmo (Fi ling), Miss N. Noz~wa (Te lex), Mr K. Nomura (HEA L Op.), Miss Y. Konishi {Telex), Mrs H. H~m~motq (Typist), Miss K. Hashimoto (CCD),
I ~~-tMOhg~to (FB), Mr K. Kimura (FB) , Mr T. Yono (FB), Mr T. K~s~i (R IL 1----r A. S~koi (FB) , Mr H. S~no (FB) , Miss Y. Niikuro (CCD).
JAPAN
(Front): Miss T. Nomoto (Typ.), Miss S. T~keuch i (Typ.), T. Ohno (CD). T. Hirota (CD), H. Nomur~ (TD), K. Komegoi (TD). (Back) : Messrs S. Fujihir~ (CD), J. Boone (TD). E.F. Moen {in charge), S. Heykoop (TD).
YOKOHAMA SUPERINTENDENTS
NAGOYA
(Front) : Mr Sugino, Miss N~gota. Miss Konishi, Mrs Tonako, Mtss Kolubo, Miss lw~t~ . Miss Mizuno, Mr T~n~be.
(Back]: Mr T~keuchi, Mr T~g~w~ . Mr Murayama, Mr Koizumi, Mr Yoshih~r~. Mr Sono, Mr Yodo (Monoger), Mr Ohta, Mr Yasui, Mr Misoko, Mr Ito, Mr Takam~tsu , Mr Nod~. Mr Od~.
Yokohama Office building which houses M~nagemen t , Superintendents', ond Agency staff. lnteroceon House has just won a distingu ished ~w~rd- see poge 236.
Mr K. Ohiwo
N~goy~ office build1ng.
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Jumper's-eyc vietv of tl1ird and fourth paradwtiSis exiting aircraft, filmed with helmet-mounted camera.
SKY-DIVING M any readers must have been fascinated by the accuracy of the parachute drop made by David H awthorne ( T raffic), when the Sydney RJL Social Club arranged an outing recently (July RI L Post). H ere is his own account of the modern sport of sky-divmg:-
David Hatvthorne 'trimming 111 on ntmem- man. lie will make contact by literally 'grabbing' in frcefa/1 . The distortion of t!Je flt!sh on his rheeks is <'<11/St'd by tilt' /ugh spud path through the tilT
Few of us have an opportunity to step out of an aeroplane. Perhaps if we are travelling overseas, or interstate, this situation may not seem quite so rare. For the rest of us, we probably spend our time stepping in and out of trains and buses etc.
However, the "stepping out" of p lanes we a re going to tell you about does not concern that from aeroplanes standing safe and sound on the ta rmac, but from aeroplanes flying at high altitudes.
Leaving a perfectly good ai rcraft at I 0,000 ft. may appea r to the ave rage man on the street a terrifying experience, but to the sky dive r it is a combined sense of fun , sport and achievement.
Four to twelve men (or women) make up a sortie for a " relative descent" o r "fun jump". All of these sky divers have progressed over a number of jumps to a point where they a re considered p roficient to indulge in relative work, which of course means that the jumpers are relative to each other in the sky.
When the a ircraft reaches a point upwind of the ta rget, t he sky divers will make exits from the machine close together, and with 8,000 ft. left to fall . taking some 52 seconds, they will move towards each ot her and attempt to link together. These manoeuvres a re performed through use of the hands and body whilst in freefall. Deflecting air rearwards moves the body fo rward as wind moves a sai ling boat, and ai r deflected fo rwa rds moves t he body rearwards.
The average fall ing speed of a sky d ive r is 120 m.p.h. but can be increased to 200 m.p.h. by simply alte ring the position of the arms and legs. Therefore, it can be understood that linking together is achieved by moving forward towa rds t he sub ject and inc reasing o r decreasing the rate of descent to b ring the freefalling body down o r up to the same level as the other sky d ive rs, where the link is completed. As much as seven people have linked forming a large circle before breaking apart to open their canopies.
While a ll t his sca rping and skimming across the sky is going on, one eye has to be kept on the al timeter mounted on the reserve parachute, for the numerous bodies flying happily about must track away from each other at 3,000 ft. so that they can open their pa rachutes at 2,000 ft. A parachute could be opened at 300 ft. and save the foolish occupant, but to open up below 2,000 ft. is punishable by life banishment from the sport. A more serious aspect of skydiving is competition jumping, which is made up of two events, style and accuracy.
In the style event the skydiver must complete 4 tu rns a nd 2 ba ckloops in freefa ll . as fast as possible, with a ll 360° tu rns stopping on a p redetermined heading and the backloops completed on the same heading . If either manoeuvre is as much as 45° off heading . the series- as it is te rmed- does not score . Each competitor has 3 jumps, all to score, with the fastest t ime winning. It is no wonder t hat the world record stands at 7 .I seconds for the c ross series which consists of a
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SINT NICOLAAS TIDE Impression in Amsterdam, 1966
Excitement was in the air. St. Nicholas - with some moral intent, but distinctl y commercial overtones- had a lready made his >pectacular ride on a white horse through the thronged street>, and Dutch families awai ted 5th December , St. Nichola>' Eve. The Saint's early arrival by boat 'from Spain' had ensured plenty of time for shoppers (and shopkeepers!) to prepare for the festive day. Scurrying families crowded the wet pavements, and blocked the street corners '" they pau<ed to consider the rival a!lractions of enticing stores. Outside the ' banketbakkers', eager children gazed longingly through the steamy glass to the mouth-watering sugar hearts, marzipan figures, chocolate animals, ' banket ' letters and 'speculaas· . If th eir behaviour had been good, some of those mi~tht be in their shoes when they woke up next morn ing. As the shop-doors ceaselessly opened and shut, gushes of hot a ir emerged to the tain -chill cd streets, further to tempt shoppers away from the prevading drizzle.
In the dark wintry afternoon, lights were already switched on. and streets made even brighter than usual with special decorations. The Leidsestraat , in thri ft y Dutch tradition, had determined not to waste the special lights de;igncd previously for the Royal wedding, so ' hearts and crowns' were suspended over the roadway. \Vindow displays were cheerfully varied. the Archbishop's mitre being a favourite design. An obviously-successful sales gimmick in one large store was the numb~r of outsized 'Zwarte Piets' sitting on swings high above the crowds; lagging children, wi!h upturned faces, gazed wide-eyed at the huge figures holdin~t their rods for chasti;emcnt , and resolved on good behaviour before the day of reckoning came. Laden with parcel., exhausted mothers m:tdc thei r way to crowded teashops, to order delicious hot fresh 'poffcrtjes' for their excited children and some restoring coffee for themselves. Even in the busy recesses of the old 'Scheepvaarthuis', the Saint was not forgotten. RIL st:tff were seen comparing the merits of various toys, and - like fathers the world over - ' having a go' themselves! The evening drew in. All ovet town , workers travelled to their homes- in swarms of bicycles . in clauering trams, in the smooth blue buses or in the heated comfort of fast electric trains. And as the dark city centre em ptied , th e cosy houses in quiet suburbs offered a warm attractive welcome. Somewhere to the north , liule Annabel and Bouwe Groeneveld put out their shoes , and along with thousands of oth er Dutch children , solemnly sang th e ancient rhyme: Sintcrklaas Kapocntje Gooi 111at in mijn schoentje Gooi 111at in mijn laarsje Dank u Siuterklaasje It was the bigge>t festiva l in the Dutch c,tlcndar, and no Amster<hn111ncr was going to be left out.
SKY-DIVING (t·onttnued)
'IVestcrtorcn' immediately brings t!u: NT I'M tanker to our minds, but Amsterdammers will also think of tlus wt:ll-knoll!ll landmark in their beautiful aty .
left turn, right turn, backloop, right turn , left turn , back loop . These manoeuvres a re performed once again th rough hand, leg and body movements.
In the accuracy event the sky dive r makes an exit from the aircraft at 2,500 ft . where he immediately opens his parachute. He has guided himself to this point, fi rst by dropping a paper streamer directly over the ta rget (which will be carried by the wind away from the target), then by instructing the pilot on the next circuit to fly a distance upwind of the ta rget which is equal to the distance that the streamer has been carried downwind.
parachute as we know it. The best four out of five jumps score in accuracy, with every metre out from dead centre losing I 0 points. Ten metres out from the disc does not score . A ll in a ll, this is a very exciting, challenging and exhi larat ing sport. To describe the tremendous excitement and self-satisfaction gained from this fast developing sport cannot be shown on paper. Sky diving has to be tried to be be lieved."
Placed in this position, some 2,000 ft. high and sometimes up to half a mile away, he will guide his high performance canopy onto a disc some 5 centimetres in diameter, where four judges wait to mark his distance from the disc (which is set in a 20 metre sawdust pit). His parachute descends at some 14 ft. per second at a forward speed of 13 m.p .h.; it can be b raked to a dead stop and moved rearwa rd at 4 m.p .h., turned 360° in 3.5 seconds and its rate of descent increased to 30 ft. per second by stalling the parachute, just as an ai rcraft wing is stalled. All these factors enable the jumper to guide himself under the multi-coloured thing full of holes, slots, and flaps, resembling anything but the conventional
A typical landing, to be set:11 every weekend at drop zones all round the country no mean feat, especially on a u•mdy day.
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OPEN LETTER (T ranslation) D ear Editor,
We have been working in the Engineroom Department of the Boissevain for several years. During this period, we are always looking forward to the Rl L Post and we greatly appreciate your work and thank you for it. The enclosed photograph was taken on the 16th of August when the ship arrived at Singapore. All the engineroom crew-members gathered together with the officers to take the photo after we had given a cocktail party for the Chief Engineer Mr R. Jonker who was going on leave. This photograph was taken by Mr Yuen T ong Sum of the Catering Department. It was taken at the top of the Quartermaster Section. We sincerely hope that you will publish it in the RI L Post as a proof of the cooperation between Chinese and Europeans.
Good health to you! Yours faithfully ,
Th e Engineroom Workers, BOISSEVAIN
FAMILY NEWS Weddings 4th Engineer W.A.M. Snel (V~~n Noort) to Miss M.H. Schuiling on 25th September ~t Nijmegen. Miss Y. Konishi {Yokoh~m~. M~n.) to Mr H. K~mo on 1st October. Mr Simon Mok Kim Soon ( Sing~pore) to Miss Doris Ho L~i Meng on 2nd O ctober. Fourth Officer R.L.A.J . V~lewink (le~ve) to Miss C .J.J.M. Tax on 13th October ~t Vlissingen. 5th Engi neer G. Prins (le~ve) to Miss M. K~pelle on 19th October ~t Vlissingen . 5th Engineer A.J. Smits ( le~ve) to Miss H.J. Kiezebrink on 25th October ~t Zwolle. Miss Y.S.D. Khoesi~ll {Amsterdam, typ.) to Mr W. Ceelie on 31st October. 2nd Engineer D.W.J.B. v~n Hattem (leave ) to Miss N. Noorloos on Is! November ~t Gelderm~lsen . 5t h Eng ineer J. de Ploo (le~ve) to Miss P.F. Chr. Beerens on 3rd November a t Middelburg.
New Arrivals 3rd Engineer N .M. Meinsm~ (V~n Riebeeck): ~ son, Foeke Lenze, on 3 I st A ugust. C~pt~in R. Severien {Tjitarum): ~ son, Norm~n Bri~~n, on lOth September. Mr J.A. Roth {Amslerd~m): ~ d~ughter, Marijke, on Jrd October. Mrs K. Takayam~ {Tokyo, Ag.): ~ d~ughter, K~oru, on l ith October. 2nd Officer H.J. Minderhoud { le~ve): ~ d~ughter, Ingrid, on 13th October. Mr P.F. Botm~~n (Amsterd~ m): ~ son, Rene, on 14th October. C~pta in W . Mieog (Tjiluwah): a daughter, Suz~nne Ma rgaret, on 15th October. Mr A.J. Dijkstr~ (Joh~~nnesburg): a son, And rew C~rl. on 16th October. Mr S. v~n der Me ij {Sing~pore): a son, Onno Merk, on 6th November. Mr Ch~n 'Nico' Hok Tsing {HK HO CD): ~ d~ughter, Sin M~~n, on 16th November.
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COMPANY
SINGAPORE Report from Con·es
Recently K.P.M. (Far East) Ltd . at Singapore held its annual sports meet at the Fraser & Neave Field.
The event sta rted with a "Tug of War" between members of the Home Staff and the Loca l Staff. As usual , Home Staff won again, thus having their annual reward for neglecting thei r waistlines.
Photo I shows part of the participants of the Home Staff: from right Messrs Klerekoper, J anssen, de Ha rde , Kaste leijn, van Luyk (Master m.v. SABA NG, borrowed for the occa sion) and you r correspondent- b urliest of all- playing a ncho r.
Photo II shows fro m left Messrs Ta n Swee Ann , Mo hamed Shah (under the rope) , Ma nnarlingam, Mo k Kim Soon, fo llowed by some other stalwa rts of the Local Staff.
This was followed by a " Ladies Only" event, a Dressing Race. After the wo rd "go" the ladies had to put on a man 's shirt and b utton it up ,then ran to mid-field where a man's tie was added to t he o utfit. The race was won by Mi ss Patricia Goh, who also won the Badminton Ladies Singles Champion titl e on the previous day.
Photo Il l shows from left: Misses Hilda Ezekiel , Flora Raphael. Patricia G oh (the fastest d resser) , Ma rgie Pereira, Nelly Chan and Rita Oliviero.
He reafter a n Invita tion I 00 yards race was held for t he Contra ctors, b oth young a nd old .
The meet culminated in the football match between "ma rrieds" a nd "singles"; the outcome of which wo uld decide whic h group would hold the " Reyneker Shield"
FOUND - ONE TYPEWRITER!
We are happy to announce that, following our notice
in the September issue, the typewriter which was left
on board Tjiliwong, has now been claimed by its
rightful owner.
LOG BOOK
SPORTS DAY pondent J.f.M. Lensing
until next year (The shield was dona ted fo r this purpose by Mr Reyneker when he was Managing Director of KPM (Far East) Ltd.). The match was won by the "ma rrieds"- score 3-0.
We must mention here, that some ma rried men were playing for the "singles" team.
Phot o IV shows Mr Kasteleiin with members of both teams. A closer look wil l reveal Mr E. van Luyk, Maste r m.v. SABANG.
After the Master of Ceremonies, Mr Mok Kim Soon, had said a few words to sum up the occasion, Mrs Kasteleiin gave away the prizes, assisted by Mrs. Ho.
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' NOT MY PIGEON '
The Editors of '·THE ADVERTISER"' Adelaide Australia.
Dear Sir,
I lth October, 1967 .
1-lcrcwith l would like to draw )'Our attention to the following:
The morning after our vessel sailed from Adelaide for South Africa (9th September, 1967), our Bar Steward Ng Wai-hung was cleaning the Lounge, at that moment a pigeon dropped on the deck, looked around and walked 'traight into the Lounge. Ng Wai-hung could pick him up then.
The pigeon has got a dark grey colour, with around its right leg an Aluminium ring with number SAD 66,5257 and around irs left leg a rubber ring with number B 187.
I suppose that the pigeon was out of route.
I wonder if you will he so k ind to find out to whom th is pigeon belongs, w that l am able to return the pigeon to its owner when we arrive agai n in Adelaide (appr. end of January, 1968).
Herewith I enclose a pi cture of the pigeon .
(Signed) Cheng Kwok Fai, Chief Steward SG. m.v. "ST RAAT LE MAIRE" Royal !nterocean Lines, Walvis Bay.
PERSONALITIES
Mr P.A. de Loos, General Manager for Australia & New Zealand, arr ived in Hong Ko ng for discussions on 23rd October, and returned to Sydney on 28th .
Mr H .F. Veug ele rs returned to Hong Leave on 22nd November to t ake up CT A Depa rtment .
Kong fro m Home aga1n as Manager
Mr D. Kuike n, Marine Superintendent, left Hong Kong at the end of October for a mont h's business trip to the Singapore area and Austral ia, during which he inspected 12 vessels.
Mr E. Wille ms, Manager of the Audit & Control Dep artment, made a short b usiness trip to Manila from Hong Kong at the beginning of November.
Mr H.K. van d e r Schatte Olivie r t ook over as RIL's Representative in West Africa in mid-November from Mr C .A.A.J. Sinninghe Damste, who wen t on Home Leave.
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.\lr <.laos:: <.oockson ( I.) and .\lr """ der Schalk
DOUBLE
O n 31st October, Chief Engineer B. Claasz Coockson and Mr H.H. Mersen Senn Van Basel, Assistant Manager at Singapore, were invited to our Amsterdam office on the occasion of their retirement.
In t he presence of several members of staff, Mr C .H. Paulus add ressed the two gentlemen, extolling their services to our o rganization, each in his own specific field.
( Prom the I. clockwise): .\lessrs A.f.f. de Fe;•ter, K . GroeTJet•eld, C. /I . l'oulus, H .H . If'. Groot , II Claasz <.oockson, II. \I. t•tlll der Sdurlk, 11 .11 .. \fersen Se1111 t 'tlll 1/aSl'l.
FAREWELL
Mr Claasz Coockson won his spurs as a ship's eng1neer in K.P.M.-, "Combination"-, and R.l.l.-vessels, and Mr Mersen Senn Van Basel in various shore jobs, finishing as Ope rational Manager at Singapore.
A luncheon followed in the " Industria l Club" , atte nded by Mr H.M. van der Schalk, at which many a lively discussion of old times took place.
ARCHITECTURAL DIPLOMA FOR R.I.L.
A n award of some distinction has just been conferred on R .f.L.'s new office building l nterocean House, in Yof(ohama. Area Correspondent Nagashima reports:-
l n the Kanagawa Prefecture we have a unique featu re, in that every year a special committee makes a selection from among buildings and private houses erected during the preceding year, and special diplomas are awarded to owners, designers and constructors for outstanding performance and quality.
Sponsors are the Kanagawa Prefecture together with the c ities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Yokosuka and Fu jisawa; the a im is to encou rage builders and to ra ise the standard of design and construction.
This year, from among 81 entries, a selection was made and eight buildings and three private houses were commended for most excellent quality. Among the buildings was " lnterocean House".
In a ceremony at the Nogeyama "Gei hinkan" on the 7th October, with many speeches, diplomas of commendation were awarded by the G overnor of Ka nagawa and t he mayors of the four cities.
Mr E.M . van Rhoon, Representing R.I.L., the owners, Mr Kitadai, Representing G endai Kenchiku Kenkyusho, the Architects , and Mr J. Tanaka, Representing Shimizu Kensetsu K.K. , the Constructors, each received a separate
diploma presented by the G overnor of Kanagawa for building " lnte rocean House" .
Thus R. I. L. quality shows not only on the seas but a lso on sho re.
See page 231 for a photograph of l nterocean H ouse.
\lr t'tlll Rl10ol/ ( RIL) , .1/r Kttadai (architects ) and ,\/r Ttmaka ( mnstt·uctors) each rerei r•ed a diploma.
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FAREWELL MR KOEDOOD
Since April 1946, when he first entered service with the KPM, Mr P.Z. Koedood has supervised the hu ll construction of 18 vessels, the first three being 'BA-' ships built at the Rotterdam Drydock, and the last 'Straat Frazer' at P. Smit Jr. in Rotterdam. He has also supervised the preliminary stages of the first two 'Straat A-' vessels with Van der Giessen.
These facts were re lated by Mr. van Schalk on October 27th when Mr and Mrs Koedood came to the 'To renkamer' in the Amsterdam office to say G oodbye before retirement. He especially stressed a lso the fact tha t Mr Koedood had always been exceedingly particular about the quality of each construction which he supervised, thus playing an indispensable part in supplying both KPM and RIL with dependable ships. This difficult job had been carried out with great tact and amiabi lity. Speaker then p resented Mr Koedood with an electric d rill and various atta chments which would enab le him to pu rsue his hobbies other than fishi ng .
This ceremony was followed by a reception in the dra wing office of the Scheepsbouw Department, where lr. Hogewind p resented Mr Koedood with a wristwatch on behalf of his colleagues of the Construction Depa rt ment. A dinner was held for Mr and Mrs Koedood that same evening by the Shipbuilding Department.
SHIPS OF THE WEEK On 6th O ctober, recorded messages were b roadcast by Radio Nederla nd to STRAA T BALl (below), VAN RIEBEECK (top) and SIGLI. The messages were recorded at Hilversum by officers' re latives, shown in these groups.
PERSONNEL
PROMOTIONS
Our congratulations go to the following were promoted to 5th Engineers: Mr J .J. de Beer os from , C.J .M. Boermo
W.K.C . du Bois , J.M. von Ede , W. von der G rooff .. P. H ui ge n
N.R. Klaus , L.F. Koppejan , A.G.M. La me rs ., L. de Regt ., W.M.H. Romkens
Th.J .I. Rutgers , M. Sc hoo
R.L. Sinnemo S.H .J . Ve lling a R.J. W olters
, F. R. Wijkel
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LEAVING ( OR L E F T ) SERVICE
Mr W.Th. W ijn , M. Vode gel .. H. Losonder , J. Siebert , J . Terpstro .. H. Brinkmon
J.J. Jonse n , J. von der Zee , J.G. Hoopma n , J .P.C. de Kort , H.W.J . Lijd ing
Chief Officer 2nd 3rd 2nd Engineer
3rd
4th Sth Employe
officers who
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NEW PERSONNEL
A he a rty welcome is ext e nded t o the following R.I.L. personne l who recently took up e mployment :
new
Mr Kuiken A. Bloemendoal Th. Burger M.H. Brugman
LEAVE
4th Officer 5th Engineer 5th Appr.
The following pe rsonne l we nt on leave:
Mr O .J. Vlln der Boon .. W. Backer
J.P. Goossens J. Hoitsmo J.G. Ormel S. Westerweel J. Kwokman G. Kolkmon S.C. Koni jn A.Th.M. Solemink W. Wijgerse R. Zwenk P.G.A. Gerritsen G. Mulder J.W.J. Soenveld J.N. von Woudenberg F.H.A. Crooymons J.G. Meyer P.E. Rongen J.P.H.M. Smets M.C. Schoremons P.G.H. Uges J.H. von Doorn ik H.P. vo n Eeden H.F. Eshuis P. Kroes P. L.Ph. Otter A.W. Prudon C. Rag P.J.R. Sch lechtriem G.J. van Tel lingen H.C.G.L. Ribbink J. Klerekoper T.M. Pottker P.E. Robe
Those who re turned are:
M r E. von Loren .. J.W. Swoving
W.R.M. von dar Veld J . Bas G.N.C. Janssen C. von Kesteren W.H.C. Wijnhorst J. de Beer J. Meyler
Chief Officer
2nd 3rd
4th
3rd Eng ineer
4th
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m.s. Comphuys .. Sir. Fiji .. Str. Towo .. Str. Hong Kong .. Tjibontjet .. Sibiga .. Str. Singapore .. Comphuys .. Str. Cook
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Leeuwen .. J. F. Krijt .. A.A.H. Niekus .. R. Westerhui s .. M.J . Kuil .. C. Verduyn .. F.G. Krap .. W.A.M. Sne l .. H. Blok .. M. Ronhoar .. E.B. Saalmink .. J.H. Strijers .. J. Visser .. G . Schra .. J . Wiss .. J. Damsma
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.. Str. Luanda
.. Str. Bali
.. Van Neck
.. Van Noort
.. Von R iebeeck
.. Tj inegoro
.. Str. Florida
.. Str. Fiji
H.Employe .. Str. Cumberland
HK MH Singopore
Employe HK HO
SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATIONS Our c ongratulations go to t he following officers, who passed examinations as ind ic at ed b elow: Mr H.L. Brandes
.. G.N.C. Janssen
.. R.F. Backer Dirk s
.. J. de Beer
.. G.J. v.d. Berg
.. J.F. Besier
.. P.J. Engels
.. C .N. Hoppenbrouwers
.. E.J. Kleinjan
.. D.B. Kubbe
.. K. de Ru
.. S. Brouwer
.. A.M. I' Herminez
.. C.F. van Overbeeke
.. A.J. Pruyssers
.. G. Zweegman
.. G.L. Dekker .. M.J. Ku it .. P.N. Terpstra .. C . Verduyn .. F.W.M. van Vliet .. L. Dekkers .. N.I.P. v.d. Meu len .. J.J . de Beer .. C.J.M. Boerma .. W.K.C. du Bois .. J.M. van Ede .. B. Geutskens .. W. van der Graaff .. P. Huigen .. N.R. Kla us .. L.F. Koppejan .. A.G.M. Lamers .. L. de Regt .. W.M.H. Romkens .. Th.J.I. Rutgers .. M. Schoo .. R.L. Sinnema .. S.H.J. Vel linga .. J.A. Vugts .. R.J. Wolters .. F.R. Wijkel
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TRANSFERS OF CAPTAINS
AND CHIEF ENGINEERS
Captain D.C.M. van der Kroft, Master of m.v. STRAAT MOZAM· BIQU E. went on home leave. Capta in J.A. Haringsma was posted to m.v. STRAAT MOZAM· BIQUE following home leave. Captain E.P. Heileman, Moster of m.v. STRAAT RIO, went on intermediate leave. Captain W. lneke was posted to m.v. STRAAT RIO following home leave. Captain B. den Hoed, Moster of m.v. STRAAT FLORIDA, went on intermediate leave. Captain J.H.W. Voigt was posted to m.v. STR AAT FLOR IDA following home leave . Captain J.J.E.M. Bruyn, Moster of m.v. STRAAT LOMBOK, went on home leave. Captain H. Koch was posted to m.v. STRAAT LOMBOK following home leave. Captain W. Mieog was posted to m.v. TJILUWAH fo llowing intermediate leave . Captain J. Jacobs, Moster of m.v. TJILUWAH, went on home leave. Captain W.F. Klute. Moster of m.v. STRAAT SOENDA, went on home leave. Chief Officer J. Jonkmon was appointed to the command of m.v. SAMBAS. Chief Officer G.J . von der Heyden, Moster of m v. SAM BAS. was transferred as Chief Officer to m.v. STRAAT FUSHIMI. Chief Engineer P. Bakker of m.v. SIAOE went on home leave. 2nd Engineer C.F. von Overbeeke was posted as Acting Chief Engineer to m.v. SIAOE following home leave . 2nd Engineer J.W. Weug of s.s. TJIKAMPEK was posted to m.v. SIAOE as Acting Chief Engineer and subsequently reposted as 2nd Engineer to s.s. TJIKAMPEK. Chief Engineer P.A. de Vlieger of m.v. STRAA T FRAZER went on home leave. Chief Engineer J. Tom boe r of m.v. STRAAT MADURA was posted to m.v. STRAAT FRAZER. Chief Eng ineer J. Prank was posted to m.v. STRAAT MADURA following Intermed iate leave. Chief Engineer H. Hooyberg of m.v. STRAAT LE MAIRE went on home leave . Chief Engineer E.N. Don was posted to m.v. STRAAT LE MAI RE following home leave.
N.T.P.M. The following personne l went on leave : Mr W. Benink lsi Officer Mr H. Besonger lsi Mr M. von der Woude 2nd Mr A. de Groote 2nd Engineer Mr P. Visser )rd Mr P.l. Versprille 4th Mr M. Meulenberg 4th Mr J. Snip 4th Mr P.S.v.d . Kooy 5th Mr J. Moll 5th
are: Those who re turned Mr G .A. de Munn ik I st Officer Mr D.Ch.L. van Amson Mr F.J. Kubinek Mr J.F. Jongbloed Mr B.E.J. Edskes Mr F.G. Veenstra Mr W. Brugman Mr J. Poorting
I st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd Engineer )rd 5th
TRANSFER OF CAPTAINS
Posted to: s.s. "Muntioren" m.v . "Senegalkust" m.v . "Congokust" m.v. "Senega lkust" m.v . "Zuiderkerk" m.v. "Senegolkusf' m.v. "Congokust:: s.s. "Munttoren
Captain W.J. Bos of m.v. "Zuiderkerk" went on home leave. Captain J .P. van Haeften was posted to m.v. "Zuiderkerk" following home leave.
Chief Engineer H.A. Klazema of m.v. STRAAT SINGAPORE went on home leave. 2nd Engineer A.l.G. Rommen of m.v. STRAAT BANKA was posted to m.v. STRAAT SINGAPORE as Acting Chief Engineer. Chief Engineer H. Weavers of m.v. TJILIWONG went on home leave. 2nd Engineer A.M . I'Herminez was posted to m.v. TJILIWONG as Acting Chief Enginee r fo llowing home leave. Chief Engineer W.H. von der Poe! of m.v. STRAAT SOENDA went on home leave. Chief Engineer J.W. Verwey was posted to the newly-built m.v. STRAAT AMSTERDAM. Chief Engineer J. Verdonk of m.v. STRAAT JOHORE went on home leave. Chief Engineer J.C. von Dinteren was posted to m.v. STRAAT JOHORE following intermediate leave.
TRANSFER SHORE STAFF Mr F.W. Bensen, H. Employe, was transferred from Singapore to HK HO.
IN MEMORIAM We announce wi th regret the deaths of the follow ing:Mr. j . van H euven ( retired Chid Engineer) on 19th August. P.J . Pardoen (reti red Captain, RIL) at The H ague on I st September. Mr. P. H arkema ( retired Chief Engineer) on 12th September. D. Reyenga (retired Chief Engineer, KPM) at H aarlem on 16th September. Miss M. M. van Leeuwen ( retired H ead C lerk) on 17th September. A.f. Les (retired Chief Engineer, KPM) at H aren on 22nd September. G . Tuiz inga (retired Capta in KPM) at Oosterbeek on 8th October. It is regretted that some of the particulars above and on page 234 were omitted from the November issue, due to late despatch from Amsterdam.
TRANSFER OF CHIEF ENGINEERS Chief Engineer D. Bus of m.v. "Senegalkust" was posted to m.v. "Sioterkerk". Chief Engineer M. Schaafsma (temp. service) of m.v. "Siote rkerk" terminated his contract of employment. Chief Engineer C . Schoemaker ex sick leave was posted to m.v. "Senegolkusr·.
SHIPS POSITIONS m.v. "SENEGALKUST" eta Douala m.v. "CONGOKUST" eta Cameroun m.v. "ZUIDERKERK" eta Capetown m.v. "SLOTERKERK" eta Capetown s.s. "WESTERTOREN" eta Yokohama s.s. "MUNTTOREN" eta Ba hre in
H.V.M. SHIPS POSITIONS m.v. "HOLLANDS DIEP" Eta Japan m.v. "HOLLANDS DU IN" Eta Ja pan m.v. "HOLLANDS DREEF" Eta East London m.v. "HOLLANDS BURCHT" Eta Pasco Goula
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